[red] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, red·der, red·dest. | 1. | any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nm. |
| 2. | something red. |
| 3. | (often initial capital letter) a radical leftist in politics, esp. a communist. |
| 4. | Informal. red light (def. 1). |
| 5. | Informal. red wine: a glass of red. |
| 6. | Also called red devil, red bird. Slang. a capsule of the drug secobarbital, usually red in color. |
| 7. | of the color red. |
| 8. | having distinctive areas or markings of red: a red robin. |
| 9. | of or indicating a state of financial loss or indebtedness: the red column in the ledger. |
| 10. | radically left politically. |
| 11. | (often initial capital letter) communist. |
| 12. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of North American Indian peoples: no longer in technical use. |
| 13. | in the red, operating at a loss or being in debt (opposed to in the black): The newspaper strike put many businesses in the red. |
| 14. | paint the town red. paint (def. 16). |
| 15. | see red, Informal. to become very angry; become enraged: Snobs make her see red. |
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| 1. | a river flowing E from NW Texas along the S boundary of Oklahoma into the Mississippi River in Louisiana. ab. 1300 mi. (2095 km) long. |
| 2. | Also called Red River of the North. a river flowing N along the boundary between Minnesota and North Dakota to Lake Winnipeg in S Canada. 533 mi. (860 km) long. |
| 3. | Songka. |
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[ou-er-bahk, our-; for 2 also Ger. ou-uhr-bahkh] Pronunciation Key | 1. | Arnold (“Red”), born 1917, U.S. basketball coach and manager. |
| 2. | Ber·thold
[ber-tohlt] Pronunciation Key, 1812–82, German novelist. |
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[greynj] Pronunciation Key | Harold (“Red”; “the Galloping Ghost”), 1903–1991, U.S. football player. |
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[skel-tn] Pronunciation Key | 1. | John, c1460–1529, English poet. |
| 2. | Richard Bernard (“Red”), 1913–97, U.S. actor and comedian. |
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| red
(rěd) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj. red·der, red·dest
[Middle English, from Old English rēad; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.] red'ly adv., red'ness n. |
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| red | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies |
| 2. | characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode [syn: crimson] |
| 3. | (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" [syn: crimson] |
noun | |
| 1. | red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood |
| 2. | a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana |
| 3. | emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries [syn: Bolshevik] |
| 4. | the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year" [syn: loss] [ant: gain] |
red
In addition to the idioms beginning with red, also see catch red-handed; in the red; not worth a dime (red cent); paint the town red; see red.
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Red
A term relating to a negative balance on a company's financial statements.
Investopedia Commentary
The phrase "in the red" is used widely to refer to companies that have not been profitable within their last accounting period. This term is derived from the color of ink used to by accountants to enter a negative figure on a company's financial statements.
See also: Black
red
- Of or relating to a firm or the operations of a firm that are deemed unprofitable. The term derives from the color of ink used to show losses on financial statements. Compare black.
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Red
(Or "REDL") A language proposed by Intermetrics to meet the Ironman requirements which led to Ada.
["On the RED Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):27 (Oct 1978)].
["RED Language Reference Manual", J. Nestor and M. van Deusen, Intermetrics 1979].
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Red Wing, MN (city, FIPS 53620) Location: 44.58193 N, 92.60206 W
Population (1990): 15134 (6176 housing units)
Area: 90.3 sq km (land), 15.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55066
Red Hill, PA (borough, FIPS 63808) Location: 40.37676 N, 75.48373 W
Population (1990): 1794 (715 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 18076
Red Hook, NY (village, FIPS 60895) Location: 41.99565 N, 73.87663 W
Population (1990): 1794 (760 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12571
Red House, VA Zip code(s): 23963
Red House, WV Zip code(s): 25168
Red Lion, PA (borough, FIPS 63840) Location: 39.89870 N, 76.60774 W
Population (1990): 6130 (2572 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 17356
Red Level, AL (town, FIPS 63768) Location: 31.40418 N, 86.60820 W
Population (1990): 588 (257 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36474
Red Lodge, MT (city, FIPS 61525) Location: 45.19151 N, 109.24709 W
Population (1990): 1958 (1248 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59068
Red Oak, IA (city, FIPS 66135) Location: 41.01248 N, 95.22456 W
Population (1990): 6264 (2911 housing units)
Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 51566
Red Oak, OK (town, FIPS 62550) Location: 34.95241 N, 95.08066 W
Population (1990): 602 (298 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74563
Red Oak, VA Zip code(s): 23964
Red Rock, TX Zip code(s): 78662
Red Springs, NC (town, FIPS 55660) Location: 34.81420 N, 79.18452 W
Population (1990): 3799 (1549 housing units)
Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28377
Red Top, CA Zip code(s): 95340
Red Devil, AK (CDP, FIPS 64930) Location: 61.79033 N, 157.34786 W
Population (1990): 53 (24 housing units)
Area: 60.8 sq km (land), 5.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99656
Red Creek, WV Zip code(s): 26289
Red Bank, TN (city, FIPS 61960) Location: 35.11140 N, 85.29500 W
Population (1990): 12322 (6262 housing units)
Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37415
Red Banks, MS Zip code(s): 38661
Red Rock, OK (town, FIPS 62650) Location: 36.45989 N, 97.17891 W
Population (1990): 321 (104 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74651
Red Bluff, CA (city, FIPS 59892) Location: 40.17375 N, 122.24037 W
Population (1990): 12363 (5062 housing units)
Area: 18.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 96080
Red Bud, IL (city, FIPS 63043) Location: 38.21016 N, 89.99639 W
Population (1990): 2918 (1174 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62278
Red Bay, AL (city, FIPS 63576) Location: 34.43613 N, 88.13634 W
Population (1990): 3451 (1452 housing units)
Area: 24.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35582
Red Creek, NY (village, FIPS 60829) Location: 43.24802 N, 76.72307 W
Population (1990): 566 (226 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13143
Red Cloud, NE (city, FIPS 40920) Location: 40.08610 N, 98.52232 W
Population (1990): 1204 (638 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68970
Red Bank, NJ (borough, FIPS 62430) Location: 40.34735 N, 74.06746 W
Population (1990): 10636 (5112 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
Red Bank, SC (CDP, FIPS 59110) Location: 33.92890 N, 81.23328 W
Population (1990): 5950 (2163 housing units)
Area: 30.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Red Chute, LA (CDP, FIPS 63855) Location: 32.57354 N, 93.61156 W
Population (1990): 5431 (1965 housing units)
Area: 23.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Red River, NM (town, FIPS 62200) Location: 36.70750 N, 105.40666 W
