purple


Definition: Meaning of, purple in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpəːp(ə)l /

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  1. a dark colour that is a mixture of red and blue
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  1. having a dark colour that is a mixture of red and blue
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  2. purple with rage/purple in the face etc with a face that is dark red, caused by anger
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  3. purple patch a time when you are very successful - used especially in news reports
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  4. purple prose/passage writing that uses difficult or unusual words - used in order to show disapproval
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purple used in phrases

  • Order of the Purple Heart (noun)
    1. a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
  • Purple Heart (noun)
    1. a MEDAL given to US soldiers who have been wounded
  • Texas purple spike (noun)
    1. orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas
  • Tyrian purple (noun)
    1. a vivid purplish-red colour
    2. a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically
  • banded purple (noun)
    1. north American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
  • blue-purple (adjective)
    1. of purple tinged with blue
  • bluish-purple (adjective)
    1. of purple tinged with blue
  • brown-purple (adjective)
    1. of dark purple tinted with brown
  • brownish-purple (adjective)
    1. of dark purple tinted with brown
  • crimson-purple (adjective)
    1. purple tinged with crimson
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