Collins English-English Dictionary

red [rεd]

1. 1. n any of a group of colours, such as that of a ripe tomato or fresh blood, that lie at one end of the visible spectrum, next to orange, and are perceived by the eye when light in the approximate wavelength range 740--620 nanometres falls on the retina. Red is the complementary colour of cyan and forms a set of primary colours with blue and green

2. 2. n [archery] inner a red ring on a target, between the blue and the gold, scoring seven points

3. 3. n a pigment or dye of or producing these colours

4. 4. n red cloth or clothing

   dressed in red

5. 5. n a red ball in snooker, billiards, etc

6. 6. n (in roulette and other gambling games) one of two colours on which players may place even bets, the other being black

7. 7. adj of the colour red

8. 8. adj reddish in colour or having parts or marks that are reddish

   red hair

   red deer

9. 9. adj having the face temporarily suffused with blood, being a sign of anger, shame, etc

10. 10. adj (of the complexion) rosy; florid

11. 11. adj (of the eyes) bloodshot

12. 12. adj (of the hands) stained with blood, as after committing murder

13. 13. adj bloody or violent

    red revolution

14. 14. adj (of wine) made from black grapes and coloured by their skins

15. 15. adj denoting the highest degree of urgency in an emergency; used by the police and the army and informally (esp in the phrase red alert)

16. 16. vb another word for redden

17. 17. vb [Etymology] Old English read; compare Old High German rot, Gothic rauths, Latin ruber, Greek eruthros, Sanskrit rohita

red [rεd]

1. 1. vb a variant spelling of redd