Red

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The hue of the long-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 630 to 750 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue resembles that of blood; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
  • noun. A pigment or dye having a red hue.
  • noun. Something that has a red hue.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A Communist.
  • noun. A revolutionary activist.
  • noun. The condition of being in debt or operating at a loss.
  • adjective. Having a color resembling that of blood.
  • adjective. Reddish in color or having parts that are reddish in color.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having a reddish or coppery skin color.
  • adjective. Of or being a Native American.
  • adjective. Having a ruddy or flushed complexion.
  • adjective. Relating to or being a red state.
  • adjective. Communist.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make red; redden.
  • To put in order; tidy: often with up: as, to red up a house or one's self.
  • To disentangle; clear; put a stop to, as a quarrel, by interference; adjust.
  • To separate, as two combatants.
  • A dialectal form of rid.
  • noun. In coal-mining, rubbish; attle; waste.
  • noun. The nest of a fish; a trench dug by a fish in which to spawn.
  • noun. A form of re- used before vowels.
  • noun. An obsolete or dialectal form of read.
  • Of a bright, warm color resembling that of blood or of the highest part of the primary rainbow. See II.
  • Ultra-radical; revolutionary; violent: from the use of a red flag as a revolutionary emblem: as, a red republican.
  • A book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state.
  • The Peerage. See peerage, 3.
  • Synonyms Flashing, claming, fiery, bloody.
  • noun. A color more or less resembling that of blood or the lower end of the spectrum.
  • noun. A red pigment.
  • noun. An object of a red color, as wine, gold, etc.
  • noun. Specifically, a red cent. See under I.
  • noun. A red republican (which see, under republican).
  • noun. plural The catamenial discharges; menses.
  • noun. A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning ‘condition,’ ‘state,’ occurring in hatred, kindred (for *kinred), gossipred, etc. It is analogous to -hood, which has taken its place in a few instances, as in brotherhood, neighborhood.
  • A semi-official publication issued quarterly in China, and there called the “Complete Book of the Girdle-wearers,” containing lists of all the officials and gentry of the country, together with details of place of birth, etc.
  • noun. In archery: The second and next to the innermost circle of the target, which is colored red.
  • noun. An arrow which hits this circle; a hit in the red. Such a hit counts 7 by the present method of scoring. In old archery the innermost circle was sometimes colored red.
  • noun. A chocolate-colored compound, C12HuO7, found in cinchona-bark, and also formed when an ammoniacal solution of quinotannic acid stands exposed to the air.
  • noun. Same as azococcine, 1.
  • noun. Same as ponceau 3RB.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. & p. p. of read.
  • transitive verb. To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up.
  • noun. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
  • noun. A red pigment.
  • noun. An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
  • noun. The menses.
  • noun. a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to Indian red.
  • Word Usage
    "Heck even Twitter offered the #red hashtag which would turn your tweet red if you used it."