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ALL meanings of red

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  • adjective red colour 1
  • noun red John, c1460–1529, English poet. 1
  • adjective red hair colour: auburn 1
  • noun red Richard Bernard ("Red") 1913–97, U.S. actor and comedian. 1
  • adjective red cheeks: flushed 1
  • adjective red of the color red. 1
  • adjective red bloody 1
  • adjective red having distinctive areas or markings of red: a red robin. 1
  • adjective red communist 1
  • adjective red of or indicating a state of financial loss or indebtedness: the red column in the ledger. 1
  • adjective red Soviet 1
  • adjective red Older Slang: Usually Disparaging. radically left politically. (often initial capital letter) communist: Red China. 1
  • noun red red clothing 1
  • adjective red Older Use: Disparaging and Offensive. relating to, noting, or characteristic of North American Indian peoples. 1
  • noun red traffic light: stop 1
  • idioms red 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. 1
  • idioms red paint the town red. paint (def 16). 1
  • idioms red see red, Informal. to become very angry; become enraged: Snobs make her see red. 1
  • verb with object red to put in order; tidy: to redd a room for company. 1
  • verb with object red to clear: to redd the way. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of red (Or "REDL") A language proposed by Intermetrics to meet the Ironman requirements which led to Ada. 1
  • adjective red bloodshot 0
  • adjective red sore; inflamed 0
  • adjective red politically radical or revolutionary; esp., communist 0
  • adjective red of the Soviet Union 0
  • adjective red of or designating red wine 0
  • colour red Something that is red is the colour of blood or fire. 0
  • adjective red If you say that someone's face is red, you mean that it is redder than its normal colour, because they are embarrassed, angry, or out of breath. 0
  • adjective red You describe someone's hair as red when it is between red and brown in colour. 0
  • adjective red Your red blood cells or red corpuscles are the cells in your blood which carry oxygen around your body. 0
  • variable noun red You can refer to red wine as red. 0
  • countable noun red If you refer to someone as a red or a Red, you disapprove of the fact that they are a communist, a socialist, or have left-wing ideas. 0
  • noun red any of a group of colours, such as that of a ripe tomato or fresh blood, that lie at one end of the visible spectrum, next to orange, and are perceived by the eye when light in the approximate wavelength range 740–620 nanometres falls on the retina. Red is the complementary colour of cyan and forms a set of primary colours with blue and green 0
  • noun red a pigment or dye of or producing these colours 0
  • noun red red cloth or clothing 0
  • noun red a red ball in snooker, billiards, etc 0
  • noun red (in roulette and other gambling games) one of two colours on which players may place even bets, the other being black 0
  • noun red a red ring on a target, between the blue and the gold, scoring seven points 0
  • adjective red of the colour red 0
  • adjective red reddish in colour or having parts or marks that are reddish 0
  • adjective red having the face temporarily suffused with blood, being a sign of anger, shame, etc 0
  • adjective red (of the complexion) rosy; florid 0
  • adjective red (of the eyes) bloodshot 0
  • adjective red (of the hands) stained with blood, as after committing murder 0
  • adjective red bloody or violent 0
  • adjective red (of wine) made from black grapes and coloured by their skins 0
  • adjective red denoting the highest degree of urgency in an emergency; used by the police and the army and informally (esp in the phrase red alert) 0
  • adjective red relating to, supporting, or representing the Republican Party 0
  • adjective red Communist, Socialist, or Soviet 0
  • adjective red radical, leftist, or revolutionary 0
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