crimson : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crimson	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for crimson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crimson adj of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Synonym(s): red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode Synonym(s): crimson, red, violent (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red- faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" Synonym(s): crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed n a deep and vivid red color [syn: crimson, ruby, {deep red}] v turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" Synonym(s): blush, crimson, flush, redden
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crimson \Crim"son\ (kr?m"z'n), n. [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k[?]mija produced by a worm; k[?]mi worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. {Carmine}, {Kermes}.] A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general. Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. --Is. i. 18. A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crimson \Crim"son\, a. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. [bd]A crimson tide.[b8] --Mrs. Hemans. The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crimson \Crim"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimsoned} (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimsoning}.] To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crimson \Crim"son\, b. t. To become crimson; to blush. Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. --De Quincey.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Crimson See {COLOUR}.