saffron
/ˈsæfɹən/ verb C2- To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc. · saffroned water, saffroned rice
- To give a saffron colour to (something).
- To dye (a fabric, garment, etc.) with a saffron-based dye.
- To colour (a metal or wooden surface) with a gilding product containing saffron. · Or warts, or wheales, it hangs upon her skinne.
- To embellish.
He/she/it saffrons · Past saffroned · Past participle saffroned · -ing form saffroning
Verb forms
- Base form
- saffron
- He/she/it
- saffrons
- Past
- saffroned
- Past participle
- saffroned
- -ing form
- saffroning
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Anne evidently got through her visit without any serious breach of “etiquette,” for she came home through the twilight, under a great, high-sprung sky gloried over with trails of saffron and rosy cloud, in a beatified state of mind and told Marilla all about it happily, sitting on the big red-sandstone slab at the kitchen door with her tired curly head in Marilla’s gingham lap.
Beyond, the Avonlea hills came out darkly against the saffron sky.
“We have an inspector who makes a specialty of Saffron Hill and the Italian Quarter.
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