to pink
- verb
- /pɪŋk/
- Specialized
- The top one has a zigzag stitch, the second one is straight stitched with a pinked edge, and the third is straight stitched on a straight cut.
- to pink with shears
Examples
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I don't have any use for pinking paper, so I don't have any of those.
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I'm going to go pink cone with confetti and cake batter.
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Oh God, I just couldn't even pink on my white carpet.
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So this gloss pinked it up a little bit more, but these are so soft, so comfortable on the lips.
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Pinking shears.
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She decided to pink the fabric edges to prevent them from fraying.
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Using her new pink shears, she expertly cut the cloth into a zigzag pattern.
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Before sewing the quilt, he always remembers to pink the seams for a neater finish.
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small garden plant with a strong sweet smell and pink or rosy flowers
- US
A small wildflower with bright red notched petals that grows each year in eastern North America
- UK
A plant from Europe with pink or white flowers whose leaves make soap when crushed
- US
A garden plant with bright red or white flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies
- US
A small plant with pink flowers that grows on rocky slopes in the western United States
- Specialized
A small caterpillar that eats seeds inside cotton bolls and damages cotton plants
- Indian
A serious fungus that forms a pink cover on the bark of coffee or citrus trees
- Australian
A fungus that causes pink disease in plants like citrus, coffee, and rubber trees
A low plant with clusters of deep pink or white flowers that grows on sandy areas near the sea
A tree from warm places with upright groups of pink flowers grown for decoration
- Specialized
Dirty water from meat or chicken factories that is pink and needs treatment
- Australian
A small bush from southwest Australia with scented leaves and pink flowers followed by five-sided fruit
- Australian
A plant with bright pink, papery flowers like small daisies often used dried for decoration
- Australian
A plant with bright pink and white daisy-like flowers that keep their colour when dried
- Specialized
A low plant with pink or purple flowers that grows on coasts and rocky hills
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pink: To pink fabric comes from the scissors called pinking shears that cut a zigzag edge to stop cloth from fraying, a name that links back to the flower's frilled petals. So when you pink a seam, you make that decorative, fray-resistant edge.