"coloring" meaning in English

See coloring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: en-us-color.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-coloring.wav Forms: colorings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌlə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coloring (countable and uncountable, plural colorings)
  1. An act or process which applies color. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act or process): оцветяване (ocvetjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), väritys (Finnish), värittäminen (Finnish), clódóireacht [feminine] (Irish), kolorowanie [neuter] (Polish), barwienie [neuter] (Polish), farbowanie [neuter] (Polish), colorir (Portuguese), окра́ска (okráska) [feminine] (Russian), окра́шивание (okrášivanije) [neuter] (Russian), раскра́шивание (raskrášivanije) [neuter] (Russian), раскра́ска (raskráska) [feminine] (Russian), coloración [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-coloring-en-noun-eF2m7UsP Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 31 6 6 35 8 Disambiguation of 'act or process': 100 0 0 0 0
  2. Any substance used to give color. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: pigment
    Sense id: en-coloring-en-noun-NbrWsMhb Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 31 6 6 35 8
  3. The appearance as to color. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: coloration Translations (appearance): окраска (okraska) [feminine] (Bulgarian), väritys (Finnish), раскра́ска (raskráska) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-coloring-en-noun-zj9ELgxe Disambiguation of 'appearance': 0 9 81 5 5
  4. A disguise or discoloration. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (disguise or discoloration): suojaväritys (english: disguise) (Finnish), värin muuttuminen (discoloration) (Finnish), раскра́ска (raskráska) (english: disguise) [feminine] (Russian), обесцве́чивание (obescvéčivanije) [neuter] (Russian), decoloración [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-coloring-en-noun-AfiQLEUL Disambiguation of 'disguise or discoloration': 1 3 2 92 2
  5. (graph theory) An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph, usually such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Graph theory
    Sense id: en-coloring-en-noun-iFBzkMHR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 26 2 2 41 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 25 3 7 40 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 17 6 4 48 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 26 2 3 46 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 27 5 5 39 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 26 4 6 41 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 23 3 5 37 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 31 6 6 35 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 26 4 5 41 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 25 3 6 45 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 22 2 5 50 3 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: colouring [UK] Hypernyms: distinction, mark Derived forms: food colouring (english: food coloring), cocoloring, coloring book (english: colouring book), coloring pencil (english: colouring pencil), dead colouring (english: dead coloring), overcoloring, precoloring, pseudocoloring Related terms: colorable, coloration, colored, color guard, colorless, color line

Verb

Audio: en-us-color.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-coloring.wav
Rhymes: -ʌlə(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} coloring
  1. present participle and gerund of color Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: color
    Sense id: en-coloring-en-verb-iWUM9s2-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: colouring [UK]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "neutral"
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      "word": "shade"
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
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      "english": "food coloring",
      "word": "food colouring"
    },
    {
      "word": "cocoloring"
    },
    {
      "english": "colouring book",
      "word": "coloring book"
    },
    {
      "english": "colouring pencil",
      "word": "coloring pencil"
    },
    {
      "english": "dead coloring",
      "word": "dead colouring"
    },
    {
      "word": "overcoloring"
    },
    {
      "word": "precoloring"
    },
    {
      "word": "pseudocoloring"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "distinction"
    },
    {
      "word": "mark"
    }
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    "col‧or"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "dye"
    },
    {
      "word": "glow"
    },
    {
      "word": "haircolor"
    },
    {
      "word": "highlight"
    },
    {
      "word": "ink"
    },
    {
      "word": "paint"
    },
    {
      "word": "rust"
    },
    {
      "word": "shine"
    },
    {
      "word": "stain"
    },
    {
      "word": "tarnish"
    },
    {
      "word": "tint"
    },
    {
      "word": "verdigris"
    }
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      "word": "colorable"
    },
    {
      "word": "coloration"
    },
    {
      "word": "colored"
    },
    {
      "word": "color guard"
    },
    {
      "word": "colorless"
    },
    {
      "word": "color line"
    }
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        "An act or process which applies color."
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          "color"
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          "text": "Our cookies contain no artificial flavorings or colorings.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Any substance used to give color."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pigment"
        }
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        "uncountable"
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      ],
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          "ref": "1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “\"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?\" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 8:",
          "text": "The Rolands, both U.S.-educated lawyers with faculty positions in the national law school, are olive skinned, with the coloring of some Italians or Sephardic Jews.",
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      "glosses": [
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        ]
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ocvetjavane",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "оцветяване"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "word": "väritys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "word": "värittäminen"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clódóireacht"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kolorowanie"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "barwienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "farbowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "word": "colorir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okráska",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "окра́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okrášivanije",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "окра́шивание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskrášivanije",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "раскра́шивание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskráska",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "раскра́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coloración"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okraska",
      "sense": "appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "окраска"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "appearance",
      "word": "väritys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskráska",
      "sense": "appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "раскра́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "disguise",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disguise or discoloration",
      "word": "suojaväritys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disguise or discoloration",
      "word": "värin muuttuminen (discoloration)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "disguise",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskráska",
      "sense": "disguise or discoloration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "раскра́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obescvéčivanije",
      "sense": "disguise or discoloration",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обесцве́чивание"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disguise or discoloration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "decoloración"
    }
  ],
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    "coloring"
  ],
  "word": "coloring"
}

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