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to pinkify

to pinkify

1 8.2
To make something light red in color
  • verb
  • /ˈpɪŋkɪfaɪ/
: pintar de rosa
  • She pinkified her old sneakers with a fresh coat of paint.

Examples

  • Some brands pinkify their products during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

  • She loves to pinkify her room.

  • The artist decided to pinkify the mural to brighten up the street.

  • The artist pinkified the canvas beautifully.

  • She decided to pinkify her bedroom by adding pink curtains and a pink bedspread.

  • The artist chose to pinkify the canvas by painting bright pink flowers all over it.

  • To celebrate spring, they planned to pinkify the garden with pink tulips and roses.

Antonyms

30 3.2

To make something lighter in color, often using chemicals or sunlight

1 7.0

To take the color out of something like fabric or a photograph

How Pink

to pinkify
1 8.2
to tint
6 3.6
to tinge
19 4.8

Surface Forms

pinkify infinitive
pinkified past
pinkified past participle
pinkifying present participle
pinkifies third person singular

Morphology

pinkify = pink (transparent) = pink + ify

Formed by the adjective 'pink' plus the productive verb-forming suffix '-ify', meaning 'to make or become pink', which a B1 learner can derive.

Etymology

The word pinkify comes from pink and the ending -ify, where -ify means 'to make', as in beautify. So to pinkify something is to 'make it pink'.