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red

  • noun
  • rĕd

The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.

Example

“Red can be seen as hot or angry.”

Other meanings

  1. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; usually capitalized a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

  2. Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.

Example sentences

  • “You can't turn right on red here.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “She sinks her teeth into a juicy red apple.”

    Tatoeba · hecko · CC0

  • “Buy me the red one.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “red” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.