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rouge

 (ro͞ozh)
n.
1. A red or pink cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.
2. A reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used to polish metals or glass.
v. rouged, roug·ing, roug·es
v.tr.
1. To put rouge onto: rouged her cheeks.
2. To color or prettify as if with a facial cosmetic: "Their job is to rouge up the war ... to turn the horror into cheering press releases" (Richard Corliss).
v.intr.
To use rouge.

[French, from Old French, red, from Latin rubeus; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
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rouge

(ruːʒ)
n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a red powder, used as a cosmetic for adding redness to the cheeks
2. (Elements & Compounds) short for jeweller's rouge
vb (tr)
(Clothing & Fashion) to apply rouge to
[C18: from French: red, from Latin rubeus]
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rouge

(ruʒ)

n., v. rouged, roug•ing. n.
1. any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
2. a reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used for polishing metal, glass, etc.
v.t.
3. to color with rouge.
4. to cause to blush.
v.i.
5. to use rouge.
[1475–85; < French: red < Latin rubeus; akin to red]
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rouge

- Rouge can also be called paint.
See also related terms for paint.
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rouge


Past participle: rouged
Gerund: rouging

Imperative
rouge
rouge
Present
I rouge
you rouge
he/she/it rouges
we rouge
you rouge
they rouge
Preterite
I rouged
you rouged
he/she/it rouged
we rouged
you rouged
they rouged
Present Continuous
I am rouging
you are rouging
he/she/it is rouging
we are rouging
you are rouging
they are rouging
Present Perfect
I have rouged
you have rouged
he/she/it has rouged
we have rouged
you have rouged
they have rouged
Past Continuous
I was rouging
you were rouging
he/she/it was rouging
we were rouging
you were rouging
they were rouging
Past Perfect
I had rouged
you had rouged
he/she/it had rouged
we had rouged
you had rouged
they had rouged
Future
I will rouge
you will rouge
he/she/it will rouge
we will rouge
you will rouge
they will rouge
Future Perfect
I will have rouged
you will have rouged
he/she/it will have rouged
we will have rouged
you will have rouged
they will have rouged
Future Continuous
I will be rouging
you will be rouging
he/she/it will be rouging
we will be rouging
you will be rouging
they will be rouging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rouging
you have been rouging
he/she/it has been rouging
we have been rouging
you have been rouging
they have been rouging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rouging
you will have been rouging
he/she/it will have been rouging
we will have been rouging
you will have been rouging
they will have been rouging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rouging
you had been rouging
he/she/it had been rouging
we had been rouging
you had been rouging
they had been rouging
Conditional
I would rouge
you would rouge
he/she/it would rouge
we would rouge
you would rouge
they would rouge
Past Conditional
I would have rouged
you would have rouged
he/she/it would have rouged
we would have rouged
you would have rouged
they would have rouged
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rouge - makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeksrouge - makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
makeup, make-up, war paint - cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
Verb1.rouge - redden by applying rouge to; "she rouged her cheeks"
make up - apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"
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Translations

rouge

[ruːʒ]
A. Ncolorete m, carmín m
B. VT to rouge one's cheeksponerse colorete
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rouge

[ˈruːʒ] nrouge m, rouge m à joues
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rouge

nRouge nt
vt to rouge one’s cheeksRouge auflegen
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rouge

[ruːʒ] nbelletto
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References in classic literature ?
We strung her up in no time to concert pitch; set her eyes in a blaze; and made her out-blush her own rouge. The curtain rose when we had got her at a red heat.
But she is a little dreaded elsewhere in consequence of an indiscreet profusion in the article of rouge and persistency in an obsolete pearl necklace like a rosary of little bird's-eggs.
Upon this I set myself to explain the meaning of all the combinations--of "rouge et noir," of "pair et impair," of "manque et passe," with, lastly, the different values in the system of numbers.
It was evening before the three comrades came into Aiguillon, There they found Sir Nigel Loring and Ford safely lodged at the sign of the "Baton Rouge," where they supped on good fare and slept between lavender-scented sheets.
But I couldn't resist asking him, out of sheer waggery, whether he didn't think a touch of powder, and even, very judiciously applied, a touch of rouge, was an improvement to woman.
The cardinal's face had been painted by Bernouin; but the rouge, which glowed only on his cheeks, threw into stronger contrast the sickly pallor of his countenance and the shining yellow of his brow.
Some day she will poison the soup or the vin rouge; but I hope that will not be until after mother and I shall have left her.
"Begging pardon, sir," said the Griffin to Charley, "it's not - not - not ROUGE, is it?" "Rouge," said Charley to the Griffin.
Emily remembered the rouge on her cheeks, and the dye on her hair, when they had first seen each other at the school.
Your uncle Silas knowed a family in Baton Rouge that knowed his people very well.
In the evenings, after their work was over and they had dined, he took Philip to the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergeres.
"Vos doigts tremblent comme la feuille, et vos joues sont rouges: mais, rouges comme des cerises!"