pinken

Etymology

From pink +‎ -en.

Verb

pinken (third-person singular simple present pinkens, present participle pinkening, simple past and past participle pinkened)

1. (intransitive) To become pink.
   • 2000, Lieren Jaymes, Devil's Walk, page viii:

     For a second his eyes sought the distant horizon now beginning to pinken in the early dawn light.

2. (transitive) To make pink.
3. (intransitive) To blush.

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Noun

pinken

1. Plural form of pink

Adjective

pinken

1. inflected form of pink