reds

We have found lemma(root) word of reds : red.

Definitions


[rɛd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- of a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies
(e.g: her red lips)

- communist or socialist (used especially during the Cold War with reference to the Soviet Union)
(e.g: the era of nuclear anxiety, the red scare and covert CIA plots)

- involving bloodshed or violence
(e.g: red battle stamps his foot and nations feel the shock)

- (of a Xhosa) coming from a traditional tribal culture
(e.g: a red Xhosa wife spends several years in her mother-in-law's homestead)


Phrases:
- a red rag to a bull
- better dead than red
- better red than dead
- red as a beetroot
- red in tooth and claw
- reds under the bed
- see red
- the red planet

Origin:
Old English rēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rood and German rot, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin rufus, ruber, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’


[rɛd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- red colour or pigment
(e.g: their work is marked in red by the teacher)

- a red thing
(e.g: which dress - the black or the red?)

- a communist or socialist

- the situation of owing money to a bank or making a loss in a business operation
(e.g: the company was £4 million in the red)


Phrases:
- a red rag to a bull
- better dead than red
- better red than dead
- red as a beetroot
- red in tooth and claw
- reds under the bed
- see red
- the red planet

Origin:
Old English rēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rood and German rot, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin rufus, ruber, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’




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