(~s)
1.
A ~ is a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring.
N-COUNT
2.
Something that is ~ is a bluish-purple colour.
The light was beginning to drain from a ~ sky.
COLOUR
3.
If you say that someone is no shrinking ~, you mean that they are not at all shy.
When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking ~...
PHRASE: usu with brd-neg, N inflects, v-link PHR