- Red⇄adj. 1. extremely radical; revolutionary.
2. having to do with the former Soviet Union or any Communist country.
Ex. Red guns from the Chinese mainland lobbed 66 shells on the offshore Quemoy islands (Wall Street Journal). - red⇄adj. 1. having the color of blood or of a ruby.
Ex. red paint, red velvet, red shoes.
2. being like or suggesting the color of blood.
Ex. red hair.
3. sore; inflamed.
Ex. red eyes.
4. (Figurative.) blushing; flushed - red⇄expr. in the red, (Informal.) in debt; losing money.
Ex. Promoter Frank J. Bruen declined to make any further estimates as to what the show would draw or whether there was a chance to save it from going heavily ""in the red"" (Baltimore Sun). - red⇄expr. out of the red, (Informal.) showing a profit.
Ex. About 966 copies more and the title will be out of the red (Publishers' Weekly). - red⇄expr. see red, (Informal.) to become very angry.
Ex. I saw red and before I knew it I had hit him. - Red⇄noun 1. an extreme radical; revolutionary.
Ex. Communists, extreme socialists, and anarchists are often called Reds.
2. a Communist, especially an inhabitant of the former Soviet Union or any Communist country. - red⇄noun 1. the color of blood or of a ruby. Red has the longest light wave in the color spectrum.
2. any shade of that color.
Ex. Red is obliged to include many of the browns, which are deep shades of red and hues closely akin to it (Matthew Lu - red⇄red (1), noun, adjective, redder,reddest.
- red⇄red (2), transitive verb, red,redding.redd(1).
- Red⇄Red, adjective, noun.