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# crimson

«crimson» in Mova's school dictionary: **A deep, strong red colour with a little blue in it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (crimson); noun (crimson, uncountable); verb (crimson — rare, to go red)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A deep, strong red colour with a little blue in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/#m1)

2) (verb, rare) To turn deep red, as when blushing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In art, crimson is one of the reds, deeper than scarlet. In stories, a face turning crimson shows embarrassment or anger; a crimson sky shows sunset. In Alice in Wonderland, the gardeners paint the white roses red because the Queen wanted red ones. Phrases: «go crimson», «crimson with rage».

### examples

- The sky turned crimson at sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/#x1)
- Toad went crimson with rage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/#x2)
- She wore a crimson velvet dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/#x3)
- The crimson roses filled the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/#x4)
- His cheeks went crimson when everyone laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/#x5)
- Mix red with a little blue to get crimson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/#x6)
- The roses were crimson diamonds, with emerald leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/#x7)

### note

Similar reds: scarlet (bright, orange-red), maroon (dark brown-red), ruby, cherry. Blushing: «go red/crimson/scarlet».

### In the corpora

- ['Who is this that cometh from Edom, with crimsoned garments from Bozrah?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1341/)
- [And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.51/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crimson» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimson/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.