Population (1990): 387 (479 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Red Oak, TX (city, FIPS 61196) Location: 32.51790 N, 96.80883 W
Population (1990): 3124 (1174 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Red Hill, SC (CDP, FIPS 59190) Location: 33.78707 N, 79.00975 W
Population (1990): 6112 (2619 housing units)
Area: 27.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Red Oak, NC (town, FIPS 55640) Location: 36.03846 N, 77.90678 W
Population (1990): 280 (114 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Red Lake, MN (CDP, FIPS 53458) Location: 47.85968 N, 95.00162 W
Population (1990): 1068 (322 housing units)
Area: 25.8 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
Red Jacket, WV (CDP, FIPS 67396) Location: 37.64915 N, 82.13230 W
Population (1990): 760 (299 housing units)
Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Red Cliff, CO (town, FIPS 63265) Location: 39.50839 N, 106.36950 W
Population (1990): 297 (98 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Red Feather Lake, CO Zip code(s): 80545
Red Lake Falls, MN (city, FIPS 53476) Location: 47.88519 N, 96.27391 W
Population (1990): 1481 (649 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56750
Red Boiling Spri, TN Zip code(s): 37150
Red River Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 81) Location: 32.09363 N, 93.33089 W
Population (1990): 9387 (3839 housing units)
Area: 1006.5 sq km (land), 35.0 sq km (water)
Red River County, TX (county, FIPS 387) Location: 33.61841 N, 95.05101 W
Population (1990): 14317 (6650 housing units)
Area: 2720.1 sq km (land), 19.2 sq km (water)
Red Oaks Mill, NY (CDP, FIPS 60983) Location: 41.65570 N, 73.87355 W
Population (1990): 4906 (1690 housing units)
Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Red Lake County, MN (county, FIPS 125) Location: 47.87673 N, 96.09650 W
Population (1990): 4525 (1899 housing units)
Area: 1120.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Red Boiling Springs, TN (city, FIPS 62000) Location: 36.53172 N, 85.85069 W
Population (1990): 905 (420 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Red Willow County, NE (county, FIPS 145) Location: 40.17619 N, 100.47900 W
Population (1990): 11705 (5279 housing units)
Area: 1856.2 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water)
Claverack-Red Mills, NY (CDP, FIPS 16050) Location: 42.22323 N, 73.72486 W
Population (1990): 1110 (502 housing units)
Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Red
Red\ (r[e^]d), obs. . imp. & p. p. of Read. --Spenser.
Red
Red\, v. t. To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Red
Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE. red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries. r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw. r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. 'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113. Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy, Russet, Rust.] Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer. Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose. --Shak. Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like. Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced, red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted. Red admiral (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva feeds on nettles. Called also Atlanta butterfly, and nettle butterfly. Red ant. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanquinea), native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making species. Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral (b), under Kermes. Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. --Cray. Red bass. (Zo["o]l.) See Redfish (d) . Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States. Red beard (Zo["o]l.), a bright red sponge (Microciona prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local, U.S.] Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored wood. --Gray. Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism. Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state. [Eng.] Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C. Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc. Red bug. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris, especially the European species (P. apterus), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton. Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree (Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in India. Red chalk. See under Chalk. Red copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite. Red coral (Zo["o]l.), the precious coral (Corallium rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea. Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva cross, under Geneva. Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant. Red deer. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The common stag (Cervus elaphus), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer. Red duck (Zo["o]l.), a European reddish brown duck (Fuligula nyroca); -- called also ferruginous duck. Red ebony. (Bot.) See Grenadillo. Red empress (Zo["o]l.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell. Red fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American Abies magnifica and A. nobilis. Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire. Red flag. See under Flag. Red fox (Zo["o]l.), the common American fox (Vulpes fulvus), which is usually reddish in color. Red grouse (Zo["o]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under Ptarmigan. Red gum, or Red gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus. Red hand (Her.), a left hand appaum['e], fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called also Badge of Ulster. Red herring, the common herring dried and smoked. Red horse. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species. (b) See the Note under Drumfish. Red lead. (Chem) See under Lead, and Minium. Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite. Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant. Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge. Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite. Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple. Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below. Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color (Morus rubra). Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet. Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish. Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus. Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark. Red precipitate. See under Precipitate. Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders. Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone. Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver. Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga (Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite (Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also red mite. Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree. Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. Red underwing (Zo["o]l.), any species of noctuid moths belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange. Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an appearance like blood in the urine.
Red
Red\ (r?d), n. 1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. "Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue." --Milton. 2. A red pigment. 3. (European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a. [Cant] 4. pl. (Med.) The menses. --Dunglison. English red, a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to Indian red. Hypericum red, a red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum. Indian red. See under Indian, and Almagra.
