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REDDEN

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

Example:

The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by

Synonyms:

blush; crimson; flush; redden

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "redden" is one way to...):

color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Turn red or redder

Example:

The sky reddened

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "redden" is one way to...):

color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "redden"):

blush (become rosy or reddish)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make red

Example:

The setting sun reddened the sky

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "redden" is one way to...):

color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "redden"):

madder (color a moderate to strong red)

encrimson (make crimson)

vermilion (color vermilion)

carmine (color carmine)

rubify (make ruby red)

ruddle (redden as if with a red ocher color)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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 Context examples: 

Signs and symptoms include pain, tenderness and reddening in the affected area, fever, chills, and lymphadenopathy.

(Cellulitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation (swelling and reddening) of the bronchi.

(Bronchitis, NCI Dictionary)

A disorder characterized by episodic reddening of the face.

(Flushing, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Major staggered to his feet, but the blood spouting from his throat reddened the snow in a widening path.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A sudden recollection seemed to occur, and to give him some taste of that emotion which was reddening Anne's cheeks and fixing her eyes on the ground.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The principal symptoms are fever, congestion of the ocular conjunctivae, reddening of the lips and oral cavity, protuberance of tongue papillae, and edema or erythema of the extremities.

(Kawasaki Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A form of ACTINOMYCOSIS characterized by slow-growing inflammatory lesions of the lymph nodes that drain the mouth (lumpy jaw), reddening of the overlying skin, and intraperitoneal abscesses.

(Cervicofacial Actinomycotic Infection, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Reddening of the palmar and plantar regions of the body with occasional involvement of the distal extremities.

(Acral Erythema, NCI Thesaurus)

Martin and Professor Caldwell had got together in a conspicuous corner, and though Martin no longer wove the air with his hands, to Ruth's critical eye he permitted his own eyes to flash and glitter too frequently, talked too rapidly and warmly, grew too intense, and allowed his aroused blood to redden his cheeks too much.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Yankees have a trick of being generous to their enemies, said Jo, with a look that made the lad redden, especially when they beat them, she added, as, leaving Kate's ball untouched, she won the game by a clever stroke.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)