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Mauve

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: A pale purple color with a slight gray or brown tinge.

Example Sentence: Her bedroom was painted in a beautiful shade of mauve.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Having a pale purple color with a slight gray or brown tinge.

Example Sentence: She wore a lovely mauve dress to the party.

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: To turn pale purple with a slight gray or brown tinge.

Example Sentence: The flowers mauved under the rays of the setting sun.

Part of Speech: Adverb

Definition: In a pale purple color with a slight gray or brown tinge.

Example Sentence: The sky lit up mauve as the sun began to set.