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¹red

adjective \ˈred\

: having the color of blood

: reddish brown or reddish orange in color

of a person's face : pink because of embarrassment, anger, etc.

red·derred·dest

Full Definition of RED

a : of the color red

b : having red as a distinguishing color

a (1) : flushed especially with anger or embarrassment (2) : ruddy, florid (3) : being or having skin of a coppery hue

b : bloodshot <eyes red from crying>

c : being in the color range between a moderate orange and russet or bay

d : tinged with red : reddish

: heated to redness : glowing

a : inciting or endorsing radical social or political change especially by force

b often capitalized : communist

c often capitalized : of or relating to a communist country and especially to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

: tending to support Republicans in a general election <red states>

— red in tooth and claw

: characterized by or displaying brutal emotion or violent behavior

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Origin of RED

Middle English, from Old English rēad; akin to Old High German rōt red, Latin ruber & rufus, Greek erythros

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to RED

Synonyms: blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, ruddy, rosy, rubicund, sanguine

Antonyms: ashen, ashy, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, palish, pallid, pasty, peaked, peaky, sallow, sallowish, wan

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

²red

noun

: the color of blood

Red : a Communist or someone who supports Communists

Full Definition of RED

: a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum

: red clothing <the lady in red>

: one that is of a red or reddish color: as

a : red wine

b : an animal with a red or reddish coat

a : a pigment or dye that colors red

b : a shade or tint of red

a : one who advocates the violent overthrow of an existing social or political order

b capitalized : communist

[from the bookkeeping practice of entering debit items in red ink] : the condition of showing a loss —usually used with the <in the red> — compare black

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First Known Use of RED

before 12th century

Related to RED

Synonyms: insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist

Antonyms: capitalist

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

red

abbreviation

Definition of RED

reduce; reduction

Red

geographical name \ˈred\

Definition of RED

river 1018 miles (1638 kilometers) flowing E on Okla.-Tex. boundary & into the Atchafalaya & Mississippi in Louisiana

river N cen United States & S cen Canada flowing N on Minn.-N.Dak. boundary & into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba

— see arctic red

or Hong \ˈhȯŋ\ or (in China) Yuan \yu̇-ˈän, -ˈan\ river 500 miles (805 kilometers) SE Asia rising in cen Yunnan, China, & flowing SE across N Vietnam into Gulf of Tonkin