--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 28 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 28 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A picnic is a meal eaten outside, often in a park or on a beach, sitting on a blanket.[↗](../../picnic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To picnic is to have a picnic.[↗](../../picnic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «No picnic» means not easy: «Moving house is no picnic».[↗](../../picnic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They took 12 sandwiches to the picnic.[↗](../../picnic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 8 friends went on a picnic.[↗](../../picnic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each person at the picnic got 2 apples.[↗](../../picnic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cups are needed for the picnic?[↗](../../picnic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a picnic by the lake.[↗](../../picnic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pack the picnic basket with fruit and water.[↗](../../picnic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants crawled all over our picnic blanket.[↗](../../picnic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Take your rubbish home after a picnic.[↗](../../picnic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning to skate was no picnic\![↗](../../picnic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I remember when I went out to a picnic with the furrier's family, on the day his daughter was betrothed,--it seems as if it only happened yesterday.[↗](../../picnic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **picture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A picture is a drawing, painting or photo.[↗](../../picture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To picture something means to see it in your mind, to imagine it.[↗](../../picture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The picture can mean the general idea of a situation: get the picture.[↗](../../picture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In old use, «the pictures» means the cinema.[↗](../../picture/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A picture can also be a lovely view or scene that you look at.[↗](../../picture/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sara drew 5 pictures each day.[↗](../../picture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The album holds 6 pictures on each page.[↗](../../picture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The picture is 30 cm wide and 20 cm tall.[↗](../../picture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a picture to solve the problem.[↗](../../picture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you picture a city under the sea?[↗](../../picture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We took pictures of the waterfall.[↗](../../picture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister reads picture books.[↗](../../picture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hang the picture straight on the wall.[↗](../../picture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the picture and describe what you see.[↗](../../picture/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The vowel letters, however, the letters of the Tetra- grammaton, are images and pictures of superior angels.[↗](../../picture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../picture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **picturesque** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very pretty, like a picture or a postcard, especially an old village or a countryside view.[↗](../../picturesque/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of language) Vivid and colourful, full of interesting description.[↗](../../picturesque/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We stayed in a picturesque fishing village.[↗](../../picturesque/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cottage by the river was picturesque.[↗](../../picturesque/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Cotswolds are full of picturesque villages.[↗](../../picturesque/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The harbour looked picturesque at sunset.[↗](../../picturesque/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad has a picturesque way of telling stories.[↗](../../picturesque/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The train ran through picturesque mountains.[↗](../../picturesque/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The streets were rather irregular, it is true, but still this added to their picturesque appearance.[↗](../../picturesque/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pidgin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A simple language made up when people who speak different languages need to talk, often for trade, mixing words from both.[↗](../../pidgin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Broken or very simple speech in a language you do not know well: «pidgin French».[↗](../../pidgin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pidgin has a small vocabulary and simple grammar.[↗](../../pidgin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nigerian Pidgin is spoken by millions of people.[↗](../../pidgin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tok Pisin began as a pidgin and is now an official language of Papua New Guinea.[↗](../../pidgin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On holiday, Dad got by with pidgin Spanish.[↗](../../pidgin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Traders made a pidgin so they could buy and sell.[↗](../../pidgin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When a pidgin becomes a first language, it is called a creole.[↗](../../pidgin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pie is food made of pastry filled with fruit, meat or vegetables and baked in an oven.[↗](../../pie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pie chart is a round graph cut into slices that show parts of a whole.[↗](../../pie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Pi» (π) is a different word that sounds the same: the number about 3.14 used for circles.[↗](../../pie/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma baked an apple pie.[↗](../../pie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have a slice of pumpkin pie?[↗](../../pie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia people often eat a meat pie at the football.[↗](../../pie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pie chart shows that half the class likes dogs.[↗](../../pie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the pie into eight equal pieces.[↗](../../pie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That test was as easy as pie\![↗](../../pie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the pie cool before you eat it, or you'll burn your mouth.[↗](../../pie/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘That is an admirable pie, little kitchen-maid.[↗](../../pie/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **piebald** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of a horse or other animal: having large patches of two colours, usually black and white.[↗](../../piebald/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A piebald horse or pony.[↗](../../piebald/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children rode a piebald pony.[↗](../../piebald/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A piebald horse stood in the field.[↗](../../piebald/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cat is piebald, black and white.[↗](../../piebald/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The travellers' piebald horses grazed by the road.[↗](../../piebald/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She drew a piebald pony with big patches.[↗](../../piebald/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The circus had a piebald horse with a white face.[↗](../../piebald/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he changed the old mare into a brisk, piebald palfrey.[↗](../../piebald/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **piece** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A piece is a part of something that has been cut, broken or divided, like a piece of cake.[↗](../../piece/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A piece is one single item of something, like a piece of paper or a piece of advice.