red Definition

red
adj redder, reddest

1. Referring to the colour of blood, or a colour similar to it.
2. Said of hair, fur, etc: of a colour which varies between a golden brown and a deep reddish-brown.
3. Said of the eyes: bloodshot or with red rims.
4. Having a red or flushed face, especially from shame or anger, or from physical exertion.
5. Said of wine: made with black grapes whose skins colour the wine a deep red.
6. derog colloq
Communist.
7. chiefly colloq
Relating to the former USSR; Soviet.
Example: the Red Army
Form: Red

8. Indicating the most extreme urgency. See red alert.

noun

1. The colour of blood, or a similar shade.
2. Red dye or paint.
3. Red material or clothes.
4. The red traffic light, a sign that cars should stop.
5. Anything red.
6. The debit side of an account; the state of being in debt, eg to a bank. Compare black (noun 6).

Form: be in the red (usually)
7. derog colloq
A communist or socialist.
Form: Red (often)

Derivative: reddish
adj

Somewhat red.

Derivative: redly
adverb

Derivative: redness
noun

Idiom: paint the town red

colloq
To go out to enjoy oneself in a lively, noisy and often drunken way.

Idiom: see red

colloq
To become angry. See also redden.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon read.