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give\ color\ to — • give color to • lend color to v. phr. To make (smth) seem true or likely. The boy s torn clothes gave color to his story of a fight. The way the man ate lent color to his story of near starvation … Словарь американских идиом
give color — To admit an apparent or colorable right in the opposite party. In common law pleading, a plea of confession and avoidance had to give color to the affirmative averments of the complaint, or it would be fatally defective. The giving color was… … Black's law dictionary
give color — To admit an apparent or colorable right in the opposite party. In common law pleading, a plea of confession and avoidance had to give color to the affirmative averments of the complaint, or it would be fatally defective. The giving color was… … Black's law dictionary
give color to — or[lend color to] {v. phr.} To make (something) seem true or likely. * /The boy s torn clothes gave color to his story of a fight./ * /The way the man ate lent color to his story of near starvation./ … Dictionary of American idioms
give color to — or[lend color to] {v. phr.} To make (something) seem true or likely. * /The boy s torn clothes gave color to his story of a fight./ * /The way the man ate lent color to his story of near starvation./ … Dictionary of American idioms
color — [kul′ər] n. [ME & OFr colour < L color < OL colos, orig., a covering < IE base * kel , to conceal, hide > HULL1, HALL] 1. the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths 2. the… … English World dictionary
Color — Col or (k[u^]l [ e]r), n. [Written also {colour}.] [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See {Helmet}.] 1. A property depending on the relations of light to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Color blindness — Color Col or (k[u^]l [ e]r), n. [Written also {colour}.] [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See {Helmet}.] 1. A property depending on the relations of light to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
color — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Rainbow hue Nouns 1. color, hue, tint, tinge, shade, dye, complexion, tincture, cast, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key; color organ; Technicolor. 2. pure, primary, positive, or complementary color;… … English dictionary for students
color — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English colour, from Anglo French, from Latin color; akin to Latin celare to conceal more at hell Date: 13th century 1. a. a phenomenon of light (as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual… … New Collegiate Dictionary
