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P0314900 (pĭngk)n.1. Any of a group of colors reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.2. a. Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus, such as sweet William, often cultivated for their showy, fragrant, usually pink, red, or white flowers. Also called dianthus.b. Any of several other plants in the pink family, such as the wild pink.c. A flower of any of these plants.3. The highest or best degree: in the pink of health.4. pinksa. Light-colored trousers formerly worn as part of the winter semidress uniform by US Army officers.b. The scarlet coat worn by fox hunters.5. Slang A pinko.adj. pink·er, pink·est 1. Of the color pink.2. Slang Having moderately leftist political opinions.

[Early Modern English, flower of the genus Dianthus, perhaps from pink, to peer, blink, wink (probably from Dutch pinken, of unknown origin), or from pink (in reference to the jagged edge of the flower's petals ).]

pink′ness n.

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P0314900 (pĭngk)tr.v. pinked, pink·ing, pinks 1. To stab lightly with a pointed weapon; prick.2. To decorate with a perforated pattern.3. To cut with pinking shears.

[Middle English pingen, pinken, to push, prick, from Old English pyngan, from Latin pungere; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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P0314900 (pĭngk) also pink·ie or pink·y (pĭng′kē)n. pl. pinks also pink·ies Nautical A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch pinke.]

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(pɪŋk) n1. (Colours) any of a group of colours with a reddish hue that are of low to moderate saturation and can usually reflect or transmit a large amount of light; a pale reddish tint2. (Textiles) pink cloth or clothing: dressed in pink. 3. (Plants) any of various Old World plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, such as D. plumarius (garden pink), cultivated for their fragrant flowers. See also carnation¹4. (Plants) any of various plants of other genera, such as the moss pink5. (Plants) the flower of any of these plants6. the highest or best degree, condition, etc (esp in the phrases in the pink of health, in the pink)7. (Clothing & Fashion) a. a huntsman's scarlet coatb. a huntsman who wears a scarlet coatadj8. (Colours) of the colour pink9. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) informal Brit left-wing10. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) derogatory a. sympathetic to or influenced by Communismb. leftist or radical, esp half-heartedly11. informal of or relating to homosexuals or homosexuality: the pink vote. 12. (Hunting) (of a huntsman's coat) scarlet or redvb (Automotive Engineering) (intr) another word for knock⁷[C16 (the flower), C18 (the colour): perhaps a shortening of pinkeye] ˈpinkish adj ˈpinkness n ˈpinky adj

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(pɪŋk) vb (tr) 1. (Fencing) to prick lightly with a sword or rapier2. (Textiles) to decorate (leather, cloth, etc) with a perforated or punched pattern3. (Knitting & Sewing) to cut with pinking shears[C14: perhaps of Low German origin; compare Low German pinken to peck]

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(pɪŋk) n (Nautical Terms) a sailing vessel with a narrow overhanging transom[C15: from Middle Dutch pinke, of obscure origin]

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n., adj. -er, -est. n. 1. a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple. 2. any of several plants of the genus Dianthus, as the clove pink or carnation. Compare pink family. 3. the flower of such a plant; carnation. 4. the highest form or degree; prime: in the pink of condition. 5. Older Slang: Disparaging. a. a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions. b. a person who leans toward Communist ideology. 6. pinks, the usu. scarlet coat worn by fox hunters. 7. the scarlet color of this coat. adj. 8. of the color pink. 9. Older Slang: Disparaging. a. holding left-wing political opinions. b. leaning toward Communist ideology. [1565–75; orig. uncertain] pink′ness, n. usage: Definitions 5a, 5b, 10a, and 10b are somewhat old-fashioned because they refer to the Cold War. These senses are used with disparaging intent.

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v.t. 1. to pierce with a rapier or the like; stab. 2. to cut (fabric) at the edge with a notched pattern, as to prevent fraying or for ornament. 3. to pierce (fabric, leather, etc.) with small holes or slits for ornament. [1275–1325; Middle English pynken to prick, derivative of Old English pinca point, derivative of pinn pin]

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n. a vessel with a sharp, narrow stern and overhanging transom. [1425–75; late Middle English pinck < Middle Dutch pinke fishing boat]

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pink - If you pink your eyes, you half-shut them.
in the pink - Comes from the English foxhunting tradition; people who foxhunt often wear scarlet jackets and are called pinks—so if you are in the pink, you are about to set off to gallop your horse across country.
incarnadine - Can mean "flesh-colored or pink," but also "crimson, blood-red."
pink - The color gets its name from the flowering plant of the same name.

