red (
http://definr.com/red)
adj 1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or
rubies [syn:
reddish,
ruddy,
blood-red,
carmine,
cerise,
cherry,
cherry-red,
crimson,
ruby,
ruby-red,
scarlet]
2: (used of hair or fur) of a reddish brown color; "red deer";
reddish hair" [syn:
reddish]
3: 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,
violent]
4: (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:
aflame(p),
crimson,
reddened,
red-faced,
flushed]
5: red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons
o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage";
"the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears
6: (of wine) deep reddish in color; "a red wine such as a
claret or burgundy"; "a pinot noir is a red burgundy"
[ant:
white]
n 1: the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the
hue of blood [syn:
redness]
2: a tributary of the Mississippi River [syn:
Red,
Red River]
3: emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals
or revolutionaries [syn:
Bolshevik,
Marxist,
pinko,
bolshie]