Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To become crimson or deep red; to blush.

  2. (transitive)To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

More definitions
  • turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

Examples

22 sentences
  1. As the sun sets, the sky turns a beautiful crimson.

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  2. As the sun sets, the sky turns a beautiful crimson color.

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  3. Give me these 8 crimson apples please.

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  4. The western sky glowed with crimson.

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  5. The stream was tainted crimson with blood.

    deDer Strom war rot von Blut.

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Forms

crimsons, crimsoning, crimsoned, crimsoned
Base formcrimson · to crimson
3rd person singularcrimsons
Present participlecrimsoning
Past simplecrimsoned
Past participlecrimsoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycrimson
he, she, itcrimsons

Past simpleLesson

all personscrimsoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave crimsoned
he, she, ithas crimsoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill crimson

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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