English Dictionary

red

/ɹɛd/

noun

(countable and uncountable) 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 red apple is delicious.

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(countable and uncountable) 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.

red:

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(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Coordinate term: pinko

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(countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

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(countable and uncountable) Red wine.

A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / in our Italian restaurant.

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(countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.

American reds and doppelbocks are heavy lagers as well. It really comes down to how the beer was made. Beyond that, brewers are immensely creative and have developed styles of both ale and lager that run a wide range of attributes.

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(countable, informal, Australia) A red kangaroo.

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(countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.

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(derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.

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(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.

What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? / She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same / Livin' on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine

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(informal) A red light (a traffic signal)

Stopping on the red, you're going on the green / Cause tonight will be like nothing you've ever seen / And you're barreling down the boulevard / You're looking for the heart of Saturday night

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(Ireland, UK, beverages, informal) Red lemonade

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(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.

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(US, colloquial, uncountable) Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").

Houston visited a home in an early pioneer settlement where he was offered a bowl of red. Houston eagerly took his first large spoonful. His eyes watering, he spat out his bite […]

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(informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.

The species Sciaenops ocellatus certainly isn’t lacking for nicknames.[…] Clear water also favors sightcasting. Against the dark background of marsh mud, a red will appear like a pumpkin — big, orange and round.

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(slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.

I squeeze some red out over my chips and feel guilty. Nothing is as English as Heinz ketchup in the sauce game, except perhaps HP.