red

Plural: reds

Noun

• red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
• emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
  • "the company operated in the red last year"
• The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
• A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
• One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
• Red wine.
• Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
• A red kangaroo.
• A redshank.
• An American Indian.
• The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
• A red light (a traffic signal)
• Red lemonade
• One of the three color charges for quarks.
• Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
• The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
• Tomato ketchup.

Adjective Satellite

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
• characterized by violence or bloodshed; - Andrea Parke; - Thomas Gray; - Hudson Strode
  • "convulsed with red rage"
• (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  • "turned red from exertion"
  • "with puffy reddened eyes"
  • "red-faced and violent"

Intj

• Used to indicate that the speaker wishes current sexual activity to stop immediately.

Adj

• Of a red hue.
• Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
• Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
• Having a brown color.
• Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
• Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
• Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
• Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
• The U.S. Republican Party.
• Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
• Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
• Of a red color charge.

Verb

Verb Forms: redded, redding, reds

• To put in order; to clear or tidy.
• simple past and past participle of rede
• Alternative spelling of redd.

Adjective

• Having the color of blood or a similar hue.

Examples

• a red Congress
• a red state
• He tried to red his rack, hoping for better letter combinations.
• He was wearing a red jacket.
• Her hair had red highlights.
• I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
• Red can be seen as hot or angry.
• The girl wore a red skirt.
• The red squares on the Words With Friends board denote triple word scores.
• the red-black grand coalition in Germany

Synonyms

blood-red, Bolshevik, bolshie, bolshy, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, flushed, loss, Marxist, red ink, Red River, red-faced, reddened, reddish, redness, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet, violent, brick-red, cardinal-red, cinnabar, claret, claret-red, cochineal-red, coral-red, gules-red, maroon, red devil, redbird, redskin, rose-red, rosé, rufescent, rufous-red, rust-red, vermilion, wine-red

Antonyms

gain, antired, nonred, unred

Related Words

Chinese red, Indian red, Pompeian red, Turkey red, Venetian red, black, blood red, blue, brick red, brown, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gray, green, grey, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, orange, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, poppy, primary colour, purple, raspberry, red violet, reddish, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet, violet red, white, wine, yellow

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