Sekirov Dictionary

lavender

UK /ˈlæv.ən.dəː/US /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/

adjective 3
noun 3
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 1

adjective3

Having a pale purple colour.
Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.
Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

noun3

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
A pale bluish purple or violet colour, like that of the lavender flower.
(historical) A kind of film stock used for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.

verb1

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To decorate or perfume with lavender.
- Short shafts of dying sunlight mingled with the deepening grey, lavendering the horizon, and all nature seemed to hush as though waiting to welcome the night. — 1986

forms

lavendered · lavendering · lavenders · more lavender · most lavender

Phrases with lavender

lay in lavender
To store (clothing, etc.) with sprigs of lavender, i.e. to keep fresh.

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