[↗](../../piece/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A piece is one of the parts of a game or a puzzle, like a chess piece.[↗](../../piece/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A piece is a work of music, art or writing.[↗](../../piece/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She had 30 pieces of candy.[↗](../../piece/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pizza is cut into 8 pieces.[↗](../../piece/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each friend got 3 pieces of gum.[↗](../../piece/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pieces are left?[↗](../../piece/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle has 500 pieces.[↗](../../piece/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hand me a piece of paper.[↗](../../piece/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The vase fell and broke into pieces.[↗](../../piece/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That test was a piece of cake\![↗](../../piece/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She played a piano piece at the concert.[↗](../../piece/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective pieced the clues together.[↗](../../piece/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · "Chop him into pieces," said another.[↗](../../piece/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.[↗](../../piece/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../piece/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering.[↗](../../piece/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../piece/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.[↗](../../piece/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../piece/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.[↗](../../piece/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.15.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../piece/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon?[↗](../../piece/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.51.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../piece/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.[↗](../../piece/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../piece/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **pied** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pied means having patches of two or more colours, especially black and white, like a magpie or a pied wagtail.[↗](../../pied/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a character in an old German legend, a piper in colourful clothes who leads away the rats and then the children.[↗](../../pied/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (French) «Pied» means «foot» in French; «à pied» means «on foot».[↗](../../pied/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") It is said roughly «pee-AY» and is not an English word in this sense.[↗](../../pied/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pied wagtail hopped across the playground.[↗](../../pied/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Pied Piper played his pipe and the rats followed him.[↗](../../pied/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The town did not pay the Pied Piper, so he led the children away.[↗](../../pied/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pied horse had big black and white patches.[↗](../../pied/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, «Je vais à l'école à pied» means «I go to school on foot».[↗](../../pied/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A pied currawong was calling from the gum tree.[↗](../../pied/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Magpies have pied feathers.[↗](../../pied/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "I'm called the Pied Piper," he began.[↗](../../pied/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **pier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pier is a long platform built out from the shore into the sea or a lake, on posts, for walking along or for boats to stop at.[↗](../../pier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pier is a strong pillar that holds up a bridge.[↗](../../pier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked to the end of the pier.[↗](../../pier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat stopped at the pier.[↗](../../pier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old pier has an arcade and a café.[↗](../../pier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't jump off the pier; the water is dangerous.[↗](../../pier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fishermen were fishing from the pier.[↗](../../pier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Huge stone piers hold up the bridge.[↗](../../pier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As he jumped on to the pier his eye caught the notice about the princess, and he thought, ‘He has undertaken to find her, and has certainly lost his head.[↗](../../pier/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pierce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make a hole in or through something with a sharp point.[↗](../../pierce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The needle pierced the cloth."[↗](../../pierce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To have a hole made in a body part to wear jewellery.[↗](../../pierce/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She had her ears pierced."[↗](../../pierce/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of light, sound or cold) To suddenly go through something.[↗](../../pierce/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "A scream pierced the silence."[↗](../../pierce/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (piercing, adjective) Very loud and high, very sharp, or very cold; piercing eyes seem to look right through you.[↗](../../pierce/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The arrow pierced the target.[↗](../../pierce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She got her ears pierced for her birthday.[↗](../../pierce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A whistle pierced the air.[↗](../../pierce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunlight pierced the clouds.[↗](../../pierce/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A thorn pierced his finger.[↗](../../pierce/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind was piercing on the hill.[↗](../../pierce/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her piercing blue eyes stared at me.[↗](../../pierce/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Immediately afterward they heard a sharp, piercing cry.[↗](../../pierce/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon?[↗](../../pierce/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.51.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pierce/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.[↗](../../pierce/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pierce/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?[↗](../../pierce/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pierce/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **piercing** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A sharp stab or wound, as by a pointed thing.[↗](../../piercing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.[↗](../../piercing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../piercing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **piety** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Piety is deep respect for God and religion, shown by a good and faithful life.[↗](../../piety/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The priest was known for his piety.[↗](../../piety/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king heard of the monk's great piety.[↗](../../piety/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She showed piety by praying every morning.[↗](../../piety/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pig** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pig is a farm animal with a pink or dark body, a flat nose called a snout, short legs and a curly tail; it says «oink».[↗](../../pig/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Calling a person a pig (informal, rude) means they eat too much, are messy, or are greedy.[↗](../../pig/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pig rolled in the mud to keep cool.