Word definition: red

Etimology


From Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

adjective


red (comparative redder or more red, superlative reddest or most red)

Of a red hue.

(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

(of the skin) With a red hue due to embarrassment or sunburn.

(of a dog or its coat) Having a brown color.

(card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)

(politics, often capitalized) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:

(chiefly derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations

(astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

(particle physics) Of a red color charge.

Examples


The girl wore a red skirt.

Your colour, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.

The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows.

Her hair had red highlights.

[T]he sun was shining on a happy crowd. It shone on white hats and red faces. It shone on ice lollies and melted them.

I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.

the red-black grand coalition in Germany

a red state

a red Congress

All my friends are Indians / All my friends are brown and red

Related words


synonyms

(color): scarlet, crimson, vermilion, ruby-red, cherry-red, cerise, cardinal-red, carmine, wine-red, claret-red, blood-red (sanguine), coral-red, cochineal-red, rose-red (rosy, damask), brick-red, maroon, rust-red (rusty), rufous-red, gules-red, rufescent.

antonyms

(having red as its colour): nonred, unred

(having red as its colour charge): antired

noun


red (countable and uncountable, plural reds)

(countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.

(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

(countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

(countable and uncountable) Red wine.

(countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.

(countable, informal, Australia) A red kangaroo.

(countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.

(derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.

(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.

(informal) A red light (a traffic signal)

(Ireland, UK, beverages, informal) Red lemonade

(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.

(US, colloquial, uncountable) Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").

(informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.

(slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.

Examples


red:

Red can be seen as hot or angry.

Coordinate term: pinko

A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / in our Italian restaurant.

He produced a wine key from his jacket pocket and effortlessly removed the cork from the bottle of red.

59 sneak in some red Smuggle a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a corkscrew into a long matinee. Red wine is rich in life-extending antioxidants, and the caper will add zest even to a bad movie.

Hyponyms: Flanders red, Irish red

American reds and doppelbocks are heavy lagers as well. It really comes down to how the beer was made. Beyond that, brewers are immensely creative and have developed styles of both ale and lager that run a wide range of attributes.

No other country has a brewing tradition as richly diverse as that of Belgium, with beers ranging from pleasant pale lagers to wild, winelike Flemish reds and lambics.

Synonym: redskin

Synonyms: redbird, red devil

What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? / She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same / Livin' on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine

The big market, these days, is in Downers. Reds and smack—Seconal and heroin—and a hellbroth of bad domestic grass sprayed with everything from arsenic to horse tranquillizers.

“Whatchu got, man?” / “Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.” / “Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”

Stopping on the red, you're going on the green / Cause tonight will be like nothing you've ever seen / And you're barreling down the boulevard / You're looking for the heart of Saturday night

Houston visited a home in an early pioneer settlement where he was offered a bowl of red. Houston eagerly took his first large spoonful. His eyes watering, he spat out his bite […]

The species Sciaenops ocellatus certainly isn’t lacking for nicknames. […] Clear water also favors sightcasting. Against the dark background of marsh mud, a red will appear like a pumpkin — big, orange and round.

I squeeze some red out over my chips and feel guilty. Nothing is as English as Heinz ketchup in the sauce game, except perhaps HP.

Etimology


From the archaic verb rede.

verb


red

(archaic) simple past and past participle of rede

verb


red (third-person singular simple present reds, present participle redding, simple past and past participle redded)

Alternative spelling of redd

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