pink

1. any of a group of colours with a reddish hue that are of low to moderate saturation and can usually reflect or transmit a large amount of light; a pale reddish tint

2. pink cloth or clothing

3. of the colour pink

4. Brit informal left-wing

5. US derogatory

a. sympathetic to or influenced by Communism

b. leftist or radical, esp half-heartedly

6. (of a huntsman's coat) scarlet or red

pink

a sailing vessel with a narrow overhanging transom

pink

1. any of various Old World plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, such as D. plumarius (garden pink), cultivated for their fragrant flowers

2. any of various plants of other genera, such as the moss pink

3. the flower of any of these plants

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What does it mean when you dream about the color pink?

The color pink is often associated with baby girls and with feminine matters of the heart. Also, a person in a healthy or happy condition might respond that he or she is “in the pink” if asked how he or she is doing. Good feelings are generally associated with this color.

Pink

(1) The code name for the KIN family of smartphones from Microsoft. See KIN.

(2) An early code name for a future operating system from Apple. See Taligent.

(2) A postprocessing program for creating Video CDs from Philips that multiplexes audio and video streams together.

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Pink

(dreams)

Pink usually symbolizes health and good feelings. It is a traditionally a feminine color, and some feel that it connotes love. Pink is soft and fuzzy, like girls!

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The opposite of such structure is motley - the pied, the dappled, the maculate, the gillyflower, the real displaying itself as "fluctuating tatters." Once a mottled surface appears, it has a particular structure, of course, but the sense is always that it got that way haphazardly, by patchwork, and that it may not last.

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