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red
(r/E/d )

adjective (a)

  • Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    redness
    source: wordnet30
  • a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana(noun.object)
    Synonym:
    red river
    source: wordnet30
  • emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    bolshevik, bolshie, bolshy, marxist
    source: wordnet30
  • the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue(noun.possession)
    Example:
    The company operated in the red last year.
    Synonym:
    loss, red ink
    Antonym:
    gain
    source: wordnet30
  • The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet
    source: wordnet30
  • characterized by violence or bloodshed(adj.all)
    Example:
    Convulsed with red rage.
    Synonym:
    crimson, violent
    source: wordnet30
  • (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion(adj.all)
    Example:
    Turned red from exertion.
    With puffy reddened eyes.
    Red-faced and violent.
    Synonym:
    crimson, flushed, red-faced, reddened
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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