Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A red or pink cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- noun A reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used to polish metals or glass.
- intransitive verb To put rouge onto.
- intransitive verb To color or prettify as if with a facial cosmetic.
- intransitive verb To use rouge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To color (the skin, especially the cheeks) with rouge.
- To cause to become red, as from blushing.
- To use rouge, especially on the cheeks.
- To become red; redden; blush.
- noun A finely powdered red oxid of iron, or hematite (which see), generally mixed with a paste or glue and sold in sticks or in the form of powder.
- noun In roulette, a bet that the color of the number will be red.
- Red: as in the French rouge croix, rouge et noir, etc.
- noun Any red cosmetic or coloring for the skin.
- noun A scarlet, bright-crimson, or dark-red polishing-powder (peroxid of iron, sometimes intermingled with black oxid) made by a variety of processes, and varying in color according to the mode of production.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare red.
- adjective a game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called because the table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited.
- noun (Chem.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also
crocus ,jeweler's rouge , etc. - noun A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine.
- transitive verb To tint with rouge.
- intransitive verb To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a
reddish pink colour. - noun
Red orpink makeup to add colour to thecheeks ;blusher . - noun Any
reddish pink colour. - noun Canadian football A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
- verb To
apply rouge (makeup.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb redden by applying rouge to
- noun makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Perhaps its only use nowadays is in the preparation of rouge (_rouge végétale_).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various
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The word roux is said to be derived from an antiquated variation of the French word rouge, meaning red, which no doubt refers to the change of color that occurs as flour cooks.
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We romanticize how great it is drinking pichets of vin rouge in southern France and marvel at how the food of Bologna goes so well with the local wine.
Home field disadvantaged – NYT on SF wine lists | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I would love to try some domain rouge bleu, but cant get it til I go home in the summer.
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Un de mes frères était si maigre que lorsqu'il avait bu un verre de vin rouge, on le prenait pour un thermomètre.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Un de mes frères était si maigre que lorsqu'il avait bu un verre de vin rouge, on le prenait pour un thermomètre.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Un de mes frères était si maigre que lorsqu'il avait bu un verre de vin rouge, on le prenait pour un thermomètre.
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June 01, 2004 at 05: 40 PM poor you, david! puking AND pox-ing. and then you had to sit thru moulin rouge!
wrecked 2004
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The result was the popular label rouge, or “red label,” which identifies chickens that have been produced according to specific standards: they are slow-growing varieties, fed primarily on grain rather than artificially concentrated feeds, raised in flocks of moderate size and with access to the outdoors, and slaughtered at 80 or more days of age rather than 40 to 50.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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What movie have you seen the most times? the wizard of oz, moulin rouge
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