red
red1 S1 W1 /red/ 
adjective (comparative redder, superlative reddest)
We painted the door bright red.
a red balloon ⇨ blood-red, ⇨ cherry red at cherry(3), ⇨ scarlet
2. HAIR hair that is red has an orange-brown colour
3. FACE if you go red, your face becomes a bright pink colour, especially because you are embarrassed or angry
go/turn red
Every time you mention his name, she goes bright red.
4. WINE red wine is a red or purple colour ⇨ white
5. like a red rag to a bull British English (also like waving a red flag in front of a bull American English) very likely to make someone angry or upset:
Just mentioning his ex-wife’s name was like a red rag to a bull.
6. roll out the red carpet/give somebody the red carpet treatment to give special treatment to an important visitor
7. not one red cent American English informal used to emphasize that you mean no money at all:
I wouldn’t give him one red cent for that car.
8. POLITICS informal communist or extremely left-wing political views – used to show disapproval
—redness noun [uncountable]
⇨ paint the town red at paint2(5)
red2 noun
1. [uncountable and countable] the colour of blood:
I like the way the artist uses red in this painting.
the reds and yellows of the trees
The corrections were marked in red (=in red ink).
2. [uncountable and countable] red wine ⇨ white:
a nice bottle of red
3. be in the red informal to owe more money than you have
OPP be in the black ⇨ overdrawn:
This is the airline’s fourth straight year in the red.
4. [countable] informal someone who has communist or very left-wing political opinions – used especially in the past to show disapproval
⇨ see red at see1(35)
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adjective (comparative redder, superlative reddest) Language: Old English
Origin: read
1. COLOUR having the colour of blood:Origin: read
2. HAIR hair that is red has an orange-brown colour
3. FACE if you go red, your face becomes a bright pink colour, especially because you are embarrassed or angry
go/turn red
4. WINE red wine is a red or purple colour ⇨ white
5. like a red rag to a bull British English (also like waving a red flag in front of a bull American English) very likely to make someone angry or upset:
6. roll out the red carpet/give somebody the red carpet treatment to give special treatment to an important visitor
7. not one red cent American English informal used to emphasize that you mean no money at all:
8. POLITICS informal communist or extremely left-wing political views – used to show disapproval
—redness noun [uncountable]
⇨ paint the town red at paint2(5)
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noun1. [uncountable and countable] the colour of blood:
2. [uncountable and countable] red wine ⇨ white:
3. be in the red informal to owe more money than you have
OPP be in the black ⇨ overdrawn:
4. [countable] informal someone who has communist or very left-wing political opinions – used especially in the past to show disapproval
⇨ see red at see1(35)
Red
Red adjective
1. derogatory (especially in newspapers) supporting left-wing political ideas; Socialist or Communist:
‘Red Ken wins seat in Parliament.’ (=newspaper report)
2. of Communist countries; especially formerly the communist countries of Eastern Europe
3. better Red than dead a phrase used during the Cold War by some people opposed to nuclear weapons, meaning that it would be better to be controlled by a Communist government than to be killed in a nuclear war
Red
adjective1. derogatory (especially in newspapers) supporting left-wing political ideas; Socialist or Communist:
2. of Communist countries; especially formerly the communist countries of Eastern Europe
3. better Red than dead a phrase used during the Cold War by some people opposed to nuclear weapons, meaning that it would be better to be controlled by a Communist government than to be killed in a nuclear war