Source : WordNet®
red
adj 1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or
rubies [syn: {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine},
{cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red}, {crimson}, {ruby},
{ruby-red}, {scarlet}]
2: characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson
deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by
Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red
rage"- Hudson Strode [syn: {crimson}, {violent}]
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" [syn: {crimson}, {reddened}, {red-faced}, {flushed}]
4: red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons
o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage";
"the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears
[also: {redding}, {redded}, {reddest}, {redder}]
red
n 1: the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the
hue of blood [syn: {redness}]
2: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward
from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and
through Louisiana [syn: {Red River}]
3: emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals
or revolutionaries [syn: {Bolshevik}, {Marxist}, {pinko},
{bolshie}]
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" [syn: {loss}, {red
ink}] [ant: {gain}]
[also: {redding}, {redded}, {reddest}, {redder}]
redded
See {red}