What does Red mean?
Definitions for Red
rɛdred
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Red.
Princeton's WordNet
red, rednessnoun
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Red, Red Rivernoun
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
Bolshevik, Marxist, red, bolshie, bolshynoun
emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
loss, red ink, redadjective
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"
red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarletadjective
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
crimson, red, violentadjective
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
crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushedadjective
(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"
Wiktionary
Rednoun
A Communist
Rednoun
A supporter of a sports team who wears a red strip.
Redadjective
Communist
the Red Army
Etymology: read, from raudaz (compare Dutch rood, German rot, Danish rød), from h₁roudhós (compare rhudd, ruber, rufus, Tocharian A/B rtär/ratre, Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός, Old Church Slavonic рудъ, Lithuanian raúdas, Avestan raoidita, Sanskrit रुधिर 'red, bloody').
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
REDadjective
Look I so pale.
—— Ay, and no man in the presence,
But his red colour hath forsook his cheeks. William Shakespeare.Bring me the fairest creature northward born,
To prove whose blood is reddest. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Ven.His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. Gen. xlix. 12.
Th’ angelick squadron turn’d fiery red. John Milton.
If red lead and white paper be placed in the red light of the coloured spectrum, made in a dark chamber by the refraction of a prism, the paper will appear more lucid than the red lead, and therefore reflects the red making rays more copiously than red lead doth. Isaac Newton, Opticks.
The sixth red was at first of a very fair and lively scarlet, and soon after of a brightet colour, being very pure and brisk, and the best of all the reds. Isaac Newton, Opticks.
Why heavenly truth,
And moderation fair, were the red marks
Of superstition’s scourge. James Thomson, Winter.
Wikipedia
Red
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy.Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. The Ancient Egyptians and Mayans colored their faces red in ceremonies; Roman generals had their bodies colored red to celebrate victories. It was also an important color in China, where it was used to color early pottery and later the gates and walls of palaces.: 60–61 In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal. The 19th century brought the introduction of the first synthetic red dyes, which replaced the traditional dyes. Red became a symbolic color of communism and socialism; Soviet Russia adopted a red flag following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, until the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Communist China adopted the red flag following the Chinese Revolution of 1949. It was adopted by North Vietnam in 1954, and by all of Vietnam in 1975. Since red is the color of blood, it has historically been associated with sacrifice, danger, and courage. Modern surveys in Europe and the United States show red is also the color most commonly associated with heat, activity, passion, sexuality, anger, love, and joy. In China, India, and many other Asian countries it is the color symbolizing happiness and good fortune.: 39–63
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red
Red is a color in the spectrum of visible light, characterized by a wavelength between 630-740 nanometers. It is considered one of the primary colors, alongside blue and yellow in traditional color theory, or green and blue in light color theory. Symbolically, red often represents emotions like love, anger, or danger. It is also associated with fire, blood and various cultural or political ideals.
Webster Dictionary
Red
. imp. & p. p. of Read
Redverb
to put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house
Red
of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part
Rednoun
the color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these
Rednoun
a red pigment
Rednoun
an abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a
Redadjective
the menses
Etymology: [OE. red, reed, AS. red, red; akin to OS. rd, OFries. rd, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. rt, Dan. & Sw. rd, Icel. raur, rjr, Goth. ruds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. 'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. 113. Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy, Russet, Rust.]