[↗](../../pig/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A baby pig is called a piglet.[↗](../../pig/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pigs are clever animals.[↗](../../pig/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer feeds the pigs every morning.[↗](../../pig/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I saved my coins in a piggy bank.[↗](../../pig/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The three little pigs built three houses.[↗](../../pig/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pigs have a strong sense of smell.[↗](../../pig/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · «I will tidy my room when pigs fly!»[↗](../../pig/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **pigeon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grey (or brown and white) bird with a small head and a round body, very common in towns and cities.[↗](../../pigeon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (homing/carrier pigeon) A pigeon trained to fly home over long distances, once used to carry messages.[↗](../../pigeon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pigeons were pecking at crumbs in the square.[↗](../../pigeon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A carrier pigeon carried the message across the sea.[↗](../../pigeon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Homing pigeons can fly home from hundreds of kilometres away.[↗](../../pigeon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pigeon cooed on the windowsill.[↗](../../pigeon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't feed the pigeons here.[↗](../../pigeon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your letters in the teacher's pigeonhole.[↗](../../pigeon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And close upon them followed three pigeons.[↗](../../pigeon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; (Torah LEV.14.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pigeon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.[↗](../../pigeon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pigeon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.[↗](../../pigeon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pigeon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **pigeonhole** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* One of a set of small open boxes in a wall or desk where letters and papers are put for each person.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb: To decide too quickly that someone or something belongs to one simple type, unfairly.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Don't pigeonhole people."[↗](../../pigeonhole/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* verb.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To put something aside and ignore it (old use).[↗](../../pigeonhole/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Leave the note in Mr Jones's pigeonhole.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each teacher has a pigeonhole in the staff room.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't pigeonhole him as just a footballer; he loves poetry too.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She hated being pigeonholed as the shy one.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The letters were sorted into pigeonholes.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pigeons once lived in holes like these in dovecotes.[↗](../../pigeonhole/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **piggy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A piggy is a little pig (a child's word).[↗](../../piggy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A piggy bank is a box, often shaped like a pig, for saving coins.[↗](../../piggy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Piggy (adjective) means like a pig: piggy eyes.[↗](../../piggy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A piggyback is a ride on someone's back.[↗](../../piggy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has 20 dollars in her piggy bank.[↗](../../piggy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He puts 2 dollars in his piggy bank each week.[↗](../../piggy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She took 5 dollars out of the piggy bank.[↗](../../piggy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much is in the piggy bank now?[↗](../../piggy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad gave me a piggyback ride to bed.[↗](../../piggy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «This little piggy went to market» is a game with toes.[↗](../../piggy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My piggy bank is full of coins.[↗](../../piggy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby giggled at the little piggy in the picture book.[↗](../../piggy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As she was coming home, she came to a stile: but the piggy wouldn't go over the stile.[↗](../../piggy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **piglet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A piglet is a baby pig.[↗](../../piglet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Piglet is the small, shy pink pig in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (a name of a character).[↗](../../piglet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sow had twelve piglets.[↗](../../piglet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The piglets squealed as they ran to their mother.[↗](../../piglet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A litter of piglets slept in the straw.[↗](../../piglet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The smallest piglet is called the runt.[↗](../../piglet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Piglet held Pooh's paw on the windy day.[↗](../../piglet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Piglets drink their mother's milk for a few weeks.[↗](../../piglet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We fed the piglets at the city farm.[↗](../../piglet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pigment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pigment is a substance that gives colour to something, like the green in leaves or the colour of skin, hair and eyes.[↗](../../pigment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pigment is also a coloured powder that is mixed with oil or water to make paint.[↗](../../pigment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Chlorophyll is the green pigment in leaves.[↗](../../pigment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Melanin is a pigment in our skin.[↗](../../pigment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cave painters made pigments from red earth and charcoal.[↗](../../pigment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We separated the pigments in a felt-tip pen using wet paper.[↗](../../pigment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist mixed the blue pigment with oil.[↗](../../pigment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In autumn the green pigment fades and the yellow shows through.[↗](../../pigment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some animals have no pigment and are pure white.[↗](../../pigment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pigmentation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The natural colour of skin, hair, eyes, leaves or other living things, caused by pigments (coloured substances).[↗](../../pigmentation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Coloured spots or patches on skin.[↗](../../pigmentation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Skin pigmentation comes from melanin.[↗](../../pigmentation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The frog's bright pigmentation warns that it is poisonous.[↗](../../pigmentation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Albino animals lack pigmentation.[↗](../../pigmentation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sun can cause dark pigmentation spots on skin.[↗](../../pigmentation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Autumn leaves change pigmentation as chlorophyll breaks down.[↗](../../pigmentation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Human skin pigmentation varies, and all of it is normal.[↗](../../pigmentation/#x6 "tree and 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