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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
     red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
     r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
     r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
     rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
     'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
     Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
     Russet, Rust.]
     Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
     the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
     spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. ``Fresh
     flowers, white and reede.'' --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
                                                    --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
           or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
           and the like.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
           compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
           red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
           red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Red admiral (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
        Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front
        wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
        feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
        nettle butterfly.
  
     Red ant. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) A very small ant ({Myrmica molesta) which often infests
         houses.
     (b) A larger reddish ant ({Formica sanguinea), native of
         Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
         species.
  
     Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
     (b), under Kermes.
  
     Red+ash+(Bot.),+an+American+tree+({Fraxinus+pubescens" rel="nofollow">Red ash (Bot.), an American tree ({Fraxinus pubescens),
        smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
        --Cray.
  
     Red bass. (Zo["o]l.) See Redfish
     (d) .
  
     Red+bay+(Bot.),+a+tree+({Persea+Caroliniensis" rel="nofollow">Red bay (Bot.), a tree ({Persea Caroliniensis) having the
        heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
        States.
  
     Red beard (Zo["o]l.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
        prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
        U.S.]
  
     Red+birch+(Bot.),+a+species+of+birch+({Betula+nigra" rel="nofollow">Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch ({Betula nigra)
        having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
        wood. --Gray.
  
     Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
  
     Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
        the service of the state. [Eng.]
  
     Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
        registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
        in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
  
     Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
        three of zinc.
  
     Red bug. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
         produces great irritation by its bites.
     (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
         especially the European species ({Pyrrhocoris apterus),
         which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
         trunks.
     (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
  
     Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
        ({Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
        heartwood.
     (b) A tree of India and Australia ({Cedrela Toona) having
         fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
         India.
  
     Red chalk. See under Chalk.
  
     Red copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
  
     Red coral (Zo["o]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
        rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea.
  
     Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
        the English.
     (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva
         cross, under Geneva.
  
     Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
  
     Red deer. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus), native of the forests
         of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
         similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
     (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer.
  
     Red duck (Zo["o]l.), a European reddish brown duck
        ({Fuligula nyroca); -- called also ferruginous duck.
  
     Red ebony. (Bot.) See Grenadillo.
  
     Red empress (Zo["o]l.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell.
        
  
     Red+fir+(Bot.),+a+coniferous+tree+({Pseudotsuga+Douglasii" rel="nofollow">Red fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii)
        found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
        for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
        other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
        American Abies magnifica and Abies nobilis.
  
     Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire.
  
     Red flag. See under Flag.
  
     Red fox (Zo["o]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
        fulvus), which is usually reddish in color.
  
     Red grouse (Zo["o]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
        under Ptarmigan.
  
     Red gum, or Red gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight
        Australian species of Eucalyptus ({Eucalyptus
        amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
        resin. See Eucalyptus.
  
     Red hand (Her.), a left hand appaum['e], fingers erect,
        borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
        also Badge of Ulster.
  
     Red herring, the common herring dried and smoked.
  
     Red horse. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
         Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
     (b) See the Note under Drumfish.
  
     Red lead.
     (Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
  
     Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
  
     Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
        aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
        dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
        originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
        
  
     Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
  
     Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
  
     Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
        color.
  
     Red+maple+(Bot.),+a+species+of+maple+({Acer+rubrum" rel="nofollow">Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum). See
        Maple.
  
     Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below.
  
     Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
        color ({Morus rubra).
  
     Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
  
     Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
        reddish color.
  
     Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish.
  
     Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
  
     Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
        resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark.
  
     Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
  
     Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
        maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
        because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
        extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
  
     Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
        
  
     Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
  
     Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
  
     Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus
        aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California
        and Australia.
  
     Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
        reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
        silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
  
     Red+snapper+(Zo["o]l.),+a+large+fish+({Lutjanus+aya" rel="nofollow">Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish ({Lutjanus aya syn.
        Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
        about the Florida reefs.
  
     Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
        ({Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
        scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
  
     Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
        the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
        infarction or inflammation.
  
     Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
        ({Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
        destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
        cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
        on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
        yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
        Called also red mite.
  
     Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree.
  
     Red tape,
     (a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
         etc. Hence,
     (b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
         paperwork.
  
     Red underwing (Zo["o]l.), any species of noctuid moths
        belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
        species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
        wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
  
     Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
        appearance like blood in the urine.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
     red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
     r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
     r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
     rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
     'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
     Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
     Russet, Rust.]
     Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
     the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
     spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. ``Fresh
     flowers, white and reede.'' --Chaucer.
  
           Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
           or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
           and the like.
  
     Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
           compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
           red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
           red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
  
     Red admiral (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
        Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front
        wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
        feeds on nettles. Called also Atlanta butterfly, and
        nettle butterfly.
  
     Red ant. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) A very small ant ({Myrmica molesta) which often infests
         houses.
     (b) A larger reddish ant ({Formica sanquinea), native of
         Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
         species.
  
     Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
     (b), under Kermes.
  
     Red+ash+(Bot.),+an+American+tree+({Fraxinus+pubescens" rel="nofollow">Red ash (Bot.), an American tree ({Fraxinus pubescens),
        smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
        --Cray.
  
     Red bass. (Zo["o]l.) See Redfish
     (d) .
  
     Red+bay+(Bot.),+a+tree+({Persea+Caroliniensis" rel="nofollow">Red bay (Bot.), a tree ({Persea Caroliniensis) having the
        heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
        States.
  
     Red beard (Zo["o]l.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
        prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
        U.S.]
  
     Red+birch+(Bot.),+a+species+of+birch+({Betula+nigra" rel="nofollow">Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch ({Betula nigra)
        having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
        wood. --Gray.
  
     Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
  
     Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
        the service of the state. [Eng.]
  
     Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
        registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
        in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
  
     Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
        three of zinc.
  
     Red bug. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
         produces great irritation by its bites.
     (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
         especially the European species ({P. apterus), which is
         bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks.
     (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
  
     Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
        ({Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
        heartwood.
     (b) A tree of India and Australia ({Cedrela Toona) having
         fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
         India.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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: 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]
       3: (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: crimson, reddened, red-faced, flushed]
       4: 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
       n 1: the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the
            hue of blood [syn: redness]
       2: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward
          from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and
          through Louisiana [syn: Red River]
       3: emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals
          or revolutionaries [syn: Bolshevik, Marxist, pinko,
          bolshie]
       4: the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its
          revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the
          company operated in the red last year" [syn: loss, red
          ink] [ant: gain]
       [also: redding, redded, reddest, redder]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  redder
       See red

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  redder
     Dutch n.
     (l en savior), (l en rescuer)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (infl of nb redde  pres)
     Swedish n.
     (noun form of sv redd  indef p)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Redder
     Pennsylvania German n.
     (plural of pdc Raad)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  redder
     a.
     (en-comparative of: red)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Redder
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  redder
     Dutch n.
     (l en savior), (l en rescuer)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (infl of nb redde  pres)
     Swedish n.
     (noun form of sv redd  indef p)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Redder
     Pennsylvania German n.
     (plural of pdc Raad)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  redder
     Dutch n.
     (l en savior), (l en rescuer)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (infl of nb redde  pres)
     Swedish n.
     (noun form of sv redd  indef p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Redder
     Pennsylvania German n.
     (plural of pdc Raad)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  redder
     Englanti a.
     (taivm-komp en red luok=a)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  redder
     Engelska a.
     (böjning en adj red)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Redder /ɹˈɛdə/
  أشدّ إحمرارا

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  redder /ɹˈɛdə/ 
  červenější

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  redder /ɹˈɛdə/
  roter, röter
   see: red, reddest, raspberry red
  

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  redder /rɛdər/
  Erlöser, Heiland

From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-spa ]

  redder /rˈɛdər/ 
  salvador
  1. iemand die iemand anders redt

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹɛdɝ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 红的,红热的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 红的,红热的

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