reddish

«reddish» in Mova's school dictionary: a little red, or nearly red, but not completely… — 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 (reddish)

meaning for a pupil

Reddish means a little red, or nearly red, but not completely («reddish-brown hair»). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and art lessons about colour, «-ish» words describe colours that are not pure: reddish, greenish, bluish. In science, Mars is called the Red Planet for its reddish soil. In stories, a reddish sky at sunset or a reddish glow sets the scene.

examples

• Mars looks reddish in the night sky. tree →
• The leaves turned reddish in autumn. tree →
• She has reddish-brown hair. tree →
• The sky was reddish at sunset. tree →
• Rust is a reddish-brown colour. tree →
• His face went reddish when he was embarrassed. tree →
• The rock had a reddish stripe. tree →
• Under the breast-fin of the whale is a reddish-brown spot. tree →

note

Double d: red → reddish. «-ish» means «a bit»: reddish = a bit red; it also makes «sevenish» (about seven o'clock). Often joined with another colour: reddish-brown.

In the corpora

• The African forest buffalo is a smaller, reddish cousin of the savanna buffalo, with swept-back horns that fit dense forest.
• Yellow turmeric turns reddish-brown with an alkali, so a curry stain can turn red when washed with soap.

Trees and pragmatics

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