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/ɹɛd/
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[ɻʷɛˑd̥]
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/ɹed/
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/ɾɛd/
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Noun
The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
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Red is my favorite color.
Red can be seen as hot or angry.
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And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.
Red No. 3, red No. 40, blue No. 2 and green No. 3 all have been linked with cancer or tumors in animals. Other sources say red No. 40 and yellow No. 5 and No. 6 contain or may be contaminated with known carcinogens.
A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
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One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
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Red wine.
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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.
He produced a wine key from his jacket pocket and effortlessly removed the cork from the bottle of red.
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59 sneak in some red Smuggle a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a corkscrew into a long matinee. Red wine is rich in life-extending antioxidants, and the caper will add zest even to a bad movie.
Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
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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.
No other country has a brewing tradition as richly diverse as that of Belgium, with beers ranging from pleasant pale lagers to wild, winelike Flemish reds and lambics.
A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.
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A redshank.
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- Informal
An American Indian.
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- Derogatory
- Offensive
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The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
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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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The big market, these days, is in Downers. Reds and smack—Seconal and heroin—and a hellbroth of bad domestic grass sprayed with everything from arsenic to horse tranquillizers.
“Whatchu got, man?” / “Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.” / “Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”
A red light (a traffic signal)
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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
Red lemonade
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One of the three color charges for quarks.
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Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
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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 […]
The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
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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.
Tomato ketchup.
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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.
A red dye or pigment.
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A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of red pigment.
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Something, or a part of a thing, which is red.
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Adjective
Of a red hue.
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She is wearing a red coat.
The girl wore a red skirt.
He was wearing a red jacket.
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Your colour, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows.
Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
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Her hair had red highlights.
Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
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His face went red with embarrassment.
[T]he sun was shining on a happy crowd. It shone on white hats and red faces. It shone on ice lollies and melted them.
Having a brown color.
Usage- of a dog or its coat
Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
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I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red: Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
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"Only Nixon could go to China" was the refrain of conventional wisdom during Richard Nixon’s 1972 official visit to Mao Tse-tung’s regime. Nixon’s anti-communist credentials, however dubious, provided useful camouflage as he opened diplomatic relations with Red China and made breathtaking concessions that an undisguised liberal couldn’t get away with.
the red-black grand coalition in Germany
Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red: The U.S. Republican Party.
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a red state
a red Congress
Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
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- Offensive
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All my friends are Indians / All my friends are brown and red
Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
Of a red color charge.
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Interjection
Used to indicate that the speaker wishes current sexual activity to stop immediately.
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Adjective
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
characterized by violence or bloodshed
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
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crimson with fury
turned red from exertion
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with puffy reddened eyes
red-faced and violent
flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment
Noun
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
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emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
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the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
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the company operated at a loss last year
the company operated in the red last year