# purples

Pronunciation: say "PUR-puhlz" US /ˈpɝ.pl̩z/, UK /ˈpɜː.pl̩z/

## Noun

1. Plural of purple. — plural of purple
   - Simple: Plural of purple. Use it when you mean more than one shade of this color.
   - _The gallery favored deep purples and dark blues throughout the exhibit._
   - _Designers paired soft purples with cream for the spring line._
3. A disorder marked by purple spots on the skin, caused by bleeding from small blood vessels just below the surface.
   - Simple: A condition where small purple spots appear on the skin from bleeding underneath.
   - _The old physician recorded a case of purples after the fever subsided._
   - _Purples left a scatter of bruise-like marks across the patient's arms._
4. A wild orchid that bears purple flowers and blooms in early spring, found in woodlands and damp meadows.
   - Simple: A wild orchid with purple flowers that blooms early in spring.
   - _By mid-April the shaded banks were thick with purples._
   - _The botanist noted that purples favored the limestone soil near the woods._
5. A highly contagious viral disease of pigs that causes fever and purplish discoloration of the skin, known also as swine fever or hog cholera.
   - Simple: A serious disease in pigs that spreads quickly and often kills them.
   - _An outbreak of purples swept through the county's pig farms._
   - _The vet confirmed purples after several sows fell sick within days._
6. A disease of wheat in which tiny worms turn developing grains into hard galls, also called earcockle.
   - Simple: A wheat disease that turns the grain into small hard lumps instead of seeds.
   - _A bad case of purples cut the harvest nearly in half._
   - _The miller rejected the sack after spotting signs of purples in the grain._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of purple. — third-person singular simple present indicative of purple
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of purple. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The setting sun purples the snow on the high peaks._
   - _Bruising purples the skin a day or two after the injury._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/purples (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).