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, 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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel.
v[=i]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, ?, and E.
withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard, Vinous, Withy.]
1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a
beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out
their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. ``Red
wine of Gascoigne.'' --Piers Plowman.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov.
xx. 1.
Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton.
Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol,
containing also certain small quantities of ethers and
ethereal salts which give character and bouquet.
According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines
are called red, white, spirituous, dry,
light, still, etc.
2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit
or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as,
currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24.
Birch wine, Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape,
etc.
Spirit of wine. See under Spirit.
To have drunk wine of ape or wine ape, to be so drunk as
to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Wine acid. (Chem.) See Tartaric acid, under Tartaric.
[Colloq.]
Wine apple (Bot.), a largeRed : apple, with firm flesh and a
rich, vinous flavor.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Red : \Red\ (r[e^]d), obs.
. imp. & p. p. of Read. --Spenser.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Red : \Red\, v. t.
To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from
entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to
red up a house. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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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">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">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">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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Red : \Red\ (r?d), n.
1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum
farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
``Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.'' --Milton.
2. A red pigment.
3. (European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican.
See under Red, a. [Cant]
4. pl. (Med.) The menses. --Dunglison.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Red :
(Or "REDL") A language proposed by Intermetrics to meet the
Ironman requirements which led to Ada.
["On the RED Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra,
SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):27 (Oct 1978)].
["RED Language Reference Manual", J. Nestor and M. van Deusen,
Intermetrics 1979].
(1995-01-19)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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