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Past participle: pinked
Gerund: pinking

Imperative
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Present
I pink
you pink
he/she/it pinks
we pink
you pink
they pink

Preterite
I pinked
you pinked
he/she/it pinked
we pinked
you pinked
they pinked

Present Continuous
I am pinking
you are pinking
he/she/it is pinking
we are pinking
you are pinking
they are pinking

Present Perfect
I have pinked
you have pinked
he/she/it has pinked
we have pinked
you have pinked
they have pinked

Past Continuous
I was pinking
you were pinking
he/she/it was pinking
we were pinking
you were pinking
they were pinking

Past Perfect
I had pinked
you had pinked
he/she/it had pinked
we had pinked
you had pinked
they had pinked

Future
I will pink
you will pink
he/she/it will pink
we will pink
you will pink
they will pink

Future Perfect
I will have pinked
you will have pinked
he/she/it will have pinked
we will have pinked
you will have pinked
they will have pinked

Future Continuous
I will be pinking
you will be pinking
he/she/it will be pinking
we will be pinking
you will be pinking
they will be pinking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pinking
you have been pinking
he/she/it has been pinking
we have been pinking
you have been pinking
they have been pinking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pinking
you will have been pinking
he/she/it will have been pinking
we will have been pinking
you will have been pinking
they will have been pinking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pinking
you had been pinking
he/she/it had been pinking
we had been pinking
you had been pinking
they had been pinking

Conditional
I would pink
you would pink
he/she/it would pink
we would pink
you would pink
they would pink

Past Conditional
I would have pinked
you would have pinked
he/she/it would have pinked
we would have pinked
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Noun	1.	pink - a light shade of red chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has huepinkness - the quality of being pinkcarnation - a pink or reddish-pink colorrose, rosiness - a dusty pink colorpurplish pink, solferino - a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferinosalmon pink, yellowish pink, apricot, peach - a shade of pink tinged with yellowcoral - a variable color averaging a deep pink
	2.	pink - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowersgarden pinkflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsDianthus, genus Dianthus - carnations and pinksDianthus barbatus, sweet William - Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowerscarnation, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, gillyflower - Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colorschina pink, Dianthus chinensis, rainbow pink - Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annualDianthus deltoides, maiden pink - low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single pale pink flower with a crimson centercheddar pink, Diangus gratianopolitanus - mat-forming perennial of central Europe with large fragrant pink or red flowersbutton pink, Dianthus latifolius - much-branched pink with flowers in clusters; closely related to sweet Williamcottage pink, Dianthus plumarius, grass pink - European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowersDianthus supurbus, fringed pink - Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins
	3.	pink - a person with mildly leftist political viewspinkocollectivist, leftist, left-winger - a person who belongs to the political left
Verb	1.	pink - make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"rap, knock, tapsound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	2.	pink - sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"ping, knocksound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	3.	pink - cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewingcut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
Adj.	1.	pink - of a light shade of redpinkishchromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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noun & adjective rosy, rose, salmon, flushed, reddish, flesh coloured, roseate his pink face see shades of redin the pink in good health, strong, blooming, very healthy, in fine fettle, in perfect health, in excellent shape, hale and hearty, fit as a fiddle A glass of red wine a day will keep you in the pink.

Translations

粉红色粉红色的脸色健康脸色健康的桃红色

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(piŋk) noun, adjective1. (of) (any shade of) a colour between red and white. a dress of pink satin. 桃红色，粉红色 2. (of) the colour of healthy skin. pink cheeks; Her cheeks are pink with health.脸色健康ˈpinkness noun健康ˈpinkish adjective fairly pink; close to pink. The flowers of this plant are pinkish in colour.带桃红色的

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common name for some members of the Caryophyllaceae, a family of small herbs found chiefly in north temperate zones (especially the Mediterranean area) but with several genera indigenous to south temperate zones and high altitudes of tropical mountains. Plants of this family typically have stems that are swollen at the nodes and notched, or "pinked," petals ranging in color from white to pink, red, and purple. The family includes several ornamentals and many wildflowers and weeds, many of them European species now widely naturalized elsewhere.

