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Verb
S:
(v)
piece-dye
(dye after weaving)
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sister term
S:
(v)
dye
(color with dye)
"Please dye these shoes"
direct troponym
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
discolor
,
discolour
,
colour
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color
(change color, often in an undesired manner)
"The shirts discolored"
S:
(v)
blush
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crimson
,
flush
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redden
(turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame)
"The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
S:
(v)
pale
,
blanch
,
blench
(turn pale, as if in fear)
S:
(v)
tan
,
bronze
(get a tan, from wind or sun)
S:
(v)
sunburn
,
burn
(get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun)
S:
(v)
whiten
,
white
(turn white)
"This detergent will whiten your laundry"
S:
(v)
blacken
,
melanize
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melanise
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black
(make or become black)
"The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
S:
(v)
turn
(change color)
"In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
S:
(v)
silver
(turn silver)
"The man's hair silvered very attractively"
S:
(v)
dye
(color with dye)
"Please dye these shoes"
S:
(v)
redden
(turn red or redder)
"The sky reddened"
S:
(v)
purple
(become purple)
S:
(v)
grey
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gray
(turn grey)
"Her hair began to grey"
S:
(v)
yellow
(turn yellow)
"The pages of the book began to yellow"
S:
(v)
tone
(change the color or tone of)
"tone a negative"
S:
(v)
green
(turn or become green)
"The trees are greening"
S:
(v)
blue
(turn blue)
derivationally related form
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