Rouge

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  • noun. A red or pink cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.
  • noun. A reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used to polish metals or glass.
  • intransitive verb. To put rouge onto.
  • intransitive verb. To color or prettify as if with a facial cosmetic.
  • intransitive verb. To use rouge.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To color (the skin, especially the cheeks) with rouge.
  • To cause to become red, as from blushing.
  • To use rouge, especially on the cheeks.
  • To become red; redden; blush.
  • Red: as in the French rouge croix, rouge et noir, etc.
  • noun. Any red cosmetic or coloring for the skin.
  • noun. A scarlet, bright-crimson, or dark-red polishing-powder (peroxid of iron, sometimes intermingled with black oxid) made by a variety of processes, and varying in color according to the mode of production.
  • noun. A finely powdered red oxid of iron, or hematite (which see), generally mixed with a paste or glue and sold in sticks or in the form of powder.
  • noun. In roulette, a bet that the color of the number will be red.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. red.
  • adjective. a game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called because the table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited.
  • noun. A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.
  • noun. A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine.
  • transitive verb. To tint with rouge.
  • intransitive verb. To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of a reddish pink colour.
  • noun. Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
  • noun. Any reddish pink colour.
  • noun. A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
  • verb. To apply rouge (makeup.)
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. redden by applying rouge to
  • noun. makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
  • cross-reference
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    makeup  war paint  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bruges  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bleu  d'or  diable  fanfaron  fox-hounds  
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    rouged  rouges  rouging