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     1. roze
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pink
     1. n. (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
     2. n. (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
     3. n. (now historical) A narrow boat.
     4. v. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
     5. v. To prick with a sword.
     6. v. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
     7. v. To choose; to cull; to pick out.
     8. n. A stab.
     9. n. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
           This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.
     10. n. (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
           Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
     11. n. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
           My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
           (color panel, pink, F52887)
     12. n. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
     13. n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
           Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.
     14. n. (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.
     15. n. Alternative form of pinko
           My own guess is that there are some pinks in the State Department and in other government departments and agencies, and of course they should be found and ousted; but it seems to me that this c
     16. adj. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
     17. adj. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
     18. adj. Having conjunctivitis.
     19. adj. (obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
     20. adj. (informal) Relating to women or girls.
           pink-collar; pink job
     21. adj. (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
           the pink economy
           pink dollar; pink pound
     22. v. To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to turn something pink.
     23. v. (of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
     24. v. (obsolete) To wink; to blink.
     25. adj. (obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
Nederlands > Engels
roze
     1. adj. pink, rosy
           Ze droeg een roze jurk naar het feest. - She wore a pink dress to the party.
           De zonsopgang kleurde de hemel roze. - The sunrise turned the sky a rosy hue.
           Na de wandeling hadden ze roze wangen van de kou. - After the walk, they had rosy cheeks from the cold.

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A blue elephant's ears are as big as the ones of a pink elephant.
    De oren van een blauwe olifant zijn even groot als die van een roze olifant.
Who is the girl in the pink dress?
    Wie is het meisje in de roze jurk?



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