orange

Noun (1)

orange (countable and uncountable, plural oranges)

1. (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
2. (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
   1. (countable) Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
3. (uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.

   Synonyms:

   yellow-red

4. (uncountable) Various drinks
   • “What you drinking?” “Orange and soda will go down nicely, thanks.” “Pint?” “Sure.” Andy headed for the bar, stopping along the way to kiss Shaunna and check she and Kris were OK for a drink. “Everything all right?” Sean asked.2015 March 31, Debbie McGowan, Two By Two, Beaten Track Publishing, →ISBN, page 81
   • I ran out into the street and around the block, searching everywhere, and finally burst into O'Dowd's pub around the corner to see Thomas sitting at the bar drinking orange and eating a bag of crisps with two old men.2015 May 7, Tosh Lavery, Tosh: An Amazing True Story Of Life, Death, Danger And Drama In The Garda Sub-Aqua Unit, Penguin UK, →ISBN
5. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
6. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
7. (uncommon) Orange juice.
8. A rarely-used nontraditional tincture found in Catalan, South African, and French municipal heraldry.
9. An orange-coloured roundel.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange.
10. An orange dye or pigment.
11. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of orange pigment.
12. Something, or a part of a thing, which is orange.

Adjective (1)

orange (comparative oranger or more orange, superlative orangest or most orange)

1. Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

   Antonyms:

   nonorange

Verb

orange (third-person singular simple present oranges, present participle oranging, simple past and past participle oranged)

1. (transitive) To colour orange.
   • It is this composition which reaches a colourist perfection in Le Bonheur with the complementarity of violet, purple and oranged gold1986, Gilles Deleuze, Cinema: The movement-image, page 118
   • Jeff winked his eyes sleepily open and looked out into the cool flush of early morning. The east was oranged over with daybreak.1987, Harold Keith, Rifles for Watie, page 256
2. (intransitive) To become orange.
   • Cranes in the distance against the background of the slowly oranging sky2007, Terézia Mora, Day in day out, page 296
   • It will be followed by a disappearance of the cash I had hidden in a sealed envelope behind the oranging Modigliani print over the living room couch.2008, Wanda Coleman, Jazz & twelve o'clock tales: new stories, page 14

Proper noun capitalized: Orange

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Orange

1. A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
2. (historical) A county of Burgundy around the French city.
3. (historical) A principality in the Holy Roman Empire around the French city, now defunct but still used as a title by various claimants, particularly the heir apparent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
4. (historical) A principality in the Netherlands; named for the French title.
5. (abbreviation) Short for Orange-Nassau, the ruling house of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
6. A surname; chiefly from the French city and title.
7. (abbreviation) Short for Orange River, the longest river in South Africa; named for William V, prince of Orange from 1751–1806.
8. A city in New South Wales; named for William II of the Netherlands, prince of Orange from 1815–1840.
9. A local government area in central New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Orange.
10. A city in Orange County, California; named for the fruit.
    • For diarrhea caused by a stomach virus or a meal that didn’t agree with you, try the BRAT diet, says James Lee, MD, gastroenterologist with St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif.2015 March 31, Linda Melone, “The worst foods to eat when you’re sick, and the best ones”, in CNN
11. A town in New Haven County, Connecticut; named for William III of England, prince of Orange from 1650–1702.
12. An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Georgia.

Noun (2) capitalized: Orange

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Orange (plural Oranges)

1. (Ireland, Northern Ireland, abbreviation, informal) Short for Orangeman, a member of the Orange Order or any advocate of continued British rule over Northern Ireland.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Orange

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Orange (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Orange Order.