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red
Pronunciation: (red), [key]
—n., adj., red•der, red•dest.
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n.
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 cap.) a radical leftist in politics, esp. a communist.
4. Informal.See
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. 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.
8. paint the town red. See
paint (def. 16).
9. see red, Informal.to become very angry; become enraged:
Snobs make her see red.
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adj.
1. of the color red.
2. having distinctive areas or markings of red:
a red robin.
3. of or indicating a state of financial loss or indebtedness:
the red column in the ledger.
4. radically left politically.
5. (often cap.) communist.
6. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of North American Indian peoples: no longer in technical use.
red
Pronunciation: (red), [key]—
v.t., red, red•ding.
redd
1.
Red
Pronunciation: (red), [key]—
n.
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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
