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Red has 15 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

"She mixed a drop of crimson dye into her watercolor palette to achieve that perfect shade of red for the sunset."

2

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

"The Red River formed our childhood swimming hole, winding its way east from the Texas panhandle before cutting across Louisiana."

3

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

"The editor refused to print any red rhetoric in the article, fearing it would incite violence among the readers."

4

the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

"the company operated at a loss last year"

"the company operated in the red last year"

5

Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.

"The research team at Kyoto University developed a new RED stack that generates electricity from salinity differences between river water and seawater."

6

A Communist.

7

Acronym of reverse electrodialysis.

In plain English: Red is the color that looks like fire, blood, or a ripe apple.

"The red caught my eye immediately on the shelf."

Usage: Use "red" as a noun to describe the specific color itself or metaphorically for things like political parties (the Reds) or financial loss (in the red). Avoid confusing it with adjectives describing objects unless you are specifically referring to the hue in an artistic context, such as mixing pigments.

Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of rede

"The old weather vane had rusted into a deep red over the years."

2

Alternative spelling of redd

In plain English: To red means to make something look redder, but it is rarely used this way and people almost never say it.

"Red my face when I realized I had made a mistake in front of everyone."

Adjective
1

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

"The ripe strawberries in her bowl were a vivid red that made my mouth water."

2

characterized by violence or bloodshed

"writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"

"fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"

"convulsed with red rage"

3

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

"crimson with fury"

"turned red from exertion"

"with puffy reddened eyes"

"red-faced and violent"

"flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

4

Having red as its color.

"The new leader was accused of being too red after he pushed for stricter state control over private businesses."

5

Communist

In plain English: Red is the color you see when something looks like a ripe stop sign or an apple.

"The traffic light turned red to stop the cars."

Proper Noun
1

A nickname given to someone who has or had red hair.

"Everyone at the party knew that Red was actually a big fan of spicy food, even though he didn't have much left on his head these days."

Example Sentences
"The traffic light turned red to stop the cars." adj
"The red caught my eye immediately on the shelf." noun
"Red my face when I realized I had made a mistake in front of everyone." verb
See Also
apple color blood stop wine colour fire blue
Related Terms
apple color blood stop wine colour fire blue squirrel tomato blush fox scarlet lip raspberry primary colour farm primary cherry maroon
Antonyms
gain
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
chromatic color radical sum
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
sanguine chrome red Turkey red cardinal crimson dark red purplish red cerise scarlet paper loss squeeze

Origin

The word "red" comes from Old English and shares a common ancestor with similar words in other Germanic languages. It has been used to describe the color since ancient times, traveling directly into Middle English without a significant shift in meaning.

Rhyming Words
fred bred pred dred cred erred pored gored pared cored fired mired unred hired fared shred bared cared jered jared
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