red
40 ENTRIES FOUND:
- red (adjective)
- red (noun)
- Red (proper noun)
- red–blooded (adjective)
- red–eye (noun)
- red–faced (adjective)
- red–handed (adverb)
- red–hot (adjective)
- red–letter day (noun)
- red–light (adjective)
- red–tailed hawk (noun)
- red alert (noun)
- red blood cell (noun)
- red card (noun)
- red carpet (noun)
- red cell (noun)
- red corpuscle (noun)
- Red Crescent (noun)
- Red Cross (noun)
- red deer (noun)
- red flag (noun)
- red giant (noun)
- red herring (noun)
- red ink (noun)
- red meat (noun)
- red panda (noun)
- red pepper (noun)
- red tape (noun)
- red wine (noun)
- red zone (noun)
- blood–red (adjective)
- brick red (noun)
- beet (noun)
- bull (noun)
- cent (noun)
- paint (verb)
- rag (noun)
- roll (verb)
- see (verb)
- town (noun)
redder;
reddest
redder;
reddest
Britannica Dictionary definition of RED
[also more red; most red]
1
:
having the color of blood
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a shiny red fire truck
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bright red shoes
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dark red apples
2
:
reddish brown or reddish orange in color
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She has red hair. [=she is a redhead]
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a red fox
3
of a person's face
:
pink because of embarrassment, anger, etc.
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His face turns red when he gets angry.
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When she realized her mistake, she turned beet red. [=she blushed]
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(Brit) His face went red with embarrassment.
4
of eyes
:
having many red lines from lack of sleep, drunkenness, etc.
:
bloodshot
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Her eyes were red from crying.
5
a red rag to a bull
British, informal
:
something that makes a person very angry
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Just mentioning his poor marks to him was waving a red rag to a bull.
not one red cent
paint the town red
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There was swelling and redness around the site of the bee sting.
2
red
/ˈrɛd/
noun
plural
reds
2
red
/ˈrɛd/
noun
plural
reds
Britannica Dictionary definition of RED
1
:
the color of blood
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see color picture on this page
[noncount]
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The artist uses red to symbolize passion.
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a lady dressed in red
[count]
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the reds and oranges of autumn leaves
2
3
Red
[count]
somewhat old-fashioned, informal + disapproving
:
a Communist or someone who supports Communists
in the red
:
spending and owing more money than is being earned
—
compare in the black at 2black
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Apparently the company had been in the red [=had been losing money] for some time before it went out of business.
see red
informal
:
to become very angry
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The construction delays on the highway have many commuters seeing red.