Wikidata
Red
Red is the color of blood, rubies and strawberries. Next to orange at the end of the visible spectrum of light, red is commonly associated with danger, sacrifice, passion, fire, beauty, blood, anger, socialism and communism, and in China and many other cultures, with happiness.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Red
red, adj. (comp. Red′der; superl. Red′dest) of a colour like blood: ultra-radical, revolutionary.—n. one of the primary colours, of several shades, as scarlet, pink, carmine, vermilion, &c.: a red cent, the smallest coin of the United States.—adjs. Red′-backed, having a red back; Red′-beaked, -billed, having a red beak or bill; Red′-bell′ied, having the under parts red.—n. Red′-bell′y, the United States slider, a terrapin: the Welsh torgoch, a char.—adj. Red′-belt′ed, having a red band or bands.—n. Red′-bird, the common European bullfinch: the United States grosbeak, also the tanager.—adj. Red′-blood′ed, having reddish blood.—ns. Red′-book, a book containing the names of all persons in the service of the state: the peerage; Red′breast, a favourite song-bird, so called from the red colour of its breast, the robin; Red′-bud, the Judas-tree of America; Red′-cabb′age, a variety of cabbage, with purplish heads, used for pickling; Red′-cap, a species of goldfinch, having a conical crest of red feathers on the top of the head: a ghost with long teeth who haunts some Scotch castles; Red′-cent, a copper cent; Red′-chalk, -clay (see Reddle); Red′-coat, a British soldier, so called from his red coat; Red′-cock (slang), an incendiary fire; Red′-cor′al, the most important kind of coral in commerce, found off the coasts of Algiers and Tunis and the Italian islands.—adj. Red′-corpus′cled, having red blood-discs.—n. Red′-Crag, a division of the Pliocene.—adjs. Red′-crest′ed, having a red crest; Red′-cross, wearing or distinguished by a cross of a red colour.—n. the badge and flag adopted by every society, of whatever nation, formed for the aid of the sick and wounded in time of war, recognised by the military authorities of its own nation, and enjoying certain privileges and immunities under the Convention of Geneva (1864).—n. Red′-deer, a species of deer which is reddish-brown in summer: the common stag.—v.t. Red′den, to make red.—v.i. to grow red: to blush.—adj. Red′dish, somewhat red: moderately red.—ns. Red′dishness; Red′-dog, the lowest grade of flour in high milling; Red′-drum, the southern red-fish, or red-bass, of the southern Atlantic coast of the United States; Red′-earth, the reddish loam frequently found in regions composed of limestones; Red′-eye, or Rudd, a fresh-water fish of the same genus as the roach, chub, and minnow.—adjs. Red′-faced (Shak.), having a red face; Red′-fig′ured, relating to an ancient Greek ceramic ware, in which a black glaze was painted over the surface so as to leave the design in the red of the body.—n. Red′-gum, strophulus, a skin disease usually occurring in infants about the time of teething, and consisting of minute red pimples with occasional red patches.—adjs. Red′-haired, Red′-head′ed, having red hair.—n. Red′-hand, a bloody hand: (her.) a sinister hand, erect, open, and 'couped,' the distinguishing badge of baronets.—adj. Red′-hand′ed, in the very act, as if with bloody hands.—n. Red′-head, a person with red hair: the pochard, a red-headed duck.—adj. Red′-hot, heated to redness.—ns. Red′-lac, the Japan wax-tree; Red′-latt′ice (Shak.), an alehouse window, then usually painted red; Red′-lead, a preparation of lead of a fine red colour, used in painting, &c.—adj. Red′-legged, having red legs or feet, as a bird.—n. Red′-legs, the European red-legged partridge: the turnstone: the red-shank: (bot.) the bistort.—adj. Red′-lett′er, having red letters: auspicious or fortunate, as a day, the holidays or saints' days being indicated by red letters in the old calendars.—n. Red′-liq′uor, a crude aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in calico-printing.—adjs. Red′-litt′en, showing a red light; Red′-looked (Shak.), having a red look.—adv. Red′ly.—adj. Red′-mad (prov.), quite mad.—n. Red′-met′al, one of several alloys of copper used in silver-ware: a Japanese alloy used in decorative metal-work.—adj. Red′-necked, having a red neck.—n. Red′ness.—adjs. Red′-nose, -nosed, having a red nose, like a habitual drunkard.—ns. Red′-oak, an oak with heavy and durable reddish wood, rising to ninety feet high in eastern North America; Red′-plague, a form of the plague marked by a red spot or bubo; Red′-poll, a small northern finch: the common European linnet: the North American palm-warbler.—adjs. Red′-polled; Red′-ribbed (Tenn.), having red ribs.—ns. Red′-root, a genus of plants of the natural order Rhamnaceæ—New Jersey Tea; Reds, or Red Republicans (see Republic); Red′-saun′ders, the sliced or rasped heart-wood of Pterocarpus santalinus, used for giving colour to alcoholic liquors &c.—v.i. Red′sear, to break when too hot.