Word: red Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red English red Inherited from Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ- + *-ós. Cognates See also West Frisian read, Low German root, rood, rot, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rød, Norwegian Nynorsk raud, Swedish röd, Faroese reyður, Icelandic rauður; also Welsh rhudd, Latin ruber, rufus, Tocharian A rtär, Tocharian B ratre, Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Albanian pruth (“redhead”), Russian ру́дый (rúdyj) ("red", "redhaired"). Czech rudý, Lithuanian raúdas, Finnish rauta, Estonian raud, Serbo-Croatian riđ ("reddish", "red"), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoidita), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá, “red, bloody”). Pronunciation: /ɹɛd/, [ɻʷɛˑd̥], /ɹed/, /ɾɛd/ 1. The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Red can be seen as hot or angry. Example: And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks. 2. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War. Labels: countable 3. One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours. Labels: countable 4. Red wine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / in our Italian restaurant. Example: He produced a wine key from his jacket pocket and effortlessly removed the cork from the bottle of red. 5. Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour. Labels: countable Example: American reds and doppelbocks are heavy lagers as well. It really comes down to how the beer was made. Beyond that, brewers are immensely creative and have developed styles of both ale and lager that run a wide range of attributes. Example: No other country has a brewing tradition as richly diverse as that of Belgium, with beers ranging from pleasant pale lagers to wild, winelike Flemish reds and lambics. 6. A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel. Labels: countable, informal 7. A redshank. Labels: UK, countable, informal 8. An American Indian. Labels: countable, derogatory, offensive, uncountable 9. The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? / She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same / Livin' on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine Example: The big market, these days, is in Downers. Reds and smack—Seconal and heroin—and a hellbroth of bad domestic grass sprayed with everything from arsenic to horse tranquillizers. 10. A red light (a traffic signal) Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Stopping on the red, you're going on the green / Cause tonight will be like nothing you've ever seen / And you're barreling down the boulevard / You're looking for the heart of Saturday night 11. Red lemonade Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, informal, uncountable 12. One of the three color charges for quarks. Labels: countable, particle, uncountable 13. Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red"). Labels: US, colloquial, uncountable Example: Houston visited a home in an early pioneer settlement where he was offered a bowl of red. Houston eagerly took his first large spoonful. His eyes watering, he spat out his bite […] 14. The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: The species Sciaenops ocellatus certainly isn’t lacking for nicknames.[…] Clear water also favors sightcasting. Against the dark background of marsh mud, a red will appear like a pumpkin — big, orange and round. 15. Tomato ketchup. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I squeeze some red out over my chips and feel guilty. Nothing is as English as Heinz ketchup in the sauce game, except perhaps HP.