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1. (n.) pigment
a dry insoluble substance, usu. pulverized, that when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
2. pigment
a coloring matter or substance.
3. pigment
any of various biological substances, as chlorophyll and melanin, that produce color in the tissues of organisms.
4. (v.t.) pigment
to color; add pigment to.
5. (v.i.) pigment
to acquire color.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L pigmentum paint =pig- (s. of pingere to paint ) +-mentum -ment)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pigment
dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
2. (noun) pigment
any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color
3. (verb) paint, pigment
a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
"artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"
4. (verb) pigment
acquire pigment; become colored or imbued
5. (verb) pigment
color or dye with a pigment
"pigment a photograph"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pigment
any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle
2. (noun) pigment
any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc
3. (noun) pigment
wine flavored with species and honey
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Sense: any substance used for colouring, making paint etc
People used to make paint and dyes from natural pigments.
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 Afrikaans: pigment |
 Arabic: صِبْغ، خِضْب |
 Bulgarian: пигмент |
 Brazilian: pigmento |
 Czech: barvivo |
 German: der Farbstoff |
 Danish: farvestof |
 Greek: βαφή |
 Spanish: pigmento |
 Estonian: värvaine |
 Farsi: رنگ |
 Finnish: väriaine |
 French: pigment |
 Hebrew: צִבעָן |
 Hindi: रंगद्रव्य, वर्णक |
 Croatian: pigment |
 Hungarian: festőanyag |
 Indonesian: zat warna |
 Icelandic: litarefni |
 Italian: pigmento |
 Japanese: 顔料 |
 Korean: 그림물감, 안료 |
 Lithuanian: pigmentas |
 Latvian: pigments |
 Malay: pigmen |
 Dutch: kleurstof |
 Norwegian: fargestoff, pigmentfarge |
 Polish: barwnik |
 Persian: رنگ |
 Pashto: رنګ، درنګ ماده |
 Portuguese: pigmento |
 Romanian: pigment |
 Russian: красящее вещество |
 Slovak: farbivo |
 Slovenian: barvilo |
 Serbian: pigment |
 Swedish: pigment, färgämne |
 Thai: สีย้อม |
 Turkish: boya maddesi |
 Taiwanese: 顏料 |
 Ukrainian: пігмент |
 Urdu: رنگ و روغن |
 Vietnamese: chất màu; chất nhuộm |
 Chinese: 颜料 |
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