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# redden

«redden» in Mova's school dictionary: **To become red or redder** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (redden, reddens, reddened, reddening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To become red or redder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#m1)

2) (of a person's face) To blush because you are embarrassed, shy or angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#m2)

3) To make something red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#m3)

4) Humorously, to redden the ground means to plough a field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it often tells the reader that a character is embarrassed or angry: «his face reddened». In science and nature it describes leaves in autumn, a sky at sunset, or skin that is sunburnt or sore. Phrases: «redden with anger», «redden with embarrassment», «the sky reddened».

### examples

- Her cheeks reddened when the teacher read out her poem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#x1)
- The leaves redden in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#x2)
- His face reddened with anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#x3)
- The sky reddened as the sun went down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#x4)
- My nose reddens in the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#x5)
- The rash began to redden and itch, so we called the doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#x6)
- Tomatoes redden as they ripen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: reddened, reddening; note the double «d». A rash or skin that keeps reddening and swelling can need a doctor. «Blush» is a near synonym for faces.

### In the corpora

- [My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.420/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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