collar English
Noun
( en noun)
Anything that encircles the neck.
#The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
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#*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar .
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, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars , and red neckbands.}}
#A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
#A chain worn around the neck.
#A similar detachable item.
#A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
#A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
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#A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
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(lb) Any encircling device or structure.
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#(lb) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
#(lb) A ring or cincture.
#(lb) A collar beam.
#(lb) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
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(lb) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
(lb) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
:(Gray)
A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
(lb) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
Derived terms
* blue-collar
* bottle collar
* brass-collar
* change collars
* choke collar
* collar stud
* collarbone
* collared lizard
* dog collar
* equity collar
* Eton collar
* feel someone's collar
* flea collar
* floatation collar
* head collar
* hot under the collar
* interest rate collar
* mandarin collar
* Peter Pan collar
* pink-collar
* rain collar
* Roman collar
* sailor collar
* shawl collar
* storm collar
* Vandyke collar
* white-collar
* white-collar crime
* wing collar
Related terms
* accolade
Verb
( en verb)
To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- Collar and leash aggressive dogs.
To seize, capture or detain.
To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
(law enforcement) To arrest.
(figuratively) To bind in conversation.
- I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.
To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
(BDSM) To bind a submissive to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
Derived terms
* collaring
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colour English
(Color)
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Alternative forms
* color (US) (see the below)
Noun
(lb) The spectral composition of visible light.
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(lb) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
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*, chapter=5
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, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
(lb) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
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(lb) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
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(lb) Interest, especially in a selective area.
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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour ) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust.
(lb) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
(lb) A standard or banner.
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The system of colour television.
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(lb) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
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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.
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(lb) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
(lb) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
(lb) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
A front or : an ostensible truth actually false.
An appearance of right or authority.
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(lb) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
Usage notes
The late (etyl) colour'', which is the standard UK spelling, has been the usual spelling in Britain since the 14th century and was chosen by (1828), along with favor, honor, etc., and is currently the standard US spelling.
In Canada, colour'' is preferred, but ''color'' is not unknown; in Australia, ''-our'' endings are the standard, although ''-or'' endings had some currency in the past and are still sporadically found in some regions. In New Zealand, ''-our endings are the standard.
Synonyms
* (spectral composition of visible light) blee
* (particular set named as a class) blee, hue
* hue, shade, blee
* (human skin tone as an indicator of race or ethnicity) colour of one’s skin, complexion, blee, ethnicity, race
* interest
* (dark tincture) stain
* (standard or banner) banner, standard
* (colour television) colour television
Derived terms
* colour-blind
* colour charge
* colour code
* colour commentator
* coloured
* colourful
* colour of fire
* flame-colour
* colourimeter
* colourise
* colourism
* colourless
* colours
* discoloration
* in colour
* off-colour
* prismatic colours
* true colours
Adjective
( -)
Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
- Colour television and films were considered a great improvement over black and white.
Verb
( en verb)
To give something colour.
- We could colour the walls red.
To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers or crayons.
- My kindergartener loves to colour .
(of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
- ''Her face coloured as she realised her mistake.
To affect without completely changing.
- That interpretation certainly colours my perception of the book.
(informal) To attribute a quality to.
- Colour me confused.
(mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same colour.
- Can this graph be two-coloured ?
- You can colour any map with four colours.
Synonyms
* (give something colour) dye, paint, stain, shade, tinge, tint
* (apply colours within boundaries of a line drawing)
* blush
* (affect without completely changing) affect, influence
* (attribute a quality to) call
Derived terms
* colour by numbers
See also
* tincture
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External links
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