red
She often wears red clothes.
having the colour of blood
She often wears red clothes.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
red
adjective (redder, reddest)
1 having the colour of blood:
She's wearing a bright red dress.
red wine
2 Red hair has a colour between red, orange and brown.
>> red noun:
Lucy was dressed in red.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
red
I. red1 S1 W1 /red/ BrE AmE adjective (comparative redder, superlative reddest)
[Language: Old English; Origin: read]
1. COLOUR having the colour of blood:
We painted the door bright red.
a red balloon ⇨ ↑blood-red, ⇨ cherry red at ↑cherry(3), ⇨ ↑scarlet
2. HAIR hair that is red has an orange-brown colour
3. FACE if you go red, your face becomes a bright pink colour, especially because you are embarrassed or angry
go/turn red
Every time you mention his name, she goes bright red.
4. WINE red wine is a red or purple colour ⇨ white
5. like a red rag to a bull British English (also like waving a red flag in front of a bull American English) very likely to make someone angry or upset:
Just mentioning his ex-wife’s name was like a red rag to a bull.
6. roll out the red carpet/give somebody the red carpet treatment to give special treatment to an important visitor
7. not one red cent American English informal used to emphasize that you mean no money at all:
I wouldn’t give him one red cent for that car.
8. POLITICS informal ↑communist or extremely ↑left-wing political views – used to show disapproval
—redness noun [uncountable]
⇨ paint the town red at ↑paint2(5)
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
red
red [red reds redder reddest] adjective, noun [red] [red]
adjective (red·der, red·dest)
1. having the colour of blood or fire
• a red car
• The lights (= traffic lights) changed to red before I could get across.
2. (of the eyes) bloodshot (= with thin lines of blood in them) or surrounded by red or very pink skin
• Her eyes were red from crying.
3. (of the face) bright red or pink, especially because you are angry, embarrassed or ashamed
• He stammered something and went very red in the face.
• (BrE) She went red as a beetroot.
• (NAmE) She went red as a beet.
4. (of hair or an animal's fur) reddish-brown in colour
• a red-haired girl
• red deer
see also redhead
5. (informal, politics) (sometimes disapproving) having very left-wing political opinions
compare pink
6. (politics) (of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Republican candidate than the Democratic one
• red states/counties
Opp: blue
more at paint the town red at paint v.
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’.
Example Bank:
• He could feel himself going bright red.
• Mr Grubb was shouting and growing redder and redder in the face.
• Ross flushed red with embarrassment.
• The coals glowed red in the dying fire.
• The leaves looked slightly red.
• flaming red hair
• her ruby red lips
• Her eyes were red and puffy, as if she'd been crying.
• The traffic light turned red.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
red / red / adjective ( redder , reddest )
A1 of the colour of fresh blood:
red lipstick
The dress was bright red.
A2 describes hair that is an orange-brown colour go/turn (bright) red B2 If you go/turn red, your face becomes red because you are angry or embarrassed:
Look, you've embarrassed him - he's gone bright red!
If your eyes are red, the white part of your eyes and the skin around your eyes is red, because of crying, tiredness, too much alcohol, etc.
redness / ˈred.nəs / noun [ U ]
Her scar healed, but the redness remained for a long time.
© Cambridge University Press 2013
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
red
/red/
(reds, redder, reddest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is red is the colour of blood or fire.
...a bunch of red roses...
COLOUR
2.
If you say that someone’s face is red, you mean that it is redder than its normal colour, because they are embarrassed, angry, or out of breath.
With a bright red face I was forced to admit that I had no real idea...
ADJ
3.
You describe someone’s hair as red when it is between red and brown in colour.
...a girl with red hair...
ADJ
4.
You can refer to red wine as red.
The spicy flavours in these dishes call for reds rather than whites.
N-MASS
5.
If you refer to someone as a red or a Red, you disapprove of the fact that they are a communist, a socialist, or have left-wing ideas. (INFORMAL)
N-COUNT [disapproval]
6.
If a person or company is in the red or if their bank account is in the red, they have spent more money than they have in their account and therefore they owe money to the bank.
The theatre is £500,000 in the red...
PHRASE: v-link PHR
7.
If you see red, you suddenly become very angry.
I didn’t mean to break his nose. I just saw red.
PHRASE: V inflects
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
red
1red /ˈrɛd/ adj red·der; red·dest [also more ~; most ~]
1 : having the color of blood
• a shiny red fire truck
• bright red shoes
• dark red apples
2 : reddish brown or reddish orange in color
• She has red hair. [=she is a redhead]
• a red fox
3 of a person's face : pink because of embarrassment, anger, etc.
• His face turns red when he gets angry.
• When she realized her mistake, she turned beet red. [=she blushed]
• (Brit) His face went red with embarrassment.
4 of eyes : having many red lines from lack of sleep, drunkenness, etc. : bloodshot
• Her eyes were red from crying.
5 somewhat old-fashioned informal + disapproving : supporting Communism : communist
a red rag to a bull Brit informal : something that makes a person very angry
• Just mentioning his poor marks to him was waving a red rag to a bull.
not one red cent
- see cent
paint the town red
- see 2paint
- red·ness /ˈrɛdnəs/ noun [noncount]
• There was swelling and redness around the site of the bee sting.
