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'red' - used as an adjective
1. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
2. characterized by violence or bloodshed
convulsed with red rage
3. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
turned red from exertion
red-faced and violent
4. red with or characterized by blood
waving our red weapons o'er our heads
The Red Badge of Courage
the red rules of tooth and claw

'red' - used as a noun
5. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
6. red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
7. emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
8. the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
the company operated in the red last year

derived forms
1. Red / Plural
Reds
2. Red / Comparitive
redder
3. Red / Superlative
reddest
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