red

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having the colour of blood, strawberries, or a setting sun.

   She was wearing a bright red dress.

2. 2
   noun

   The colour of blood, strawberries, or a setting sun.

   Red is often seen as a sign of danger or anger.

3. 3
   adj

   (of the face) flushed because of emotion or effort.

   My red face showed that I had run to arrive on time.

4. 4
   noun

   Red wine.

   Would you prefer a glass of red or white with dinner?

Common collocations

• red deer Adjective + noun
• red shirt Adjective + noun
• red sorrel Adjective + noun
• red cedar Adjective + noun
• red giant Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red English red Inherited from Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ- + *-ós. Cognates See also West Frisian read, Low German root, rood, rot, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rød, Norwegian Nynorsk raud; also Welsh rhudd, Latin ruber, rufus, Tocharian A rtär, Tocharian B ratr…

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