rouge

noun

A red or pink cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.

noun

A reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used to polish metals or glass.

intransitive verb

To put rouge onto.

intransitive verb

To color or prettify as if with a facial cosmetic.

intransitive verb

To use rouge.

To color (the skin, especially the cheeks) with rouge.

To cause to become red, as from blushing.

To use rouge, especially on the cheeks.

To become red; redden; blush.

Red: as in the French rouge croix, rouge et noir, etc.