| any |
| 1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all. | |
| I will not remain here any longer. | |
| If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways! | |
| 2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all. | |
| do you have any biscuits?; do you have any food?; I haven't got any money; it won't do you any good | |
| 3. det. No matter what kind. | |
| choose any items you want; any person may apply | |
| 4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s). | |
| Any may apply. | |
| hue |
| 1. n. (obsolete) Form; appearance; guise. | |
| 2. n. A color, or shade of color; tint; dye. | |
| 3. n. The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta. | |
| In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value. | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) A character; aspect. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) A shout or cry. | |
| color |
| 1. n. The spectral composition of visible light | |
| Humans and birds can perceive color. | |
| 2. n. A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class. | |
| Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green. | |
| 3. n. Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays). | |
| He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color". | |
| 4. n. Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity. | |
| Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies. | |
| 5. n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area. | |
| a bit of local color | |
| 6. n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal. | |
| 7. n. (in the plural) A standard or banner. | |
| The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale. | |
| 8. n. The system of color television. | |
| This film is broadcast in color. | |
| 9. n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team. | |
| The colors were raised over the new territory. | |
| 10. n. (in the plural) Gang insignia. | |
| Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors. | |
| 11. n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university. | |
| He was awarded colors for his football. | |
| 12. n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag. | |
| 13. n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing quarterly results when an officer of a company is speaking to investment analysts. | |
| Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter? | |
| 14. n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons. | |
| 15. n. (finance) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in t | |
| 16. n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. | |
| 17. n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds. | |
| 18. n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false. | |
| 19. n. An appearance of right or authority. | |
| Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars. | |
| 20. n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment. | |
| 21. adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray. | |
| Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white. | |
| 22. v. To give something color. | |
| We could color the walls red. | |
| 23. v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons. | |
| My kindergartener loves to color. | |
| 24. v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow. | |
| Her face colored as she realized her mistake. | |
| 25. v. To affect without completely changing. | |
| That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book. | |
| 26. v. (informal) To attribute a quality to. | |
| Color me confused. | |
| 27. v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same color. | |
| Can this graph be two-colored? | |
| You can color any map with four colors. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| blee |
| 1. n. (rare, chiefly poetic) Colour, hue. | |
| 2. n. (archaic) Colour of the face, complexion. | |
| 3. n. (archaic) Consistency, form, texture. | |
| 4. n. (East Anglia) General resemblance, likeness; appearance, aspect, look. | |
| 5. interj. (informal) (Expressing disgust or trepidation.) | |
