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pinken

pinken verb: to become pink.

Verb

pinken (third-person singular simple present pinkens, present participle pinkening, simple past and past participle pinkened)

  1. (intransitive) To become pink.
    • For a second his eyes sought the distant horizon now beginning to pinken in the early dawn light.2000, Lieren Jaymes, Devil's Walk, page viii
  2. (transitive) To make pink.
    • Then unrolled his wet trouser pants, water dripping down his ankles, heat pinkening his skin.2025, Hannah Linder, The Red Cottage, Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
  3. (intransitive) To blush.

Forms of pinken

third-person singular presentpinkens
present participlepinkening
past participlepinkened
pastpinkened

Origin of pinken

From pink + -en.

Questions about pinken

What does pinken mean?
Pinken means to become pink.
What part of speech is pinken?
Pinken is a verb.
What is the past tense of pinken?
The past tense of pinken is pinkened.

Words near pinken in the dictionary

  1. Pinkards
  2. pinked
  3. pinked up
  4. pinkeen
  5. pinkeens
  6. pinken
  7. pinkened
  8. pinkening
  9. pinkens
  10. pinker
  11. Pinkerian

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