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Discolor

To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.

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Broader term 3

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Manner of action 30

Black 76% connected

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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Blacken 76% connected

To make or render black.

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Blanch 76% connected

To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.

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Bleach 76% connected

To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

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Blench 76% connected

To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.

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Blue 76% connected

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.

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Blush 76% connected

To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

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Bronze 76% connected

An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used fo…

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Burn 76% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Crimson 76% connected

A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.

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Decolor 76% connected

To deprive of color; to bleach.

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Decolorize 76% connected

To deprive of color; to whiten.

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Dye 76% connected

To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

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Flush 76% connected

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

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Gray 76% connected

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray ey…

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Green 76% connected

Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emer…

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Grey 76% connected

See Gray (the correct orthography).

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Infuscate 76% connected

To darken; to make black; to obscure.

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Pale 76% connected

Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.

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Purple 76% connected

A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.

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Redden 76% connected

To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.

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Sallow 76% connected

The willow; willow twigs.

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Silver 76% connected

A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with…

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Sunburn 76% connected

To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.

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Tan 76% connected

See Picul.

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Tone 76% connected

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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White 76% connected

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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Whiten 76% connected

To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

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Yellow 76% connected

Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is be…

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Derivationally related 8

Color 74% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Color 74% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Discoloration 74% connected

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.

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Discoloration 74% connected

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.

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Stain 74% connected

To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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Stain 74% connected

To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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Causes 2

Color 72% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Synonym 2

Color 92% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 92% connected

See Color.

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Antonym 2

Color 94% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Color 94% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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