crimson

«crimson» in Mova's school dictionary: A deep, strong red colour with a little blue in it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (crimson); noun (crimson, uncountable); verb (crimson — rare, to go red)

meaning for a pupil

1) A deep, strong red colour with a little blue in it. tree →

2) (verb, rare) To turn deep red, as when blushing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In art, crimson is one of the reds, deeper than scarlet. In stories, a face turning crimson shows embarrassment or anger; a crimson sky shows sunset. In Alice in Wonderland, the gardeners paint the white roses red because the Queen wanted red ones. Phrases: «go crimson», «crimson with rage».

examples

• The sky turned crimson at sunset. tree →
• Toad went crimson with rage. tree →
• She wore a crimson velvet dress. tree →
• The crimson roses filled the garden. tree →
• His cheeks went crimson when everyone laughed. tree →
• Mix red with a little blue to get crimson. tree →
• The roses were crimson diamonds, with emerald leaves. tree →

note

Similar reds: scarlet (bright, orange-red), maroon (dark brown-red), ruby, cherry. Blushing: «go red/crimson/scarlet».

In the corpora

• 'Who is this that cometh from Edom, with crimsoned garments from Bozrah?
• And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crimson» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.