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Reds' - 3 dictionary results

red

1  [red] noun, adjective, red⋅der, red⋅dest.
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–noun
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.
–adjective
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.
—Idioms
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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME red, OE rēad; c. G rot, D rood, ON raudhr, L rūfus, ruber, Gk erythrós; see rubella, rufescent, erythro-

Related forms:
redly, adverb

Red

  [red]
–noun
a male or female given name.
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red   (rěd)   
n.  
    1. The hue of the long-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 630 to 750 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue resembles that of blood; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
    2. A pigment or dye having a red hue.
    3. Something that has a red hue.
    4. often Red A Communist.
    5. A revolutionary activist.
    1. often Red A Communist.
    2. A revolutionary activist.
adj.   red·der, red·dest
  1. Having a color resembling that of blood.
  2. Reddish in color or having parts that are reddish in color: a red dog; a red oak.
    1. Having a reddish or coppery skin color.
    2. often Red Offensive Of or being a Native American.
  4. Having a ruddy or flushed complexion: red with embarrassment.
  5. often Red Communist.

[Middle English, from Old English rēad; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
red'ly adv., red'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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