Ornamental Pinks

Ornamental pinks include the spicily fragrant flowers of the large genus Dianthus, an Old World group including the carnation (D. caryophyllus), sweet William (D. barbatus), Deptford pink (D. armeria), and most other flowers called dianthus or pink (some of the latter belong to other genera of the family). In over 2,000 years of cultivation (the name Dianthus was mentioned by Theophrastus c.300 B.C.) the carnation has given rise to about 2,000 varieties, all derived from the single-flowered, flesh-colored clove pink, known in Elizabethan times as gillyflower. Formerly added to wine and beer as a flavoring, it is now used in perfumery. The sweet William bears its blossoms in dense clusters; wild sweet William, an American wildflower, is an unrelated species of the phlox family. The most popular ornamental pinks—the maiden pink (D. deltoides) and especially varieties of the garden, or grass, pink (D. plumarius)—have escaped from cultivation and now grow wild in the United States. This is true also of other ornamentals, e.g., the ragged robin, or cuckoo flower (Lychnis flos-cuculi), the bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis), and the baby's breath (Gypsophila paniculata). The ragged robin was once known as crowflower; it was probably the crowflower used by Ophelia in her garland (Shakespeare's Hamlet). The bouncing Bet, cultivated in colonial America, is the best-known American soap plantsoap plant,
any of various plants having cleansing properties. A few are of commercial importance, but most soap plants are used locally, as in early times, for toilet and laundry purposes.
..... Click the link for more information. ; it is also called soapwort, as are other species of the genus. The baby's breath is an unusual member of the family in being a bushy plant; it is much used as a bouquet filler.

Wildflowers

Wildflowers of the family that have indigenous American species include the pearlworts (genus Sagina), sandworts (Arenaria), campions and catchflies (species of several genera, especially Lychnis and the widespread Silene), sand spurries (Spergularia), and chickweeds (species of several genera, e.g., Stellaria and Cerastium). Chickweed, relished by birds, is sometimes used for greens and for poultices; catchflies (e.g., Silene virginica of the E United States, also called fire pink) are named for the fringed teeth or claws of their deeply lobed petals. The common chickweed (Stellaria media), the moss campion (Silene acaulis), and the common spurry (Spergula arvensis) are now nearly cosmopolitan weeds, having spread from parts of the Old World. Spurry, cultivated in Europe as a pasture, hay, and cover crop, is sometimes planted to hold sand in place.

Classification

Pinks are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Caryophyllales, family Caryophyllaceae.

What does it mean when you dream about the color pink?

The color pink is often associated with baby girls and with feminine matters of the heart. Also, a person in a healthy or happy condition might respond that he or she is “in the pink” if asked how he or she is doing. Good feelings are generally associated with this color.

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¹1. any of a group of colours with a reddish hue that are of low to moderate saturation and can usually reflect or transmit a large amount of light; a pale reddish tint 2. pink cloth or clothing 3. of the colour pink 4. Brit informal left-wing 5. US derogatorya. sympathetic to or influenced by Communism b. leftist or radical, esp half-heartedly 6. (of a huntsman's coat) scarlet or red

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² a sailing vessel with a narrow overhanging transom

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1. any of various Old World plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, such as D. plumarius (garden pink), cultivated for their fragrant flowers 2. any of various plants of other genera, such as the moss pink 3. the flower of any of these plants

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(1) The code name for the KIN family of smartphones from Microsoft. See KIN.

(2) An early code name for a future operating system from Apple. See Taligent.

(2) A postprocessing program for creating Video CDs from Philips that multiplexes audio and video streams together.

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(dreams)Pink usually symbolizes health and good feelings. It is a traditionally a feminine color, and some feel that it connotes love. Pink is soft and fuzzy, like girls!

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noun any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

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noun a person with mildly leftist political views

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verb sound like a car engine that is firing too early

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verb cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

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adj of a light shade of red

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