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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

2 [red]

–verb (used with object), red, red⋅ding.

redd ¹ .

Red

[red]

–noun

a male or female given name.

red-

var. of re- before a vowel or h in some words: redintegrate.

-red

a native English suffix, denoting condition, formerly used in the formation of nouns: hatred; kindred.

Origin:
ME -rede, OE -rǣden

R

[ahr]

–verb

Informal. are : Oysters R in season.

Au⋅er⋅bach

[ou-er-bahk, our-; for 2 also Ger. ou-uh

r-bahkh]

–noun

1.	Arnold (“Red”), born 1917, U.S. basketball coach and manager.

2.	Ber⋅thold [ber-tohlt] Show IPA , 1812–82, German novelist.

Grange

[greynj]

–noun

Harold (“Red”; “the Galloping Ghost”

), 1903–1991, U.S. football player.

re-

a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning “again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or “backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion: regenerate; refurbish; retype; retrace; revert.

Also, red-.

Origin:
ME < L re-, red-

redd

1 [red]

–verb (used with object), redd or redd⋅ed, redd⋅ing. Northern and Midland U.S.

1.	to put in order; tidy: to redd a room for company.

2.	to clear: to redd the way.

Also, red.

Origin:
bef. 900; appar. conflation of 2 words: ME (Scots) reden to clear, clean up (a space, land), OE gerǣdan to put in order (c. MD, MLG rêden, reiden; akin to ready ); and ME (Scots) redden to rid, free, clear, OE hreddan to save, deliver, rescue (c. OFris hredda, G retten)

Skel⋅ton

[skel-tn]

–noun

1.	John, c1460–1529, English poet.

2.	Richard Bernard (“Red”), 1913–97, U.S. actor and comedian.

Song⋅ka

[song-kah]

–noun

a river in SE Asia, flowing SE from SW China through Indochina to the Gulf of Tonkin. 500 mi. (800 km) long.

Also called Red River.

Red River

–noun

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.

Songka.

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red (rěd)

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

Having a color resembling that of blood.
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.
Having a ruddy or flushed complexion: red with embarrassment.
often Red Communist.

[Middle English, from Old English rēad; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
red'ly adv., red'ness n.

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Word Origin & History

In a circle, meaning "registered (trademark)," first incorporated in U.S. statues 1946. Three Rs (1825) said to have been given as a toast by Sir W. Curtis (1752-1829). R&R "rest and relaxation," first recorded 1953, Amer.Eng.; R&B "rhythm and blues" (type of popular music) first attested 1949, Amer.Eng.

re-

prefix meaning "back to the original place, again," also with a sense of "undoing," c.1200, from O.Fr. and directly from L. re- "again, back." Often merely intensive.

red (1)

O.E. read, from P.Gmc. *rauthaz (cf. O.N. rauðr, Dan. rød, O.Fris. rad, M.Du. root, Ger. rot, Goth. rauþs), from PIE base *reudh- (cf. L. ruber, also dial. rufus "light red," mostly of hair; Gk. erythros; Skt. rudhira-; Avestan raoidita-; O.C.S. rudru, Pol. rumiany, Rus. rumjanyj "flushed, red," of complexions, etc.; Lith. raudas; O.Ir. ruad, Welsh rhudd, Bret. ruz "red"). The only color for which a definite common PIE root word has been found. The surname Read/Reid retains the original O.E. long vowel pronunciation. The color as characteristic of "British possessions" on a map, is attested from 1916. The red flag was used as a symbol of defiance in battle on land or sea from 1602. To see red "get angry" is an Amer.Eng. expression first recorded 1900. Red light as a sign to stop is from 1849, long before traffic signals. As the sign of a brothel, it is attested from 1900. As a children's game (in ref. to the traffic light meaning) it is recorded from 1953. Red-letter day (c.1385) was originally a saint's day, marked on church calendars in red letters. Red ball signifying "express" in railroad jargon is 1927, from the red ball mounted on a pole as a controlling signal. Red-blooded "vigorous, spirited" is recorded from 1877. Red dog, type of U.S. football pass rush, is recorded from 1959. Red shift in spectography is first recorded 1923. Red carpet "sumptuous welcome" is from 1934, but the custom for dignitaries is described as far back as Aeschylus (e.g. "Agamemnon").

red (2)

"Bolshevik," 1917, from red (1), the color they adopted for themselves. Association in Europe of red with revolutionary politics (on notion of blood and violence) is from at least 1297, but got a boost 1793 with adoption of the red Phrygian cap (Fr. bonnet rouge) as symbol of the Fr. Revolution. First specific political reference in Eng. was 1848 (adj.), in news reports of the Second French Republic (a.k.a. Red Republic). The noun meaning "radical, communist" is from 1851.

grange

c.1112 (implied in granger), "granary, barn," from O.Fr. grange, from M.L. granica, from L. granum "grain." Sense evolved to "outlying farm" (c.1386), then "country house" (1552). Meaning "local lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry" (a U.S. agricultural interest promotion organization) is from 1867.

redd (v.)

c.1425, "to clear" (a space, etc.), from O.E. hreddan "to save, to deliver, recover, rescue," from P.Gmc. *hradjan. Sense evolution tended to merge with unrelated rid. Also possibly infl. by O.E. rædan "to arrange," related to O.E. geræde, source of ready. A dialect word in Scotland and northern England, where it has had senses of "to fix" (boundaries), "to comb" (hair), "to separate" (combatants), "to settle" (a quarrel). The exception to the limited use is the meaning "to put in order, to make neat or trim" (1718), especially in redd up, which is in general use in England and the U.S. Use of the same phrase, in the same sense, in Pennsylvania Dutch may be from cognate Low Ger. and Du. redden, obviously connected historically to the Eng. word, "but the origin and relationship of the forms is no clear" [OED].

Financial Dictionary

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

Financial Dictionary

Used in the dividend column of stock transaction tables in newspapers to indicate the amount of dividends declared or paid in the preceding 12 months plus a stock dividend: PE Cp .25r.
Used in mutual fund transaction tables in newspapers to indicate funds that levy a deferred sales charge when shares are sold: IDS Inc r.
Used in bond transaction tables in newspapers to indicate a registered security. Although most bonds are registered, this symbol is used when a distinction is necessary, as when a bond trades in registered and in bearer form: NoPac 3.47r.

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.

Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re-
Function: prefix
1 : again : anew <reinvest>
2 : back : backward <reconvey>

Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: R
Function: symbol
chemical group and especially an organic chemical group RSH>

Main Entry: ¹red
Pronunciation: 'red
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: red·der; red·dest
: of the color red

Main Entry: ²red
Function: noun
1 : a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visiblespectrum
2 : a pigment or dye that colors red —see CONGO RED, NEUTRAL RED, VITAL RED

Medical Dictionary

R abbr.

radical (usually an alkyl or aryl group)
respiration
respiratory exchange ratio
or r roentgen

re- pref.

Again; anew: rebreathing.
Backward; back: recurvation.

Computing Dictionary

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].
(1995-01-19)

Idioms & Phrases

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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