Dictionary Definition
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
Noun
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]redder See red
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redderExtensive Definition
Redder Records is an independent
record label based in Astoria,
New York.