red

red¹ W1S1 [red] adj comparative redder superlative reddest

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1¦(colour)¦

2¦(hair)¦

3¦(face)¦

4¦(wine)¦

5 like a red rag to a bull

6 roll out the red carpet/give somebody the red carpet treatment

7 not one red cent

8¦(politics)¦

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[: Old English; Origin: read]

1.) ¦(COLOUR)¦

having the colour of blood

▪ We painted the door bright red .

▪ a red balloon

→↑blood-red,cherry red at ↑cherry, ↑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

BrE also like waving a red flag in front of a bull AmE

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 sb the red carpet treatment

to give special treatment to an important visitor

7.) not one red cent

AmE 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 n [U]

→paint the town red at ↑paint² (5)

red ²

red² n

1.) [U and C]

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.) [U and C]

red wine

→↑white

▪ a nice bottle of red

3.) be in the red informal

to owe more money than you have

≠ be in the black

→↑overdrawn

▪ This is the airline's fourth straight year in the red.

4.) informal

someone who has ↑communist or very ↑left-wing political opinions - used especially in the past to show disapproval

→see red at ↑see¹ (35)