Definition: red

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

red
     adj 1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
            of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or
            rubies [syn: reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine,
             cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby,
            ruby-red, scarlet]
     2: (used of hair or fur) of a reddish brown color; "red deer";
        reddish hair" [syn: reddish]
     3: characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson
        deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by
        Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red
        rage"- Hudson Strode [syn: crimson, violent]
     4: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if
        with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury";
        "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes";
        "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with
        embarrassment" [syn: aflame, crimson, reddened, red-faced,
         flushed]
     5: red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons
        o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage";
        "the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears
     6: (of wine) deep reddish in color; "a red wine such as a
        claret or burgundy"; "a pinot noir is a red burgundy"
        [ant: white]
     n 1: the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the
          hue of blood [syn: redness]
     2: a tributary of the Mississippi River [syn: Red, Red River]
     3: emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals
        or revolutionaries [syn: Bolshevik, Marxist, pinko,
        bolshie]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel.
   v[=i]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, ?, and E.
   withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard, Vinous, Withy.]
   1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a
      beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out
      their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. ``Red
      wine of Gascoigne.'' --Piers Plowman.

            Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and
            whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov.
                                                  xx. 1.

            Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
            Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton.

   Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol,
         containing also certain small quantities of ethers and
         ethereal salts which give character and bouquet.
         According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines
         are called red, white, spirituous, dry,
         light, still, etc.

   2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit
      or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as,
      currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.

   3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.

            Noah awoke from his wine.             --Gen. ix. 24.

   Birch wine, Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape,
      etc.

   Spirit of wine. See under Spirit.

   To have drunk wine of ape or wine ape, to be so drunk as
      to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   Wine acid. (Chem.) See Tartaric acid, under Tartaric.
      [Colloq.]

   Wine apple (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a
      rich, vinous flavor.

Red \Red\ (r[e^]d), obs.
   . imp. & p. p. of Read. --Spenser.

Red \Red\, v. t.
   To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from
   entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to
   red up a house. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
   red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
   r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
   r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
   rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
   'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
   Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
   Russet, Rust.]
   Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
   the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
   spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. ``Fresh
   flowers, white and reede.'' --Chaucer.

         Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
                                                  --Shak.

   Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
         or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
         and the like.

   Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
         compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
         red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
         red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.

   Red admiral (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful butterfly (Vanessa
      Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front
      wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
      feeds on nettles. Called also Atlanta butterfly, and
      nettle butterfly.

   Red ant. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
       houses.
   (b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanquinea), native of
       Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
       species.

   Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
   (b), under Kermes.

   Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
      smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
      --Cray.

   Red bass. (Zo["o]l.) See Redfish
   (d) .

   Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
      heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
      States.

   Red beard (Zo["o]l.), a bright red sponge (Microciona
      prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
      U.S.]

   Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
      having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
      wood. --Gray.

   Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.

   Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
      the service of the state. [Eng.]

   Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
      registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
      in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.

   Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
      three of zinc.

   Red bug. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
       produces great irritation by its bites.
   (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
       especially the European species (P. apterus), which is
       bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks.
   (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.

   Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
      (Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
      heartwood.
   (b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
       fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
       India.

Red \Red\ (r?d), n.
   1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum
      farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
      ``Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.'' --Milton.

   2. A red pigment.

   3. (European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican.
      See under Red, a. [Cant]

   4. pl. (Med.) The menses. --Dunglison.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)

Red

   (Or "REDL") A language proposed by Intermetrics to meet the
   Ironman requirements which led to Ada.

   ["On the RED Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra,
   SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):27 (Oct 1978)].

   ["RED Language Reference Manual", J. Nestor and M. van Deusen,
   Intermetrics 1979].

   (1995-01-19)

RED-:SKIN:, n.  A North American Indian, whose skin is not red -- at
least not on the outside.