Red meaning in English

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Definition

red: crimson, scarlet, ruby (the color of strawberries and stop signs) nounadjective

Examples

  • "A simple tie (solid color or striped), preferably with a bit of red."
  • "This city loves red socks: me too!"
  • "Several people saw the troubling red color which appeared on my son's face upon eating his tuna steak, and I personally can confirm that he vomited no fewer than eighteen times when he returned home."
  • "I have a red marker if you would like to write "Happy Birthday" on them. Finally, the hats and noise-makers are definitely not allowed."
  • "I never understood why the original was so red, so I made my own copy out of 24-carat gold."
  • "It's red with little green stripes."
  • "Bartender : White or Red?"
  • "More importantly, coming up on your left is Fenway Park, home of the 2007 World champions of baseball, the Boston Red Sox!"
  • "From next year, sugary, fatty, and salty foods will carry more than just a red flag with nutrition details."
  • "I'll have to dig out my red lipstick and fake fox furs."
  • "I'll be wearing a long fur coat, very high heels and bright red lipstick."
  • "Subject: My Red Stapler"
  • "When the police arrived on the scene, they simply had to follow the red footprints which led to an apartment building not even half a block from the bank."
  • "Dear god, I've gone all red!"
  • "Philip : Yeah, I saw a fat man dressed in red"
  • "I won't go into details but, in a classic example of cultural misunderstanding, she thought the small, red phone was intended as a gift, and she is now refusing to give it back!"
  • "Icarus : Um, well apparently I'm even redder now."
  • "You should be wearing a gold tutu with ballerina slippers, and a red wig."
  • "Danica : 2 glasses of red, 2 white, 1 champagne."
  • "Studies show that the current "traffic light" labelling system - red, amber and green labels representing the amounts of salt, sugar, and fat - for foods on sale in supermarkets is reasonably common, but not effective enough in reducing obesity."

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