red

red

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɹɛd/]

Senses

1. red (noun) — sense 1

Definition: 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.

2. red (noun) — sense 2

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

3. red (noun) — sense 3

Definition: One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

4. red (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Of a red hue.

Example: The girl wore a red skirt.

5. red (adj) — sense 5

Definition: Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

Example: Her hair had red highlights.

6. red (adj) — sense 6

Definition: Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.

Example: [T]he sun was shining on a happy crowd. It shone on white hats and red faces. It shone on ice lollies and melted them.

7. red (intj) — sense 7

Definition: Used to indicate that the speaker wishes current sexual activity to stop immediately.

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