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Meaning of rainbows

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

rainbows

noun

Definitions

  1. A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

  2. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.

  3. (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.

    Example: a rainbow of possibilities

  4. An illusion, mirage.

    Example: Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.

verb

Definitions

  1. To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.

  2. To take the appearance of a rainbow.