Definitions for red

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IPA: /rɛd/

Red is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in red (der).

Definitions for red

noun

1. any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
2. something red.
3. (often initial capital letter) Older Slang: Usually Disparaging. a radical leftist in politics, especially a Communist.
4. Informal. red light (def 1).
5. Informal. red wine:
6. Also called red devil, red bird. Slang. a capsule of the drug secobarbital, usually red in color.
7. a male or female given name.
8. a nickname typically given to someone with red hair.
9. Harold ("Red"; "the Galloping Ghost") 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
10. Arnold ("Red") 1917–2006, U.S. basketball coach and manager.
11. Berthold [ber-tohlt] /ˈbɛr toʊlt/ (Show IPA), 1812–82, German novelist.
12. John, c1460–1529, English poet.
13. Richard Bernard ("Red") 1913–97, U.S. actor and comedian.

Idioms

1. in the red, operating at a loss or being in debt (opposed to in the black):
2. paint the town red. paint (def 16).
3. see red, Informal. to become very angry; become enraged:

adjective

1. of the color red.
2. having distinctive areas or markings of red:
3. of or indicating a state of financial loss or indebtedness:
4. Older Slang: Usually Disparaging. radically left politically. (often initial capital letter) communist:
5. Older Use: Disparaging and Offensive. relating to, noting, or characteristic of North American Indian peoples.

verb (used with object)

1. redd1 .
2. to put in order; tidy:
3. to clear:

Origin of red

before 900; Middle English red, Old English rēad; cognate with German rot, Dutch rood, Old Norse raudhr, Latin rūfus, ruber, Greek erythrós; see rubella, Examples for red

The ball of red fire in the west was half below the rim of the distant peak.

Yes, the bathing-suit does have little touches of red, and red—but this will never do.

In 1957, the islands came under repeated shelling by Mainland--or as it was then called, “red”-- China.

On our way Tommy Windich shot a red kangaroo, which we carried to camp.

Former red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.

In their midst stands a soldier with the Lebanese armed forces in a red beret, sporting an assault rifle and an unblinking stare.

His books include Render unto Rome and a novel about Louisiana politics, Last of the red Hot Poppas.

"I'll forget my right hand sooner," said the big, red man calmly.

But Andrew, with the chestnut running like a red flash beneath him, had vanished.

It all began, the consensus seems to be, with the red jungle fowl.