red

adjective

\ ˈred

redder; reddest

Definition of red

(Entry 1 of 4)

1a : of the color red

b : having red as a distinguishing color

2a(1) : flushed especially with anger or embarrassment

(2) : ruddy, florid

(3) : being or having skin of a coppery hue

b : bloodshot eyes red from crying

c : being in the color range between a moderate orange and russet or bay

d : tinged with red : reddish

3 : heated to redness : glowing

4a : inciting or endorsing radical social or political change especially by force

b often capitalized : communist

c often capitalized : of or relating to a communist country and especially to the U.S.S.R.

5 US politics : tending to support Republican candidates or policies Some choices are easy. You're either a dog guy or a cat guy. Red state or blue.— Rick Reilly — compare blue sense 9, purple sense 3

red in tooth and claw

: characterized by or displaying brutal emotion or violent behavior

red

noun

plural reds

Definition of red (Entry 2 of 4)

1 : a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum

2 : red clothing the lady in red

3 : one that is of a red or reddish color: such as

a : red wine

b : an animal with a red or reddish coat

4a : a pigment or dye that colors red

b : a shade or tint of red

5a : one who advocates the violent overthrow of an existing social or political order

b capitalized : communist

6 [ from the bookkeeping practice of entering debit items in red ink ] : the condition of showing a loss —usually used with the in the red — compare black

7 physics : one of the three colors (see color entry 1 sense 15) that quarks have in the theory of quantum chromodynamics In QCD there is actually not just one type of quark, but three types or "colors" of quarks. These are sometimes denoted as "red," "blue," and "green" quarks …— Edward Witten

red

abbreviation

Definition of red (Entry 3 of 4)

reduce; reduction

Red

geographical name

\ ˈred

Definition of Red (Entry 4 of 4)

1 river 1018 miles (1638 kilometers) long flowing east on the Oklahoma–Texas boundary and into the Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers in Louisiana

2 river in north central U.S. and south central Canada flowing north on the Minnesota–North Dakota boundary and into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba

3 — see arctic red

4 or Hong \ ˈhȯŋ

\ or (in China) Yuan \ yu̇-ˈän

, -ˈan \ river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeastern Asia rising in central Yunnan, China, and flowing southeast across northern Vietnam into the Gulf of Tonkin

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