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Word3 red
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /red/ /red/
Example
  • bright/light/dark red lipstick
  • the lights (= traffic lights) changed to red before i could get across.
  • a bunch of red roses
  • a red dress/shirt
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red

(adjective)/red/ /red/
  1. having the colour of blood or fire
    • PAST TENSE, PAST PARTICIPLE OF read
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/read_1
    • bright/light/dark red lipstick
    • The lights (= traffic lights) changed to red before I could get across.
    • a bunch of red roses
    • a red dress/shirt
    • the vivid red colour of the soldiers' uniforms
    • Her essay was returned with lots of corrections in red ink.
    • a red car

    Extra Examples

    • The coals glowed red in the dying fire.
    • The leaves looked slightly red.
    • her ruby red lips
    • The traffic light turned red.
    • Paint the pot red and allow it to dry thoroughly.
    • He pressed a big red button, and his TV turned on.
    • a red brick apartment building
  2. red-brown in colour
    • SEE ALSO red deer
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/red-deer
    • her flaming red hair
    • a red squirrel
    • a red-haired girl
    • Her hair was long and dark red.
    • She dyes her hair red.
  3. bright red or pink, especially because you are angry, embarrassed or ashamed
    • I felt my face go red.
    • She went red as a beetroot.
    • She went red as a beet.
    • He stammered something and went very red in the face.
    • He turned red and started yelling at me.
    • Her face was red with anger.
    • My face probably looked as red as a strawberry.

    Extra Examples

    • He could feel himself going bright red.
    • Mr Grubb was shouting and growing redder and redder in the face.
    • Ross flushed red with embarrassment.
  4. bloodshot (= with thin lines of blood in them) or surrounded by red or very pink skin
    • Her eyes were red from crying.
    • Her eyes were red and puffy, as if she'd been crying.
  5. having very left-wing political opinions
    • COMPARE pink
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pink_2
  6. (of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Republican candidate than the Democratic one
    • OPPOSITE blue
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blue_2
    • red states/counties
  7. to go to a lot of different bars, clubs, etc. and enjoy yourself
  8. involving opposition or competition that is violent and without sympathy
    • nature, red in tooth and claw
  9. used to talk about something that is likely to make somebody very angry
    • If you criticize him, it’s like a red rag to a bull—he gets absolutely furious.

    Word Origin

    • Old English rēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rood and German rot, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin rufus, ruber, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’.
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