orange

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1. countableAn evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
2. countableAny round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
   1. countableSpecifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
3. uncountableThe colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.

   Synonyms: yellow-red

4. uncountableVarious drinks

   I ran out into the street and around the block, searching everywhere, and finally burst into O'Dowd's pub around the corner to see Thomas sitting at the bar drinking orange and eating a bag of crisps with two old men.

   2015 May 7, Tosh Lavery, Tosh: An Amazing True Story Of Life, Death, Danger And Drama In The Garda Sub-Aqua Unit, Penguin UK, →ISBN

   3 more examples

   “What you drinking?” “Orange and soda will go down nicely, thanks.” “Pint?” “Sure.” Andy headed for the bar, stopping along the way to kiss Shaunna and check she and Kris were OK for a drink. “Everything all right?” Sean asked.

   2015 March 31, Debbie McGowan, Two By Two, Beaten Track Publishing, →ISBN, page 81

   It transpired this lad was drinking orange and faculties were keen. There were one or two verbal exchanges, then I followed him into the car park. He said to the doorman, 'I won't be long.' He easily knocked me to the ground.

   2018 May 25, Michael Nilsen, Beyond the Cave, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 82

   When the fast songs played, like the Beatles' 'Help' or The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction', Justin and I sat on two wooden chairs, drinking orange and holding hands. When the nuns weren't watching, I rested my head on his shoulder.

   2021 June 10, Anna McPartlin, Waiting for the Miracle: Warm your heart this winter with this uplifting novel from the bestselling author of THE LAST DAYS OF RABBIT HAYES, Bonnier Zaffre Ltd., →ISBN

5. Various drinks:
   1. countableuncountableAn orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
   2. countableuncountableAn orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
   3. countableuncommonuncountableOrange juice.
6. countableuncountablegovernmentA rarely-used nontraditional tincture found in Catalan, South African, and French municipal heraldry.
7. countableuncountablegovernmentAn orange-coloured roundel.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange.

8. countableuncountableAn orange dye or pigment.
9. countableuncountableA pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of orange pigment.
10. countableuncountableSomething, or a part of a thing, which is orange.

comparative oranger · comparative more orange · superlative orangest · superlative most orange · alternative obsolete aurange · alternative obsolete oreche · alternative obsolete orenche · alternative obsolete orendge · alternative obsolete oreng · alternative obsolete oringe · alternative obsolete orrendge · alternative obsolete orrenge · alternative obsolete orring · alternative obsolete orringe · alternative obsolete orryge · alternative obsolete orrynge

1. Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

   Antonyms: nonorange

present singular third person oranges · participle present oranging · participle past oranged · past oranged · alternative obsolete aurange · alternative obsolete oreche · alternative obsolete orenche · alternative obsolete orendge · alternative obsolete oreng · alternative obsolete oringe · alternative obsolete orrendge · alternative obsolete orrenge · alternative obsolete orring · alternative obsolete orringe · alternative obsolete orryge · alternative obsolete orrynge

1. transitiveTo colour orange.

   I looked at him through my binoculars, his little lips oranged with Cheeto dust.

   2009, Suzanne Crowley, The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous, page 117

   2 more examples

   It is this composition which reaches a colourist perfection in Le Bonheur with the complementarity of violet, purple and oranged gold

   1986, Gilles Deleuze, Cinema: The movement-image, page 118

   Jeff winked his eyes sleepily open and looked out into the cool flush of early morning. The east was oranged over with daybreak.

   1987, Harold Keith, Rifles for Watie, page 256

2. intransitiveTo become orange.

   Cranes in the distance against the background of the slowly oranging sky

   2007, Terézia Mora, Day in day out, page 296

   2 more examples

   It will be followed by a disappearance of the cash I had hidden in a sealed envelope behind the oranging Modigliani print over the living room couch.

   2008, Wanda Coleman, Jazz & twelve o'clock tales: new stories, page 14

   "What about his eyes?" / "Nothing. No oranging at all, from what I could see.

   2010, Justin Cronin, The Passage, page 330

1. A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
2. historicalA county of Burgundy around the French city.
3. historicalA principality in the Holy Roman Empire around the French city, now defunct but still used as a title by various claimants, particularly the heir apparent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
4. historicalA principality in the Netherlands; named for the French title.
5. abbreviationShort for Orange-Nassau, the ruling house of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
6. A surname; chiefly from the French city and title.
7. abbreviationShort for Orange River, the longest river in South Africa; named for William V, prince of Orange from 1751–1806.
8. A city in New South Wales; named for William II of the Netherlands, prince of Orange from 1815–1840.
9. A local government area in central New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Orange.
10. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Orange County, California; named for the fruit.

       For diarrhea caused by a stomach virus or a meal that didn’t agree with you, try the BRAT diet, says James Lee, MD, gastroenterologist with St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif.

       2015 March 31, Linda Melone, “The worst foods to eat when you’re sick, and the best ones”, in CNN

    2. A town in New Haven County, Connecticut; named for William III of England, prince of Orange from 1650–1702.
    3. An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Georgia.
    4. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Illinois.
    5. A township and unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana; named for its township, itself named for Orange County, North Carolina.
    6. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts; named for William III of England.
    7. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri.
    8. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for the orange ochre found in the area.
    9. A city in Essex County, New Jersey; named for William III of England.
    10. A town in Schuyler County, New York.
    11. An unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio.
    12. A village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
    13. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Ohio.
    14. A city, the county seat of Orange County, Texas.
    15. A town in Orange County, Vermont.
    16. A town, the county seat of Orange County, Virginia.
    17. A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.
    18. A number of other townships, listed under Orange Township.

plural Oranges

1. IrelandNorthern IrelandabbreviationinformalShort for Orangeman, a member of the Orange Order or any advocate of continued British rule over Northern Ireland.

1. not comparableOf or relating to the Orange Order.