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How to pronounce red
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What does red mean?
nounThe color of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the color which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive color.
“Red can be seen as hot or angry.”
A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
adjOf a red hue.
“The girl wore a red skirt.”
Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
“Her hair had red highlights.”
Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
intjUsed to indicate that the speaker wishes current sexual activity to stop immediately.
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