Pigmentnoun
(biology) Any color in plant or animal cells
‘Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.’;
Pigeonnoun
One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
Pigmentnoun
A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
‘Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.’;
Pigeonnoun
(slang) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
Pigmentnoun
(obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
Pigeonnoun
(slang) Concern or responsibility (often in some such phrase as: "it's his pigeon", "it's her pigeon", etc.).
Pigmentverb
(transitive) To add color or pigment to something.
Pigeonverb
(transitive) to deceive with a confidence game
Pigmentnoun
Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.
Pigeonnoun
Any bird of the order Columbæ, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
Pigmentnoun
Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
Pigeonnoun
An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
Pigmentnoun
Wine flavored with species and honey.
Pigeonverb
To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.
‘He's pigeoned and undone.’;
Pigmentnoun
dry coloring matter (especially an insoluble powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)
Pigeonnoun
wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
Pigmentverb
acquire pigment; become colored or imbued
Pigeonnoun
a stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage.
Pigmentverb
color or dye with a pigment;
‘pigment a photograph’;
Pigeonnoun
a pigeon descended from the wild rock dove, kept for racing, showing, and carrying messages, and common as a feral bird in towns.
Pigment
A pigment is a colored material that is completely or nearly insoluble in water. In contrast, dyes are typically soluble, at least at some stage in their use.
Pigeonnoun
a gullible person, especially someone swindled in gambling or the victim of a confidence trick.
Pigeonnoun
an aircraft from one's own side.
Pigeonnoun
archaic spelling of pidgin
Pigeonnoun
a person's particular responsibility or business
‘Hermia will have to tell them first, it's her pigeon’;