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crimsoning

crimsoning is the present participle and gerund of crimson.

Meaning of crimson

Verb

crimson (third-person singular simple present crimsons, present participle crimsoning, simple past and past participle crimsoned)

  1. (intransitive) To become crimson or deep red; to blush.
    • Eugenie's quick apprehensions seized the foul thought. Her eyes flashed—her cheek crimsoned.1841, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XIII, in Night and Morning […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
    • Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand,
      Sign’d in thy spoil, and crimson’d in thy lethe.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about crimsoning

What is crimsoning the present participle and gerund of?
Crimsoning is the present participle and gerund of crimson.

Words near crimsoning in the dictionary

  1. crimson wave
  2. crimson-winged woodpecker
  3. crimson-winged woodpeckers
  4. crimsoned
  5. crimsoneth
  6. crimsoning
  7. crimsonish
  8. crimsonly
  9. crimsonness
  10. crimsons
  11. crimsonwing

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