'Red' definitions:

Definition of 'red'

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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 [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
adjective
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, red, violent]
adjective
(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, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed]
noun
Red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood [syn: red, redness]
noun
A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana [syn: Red, Red River]
noun
Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries [syn: Bolshevik, Marxist, red, bolshie, bolshy]
noun
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, red] [ant: gain]

Definition of 'Red'

From: GCIDE
  • Red \Red\ (r[e^]d), obs. imp. & p. p. of Read. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Red'

From: GCIDE
  • Red \Red\, v. t. To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Red'

From: GCIDE
  • Red \Red\ (r?d), n.
  • 1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. "Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A red pigment. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. pl. (Med.) The menses. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
  • English red, a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to Indian red.
  • Hypericum red, a red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum.
  • Indian red. See under Indian, and Almagra. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'red'

From: GCIDE
  • Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. v[imac]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, ?, and E. withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard, Vinous, Withy.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. "Red wine of Gascoigne." --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
  • Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov. xx. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called red, white, spirituous, dry, light, still, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. [1913 Webster]
  • Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • Birch wine, Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape, etc.
  • Spirit of wine. See under Spirit.
  • To have drunk wine of ape or To have drunk wine ape, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  • Wine acid. (Chem.) See Tartaric acid, under Tartaric. [Colloq.]
  • Wine apple (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor.
  • Wine fly (Zool.), small two-winged fly of the genus Piophila, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors.
  • Wine grower, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.
  • Wine measure, the measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure.
  • Wine merchant, a merchant who deals in wines.
  • Wine of opium (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary laudanum; -- also Sydenham's laudanum.
  • Wine press, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are pressed to extract their juice.
  • Wine skin, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various countries, for carrying wine.
  • Wine stone, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See 1st Tartar, 1.
  • Wine vault. (a) A vault where wine is stored. (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables; a dramshop. --Dickens.
  • Wine vinegar, vinegar made from wine.
  • Wine whey, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'Red'

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