—ns. Red′seed, small crustaceans which float on the sea; Red′-shank, an aquatic bird of the snipe family, with legs of a bright-red colour: a name given in ridicule to the Scottish Highlanders, and to the Irish.—adj. Red′-short, noting iron that is brittle at red-heat.—ns. Red′-short′ness; Red′skin, a Red Indian; Red′-staff, a miller's straight-edge, used in dressing millstones; Red′start, a bird belonging to the family of the warblers, appearing in Britain as a summer bird of passage; Red′streak, an apple, so called from the colour of its skin; Red′-tail, the red-tailed buzzard, one of the commonest hawks of North America.—adj. Red′-tailed (Shak.), having a red tail.—ns. Red′-thrush, the red-wing; Red′-top, a kind of bent grass; Red′-wa′ter, a disease of cattle, named from the urine being reddened with the red globules of the blood.—adj. Red′-wat′-shod (Scot.), walking in blood over the shoes.—ns. Red′-weed, the common poppy; Red′-wing, a species of thrush well known in Britain as a winter bird of passage, having an exquisite, clear, flute-like song; Red′wood, a Californian timber-tree, growing to nearly three hundred feet high.—adj. Red′-wud (Scot.), stark mad.—Red-cross knight, a knight having on his shield a red cross; Red ensign, the British flag for all vessels not belonging to the navy, consisting of a plain red flag, having the canton filled by the Union-jack (before 1864 also the special flag of the Red Squadron); Red-gum tree, a species of Eucalyptus attaining the height of 200 feet; Red pheasant, a tragopan; Red snow, snow coloured by the minute alga Protococcus nivalis, found in large patches in arctic and alpine regions.—Indian red, a permanent red pigment, orig. a natural earth rich in oxide of iron, now prepared artificially.—Royal Red Cross, a decoration for nurses, instituted by Queen Victoria in 1883. [A.S. reád; Ger. roth, L. ruber, Gr. e-rythros, Gael. ruath.]
Red
red, v.t. to put in order, make tidy: to disentangle: (coll.) to separate two men in fighting.—ns. Red′der (Scot.), one who endeavours to settle a quarrel; Red′ding, the process of putting in order; Red′ding-comb, a large-toothed comb for dressing the hair; Red′ding-straik (Scot.), a stroke received in trying to separate fighters.
Red
Redd, red (Spens.), pa.t. of read, declared.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Red is ranked #16824 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Red surname appeared 1,697 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Red.
58.2% or 989 total occurrences were White.
22.1% or 375 total occurrences were Black.
10% or 170 total occurrences were Asian.
4.6% or 78 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
3.2% or 55 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.7% or 30 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Red' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #823
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Red' in Written Corpus Frequency: #667
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Red' in Nouns Frequency: #1487
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Red' in Adjectives Frequency: #90
Anagrams for Red »
DRE
ERD
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Red in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Red in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Red in a Sentence
In Malaysia, the best is nasi lemak, rice cooked with coconut milk accompanied with red hot spicy sauce and fried anchovies with peanuts and cucumber and boiled eggs. It is usually for breakfast. A complete meal.
I have a lot of concerns about the due process component of( red flag laws) and I don't want to punish law-abiding citizens.
It was a very fun and unexpected -- extremely -- unexpected discovery, brenda Schell decided Brenda Schell wanted to go check out this area and my husband sees this red wood sticking out. He goes to pick it up and it's this crazy little boat !
The color marker is absolutely essential, and that's because you want to know how many males you need to release in a town. By looking at the red color in the larvae, you can see how you're doing in controlling the population, which areas need more males, which areas need less males.
Our traditional red kettle campaign, a symbol of Christmas and Americans caring for one another, is going to be increasingly difficult this year, we believe that Christmas for millions of Americans is at risk.
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- أحمرArabic
- červenáCzech
- rødDanish
- rotGerman
- κόκκινοςGreek
- ruĝaEsperanto
- rojoSpanish
- قرمزPersian
- punainenFinnish
- rougeFrench
- deargIrish
- लालHindi
- pirosHungarian
- կարմիրArmenian
- merahIndonesian
- rossoItalian
- אָדוֹםHebrew
- 赤Japanese
- ಕೆಂಪುKannada
- 빨간Korean
- redLatin
- roodDutch
- rødNorwegian
- czerwonyPolish
- vermelhoPortuguese
- roșuRomanian
- красныйRussian
- rSwedish
- சிவப்புTamil
- ఎరుపుTelugu
- สีแดงThai
- kırmızıTurkish
- червонийUkrainian
- سرخUrdu
- ĐỏVietnamese
- רויטYiddish
- 紅Chinese
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