"red" Definition

Definitions for the word "red" from multiple English dictionaries.

1.
. imp. & p. p. of Read.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. superl.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A red pigment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. a.
The menses.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. adj.
(redder, reddest) 1 of the colour ranging from that of blood to deep pink or orange. 2 flushed in the face with shame, anger, etc. 3 (of the eyes) bloodshot or red-rimmed. 4 (of the hair) reddish-brown, tawny. 5 having to do with bloodshed, burning, violence, or revolution. 6 colloq. Communist or socialist. 7 (red) hist. Russian, soviet. n. 1 red colour or pigment. 2 red clothes or material. 3 colloq. Communist or socialist. in the red in debt or deficit. reddish adj. Redness n. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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