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rainbow

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Synonyms: rainbo, brainbow

Antonyms: rainbo, brainbow

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|arch in sky created by water droplets}} A [[multicoloured]] [[arch]] in the [[sky]], produced by [[prismatic]] [[refraction]] of [[light]] within [[droplet]]s of [[rain]] in the [[air]].
  2. {{senseid|en|any spectrum of colors with similar appearance as rainbow in sky}} Any prismatic refraction of light showing a [[spectrum]] of [[colour]]s.
  3. {{lb|en|often used with “of”}} A [[wide]] [[assortment]]; a [[varied]] [[multitude]].
  4. {{senseid|en|illusion}} {{lb|en|figurative}} An [[illusion]]; a [[mirage]].
  5. {{senseid|en|slow curveball or any curveball}} {{lb|en|baseball}} A [[curveball]], particularly a slow one.
  6. {{lb|en|football}} A [[trick]] in which the [[player]] makes the ball [[arc]] over the opponent's [[head]] using both [[feet]]; [[rainbow kick]]
  7. {{senseid|en|type of flop in card games}} {{lb|en|poker slang}} In [[Texas hold 'em]] or [[Omaha hold 'em]], a [[flop]] that contains three different [[suit]]s.
  8. {{cap|rainbow trout}}.
  9. {{senseid|en|an lgbt person}} {{lb|en|metaphorically|sometimes|derogatory}} A person within the [[LGBT]] community.

Adjective

  1. {{cap|multicolored}}, especially if in rainbow order.
  2. {{lb|en|attributive|chiefly|US}} Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
  3. {{lb|en|attributive|sometimes|derogatory}} [[LGBT]].
  4. {{lb|en|poker|chiefly|of a flop}} [[compose|Composed]] entirely of different [[suit#Noun|suits]].
  5. {{lb|en|mathematics|cryptography}} Of or pertaining to [[rainbow table]]s.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[brighten]] with, or as with, a [[rainbow#Noun|rainbow]]; to [[pattern]] with the [[colour]]s of the rainbow.
  2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To take the [[appearance]] of a [[rainbow#Noun|rainbow]].
  3. {{lb|en|climbing}} In [[climbing]] [[gym]]s where the rocks to climb are [[color]]ed to indicate suggested climbing [[route]]s, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby [[ignore|ignoring]] such routes.

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