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The Meaning of red

  • () . imp. & p. p. of Read.
  • (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.
  • (superl.) 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.
  • (n.) The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
  • (n.) A red pigment.
  • (n.) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
  • (a.) The menses.

Synonyms

redness , Red , Red River , Bolshevik , Marxist , bolshie , bolshy , loss , red ink , reddish , ruddy , blood-red , carmine , cerise , cherry , cherry-red , crimson , ruby , ruby-red , scarlet , crimson , violent , crimson , reddened , red-faced , flushed

Antonyms

gain

Homophones

read , reade , redd

Rhymes

abed , aforesaid , ahead , airhead , armstead , arrowhead , bankhead , beachhead , bed , bedspread , behead , biomed , bled , blockhead , bloodshed , bobsled , bread , bred , bridgehead , broadhead , brodhead , bulkhead , bullhead , calfed , coed , copperhead , cornbread , dead , deadhead , deathbed , dragonhead , dread , dred , dredd , drumhead , ed , egghead , embed , farmstead , featherbed , fed , figurehead , flatbed , flathead , fled , fred , freda , ged , gingerbread , godhead , hampstead , hardhead , head , hollingshead , homestead , horsehead , hotbed , imbed , inbred , infrared , instead , interbred , jed , lead , led , letterhead , loggerhead , marblehead , masthead , med , misled , misread , ned , nedd , newlywed , numed , overfed , overhead , pled , purebred , read , reade , redd , redhead , retread , riverbed , riverhead , roundhead , said , sayed , schwed , seabed , sffed , shead , shed , shedd , shred , skinhead , sled , sledd , spearhead , sped , spread , stead , steelhead , sudafed , swed , szwed , ted , thickhead , thoroughbred , thread , trailhead , tread , unread , unsaid , unted , unwed , warhead , watershed , wed , wedd , wehde , wellhead , whitehead , widespread , woodshed , zed