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Definition of pink adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pink

adjective
 
/pɪŋk/
 
/pɪŋk/
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  1. pale red in colour
    • pale pink roses
    • She went bright pink with embarrassment.
    • The sun was now just a pink glow in the evening sky.
    • She was wearing a hot (= bright) pink top.
    • Outside, the sky is turning pink.
    see also hot pink, salmon pink, shocking pink
    Extra Examples
    • He was pink with anger.
    • She could feel herself going pink.
    • The western sky was glowing pink.
    Topics Colours and Shapesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • glow
    • go
    • grow
    adjective
    • fluorescent
    • hot
    • baby
    preposition
    • with
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  2. [only before noun] (British English) connected with gay people
    • the pink pound (= money spent by gays and lesbians as an influence in the economy)
  3. (informal, disapproving, politics) having or showing slightly left-wing political views
    • pale pink politics
    compare red
  4. Word Originadjective mid 17th cent.: from pink (the plant), the early use of the adjective being to describe the colour of the flowers of this plant.
See pink in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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