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   red

   /rɛd/

   adjective

   • 1. of a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies: "her red lips" Similar scarletvermilionrubyruby redruby-colouredcherrycherry redcerisecardinalcarminewinewine redwine-colouredclaretclaret redclaret-colouredblood redflameflamingcoralcochinealroserosybrick redmaroonrustyfoxyrufousreddishliterary:damaskvermeilsanguinegulesrare:rufescent
   • ▪ (of a person or their face) flushed or rosy, especially with embarrassment, anger, or heat: "there were some red faces in headquarters" Similar flushedreddishpinkpinkishfloridhigh-colouredrubicundroseateruddyhealthy-lookingrosyglowingburningflamingfeverishembarrassedshamefacedarchaic:sanguinerare:erubescentrubescent
   • ▪ (of a person's eyes) bloodshot or having pink rims, especially with tiredness or crying: "her eyes were red and swollen" Similar bloodshotred-rimmedinflamedswollensore
   • ▪ (of hair or fur) of a reddish-brown or orange-brown colour: "her long, red hair" Similar reddishflaming redflame-colouredauburnTitianchestnutcarrotygingersandyfoxy
   • ▪ (of a people) having reddish skin. dated, offensive
   • ▪ of or denoting the suits hearts and diamonds in a pack of cards: "a red queen"
   • ▪ (of wine) made from dark grapes and coloured by their skins: "a glass of red wine"
   • ▪ denoting a red light or flag used as a signal to stop.
   • ▪ used to denote something forbidden, dangerous, or urgent: "the force went on red alert"
   • ▪ (of a ski run) of the second-highest level of difficulty, as indicated by red markers positioned along it.
   • ▪ denoting one of three colours of quark.
   • 2. communist or socialist (used especially during the Cold War with reference to the Soviet Union): informal, derogatory "the era of nuclear anxiety, the red scare and covert CIA plots"
   • 3. involving bloodshed or violence: archaic, literary "red battle stamps his foot and nations feel the shock"
   • 4. (of a Xhosa) coming from a traditional tribal culture: South African "a red Xhosa wife spends several years in her mother-in-law's homestead"

   noun

   • 1. red colour or pigment: "their work is marked in red by the teacher"
   • ▪ red clothes or material: "she could not wear red"
   • 2. a red thing: "which dress - the black or the red?"
   • ▪ a red wine: "good Italian reds at affordable prices"
   • ▪ a red ball in snooker or billiards.
   • ▪ a red light.
   • 3. a communist or socialist. informal, derogatory
   • 4. the situation of owing money to a bank or making a loss in a business operation: "the company was £4 million in the red"

   Word Origin Old Englishrēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rood and German rot, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin rufus, ruber, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. reddy adjective
   • 2. redly adverb

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