Red vs. Read
Redadjective
Having red as its color.
Redadjective
(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
Redadjective
Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare of the spades or clubs suits
Redadjective
Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
Redadjective
the U.S. Republican party
Redadjective
Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Redadjective
Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations
Redadjective
(astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
Redadjective
(particle physics) Having a color charge of red.
Rednoun
Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.
Rednoun
(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; usually capitalized a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
Rednoun
One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
Rednoun
Red wine.
Rednoun
A redshank.
Rednoun
An Amerind.
Rednoun
(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
Rednoun
(informal) A red light a traffic signal
Rednoun
red lemonade
Rednoun
(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
Rednoun
chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")
Redverb
(archaic) rede
Red
imp. & p. p. of Read.
Redverb
To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; - generally with up; as, to red up a house.
Redadjective
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.
Rednoun
The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
Rednoun
A red pigment.
Rednoun
An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
Rednoun
The menses.
Rednoun
the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Rednoun
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
Rednoun
emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
Rednoun
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue;
Redadjective
having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Redadjective
characterized by violence or bloodshed;
Redadjective
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;
Redadjective
red with or characterized by blood;
Red
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres.
Readverb
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
Readverb
To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
Readverb
(transitive) To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.
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To consist of certain text.
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(intransitive) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
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(transitive) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
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Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
Readverb
To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
Readverb
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
Readverb
To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
Readverb
(obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
Readverb
(obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.
Readverb
(obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.
Readverb
To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
Readverb
To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
Readverb
past tense of read
Readverb
past participle of read
Readnoun
A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.
Readnoun
An instance of calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult.
Readnoun
(in combination) That which is to be read
Readnoun
Rennet. See 3d Reed.
Readnoun
Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
Readnoun
Reading.
Readverb
To advise; to counsel.
Readverb
To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
Readverb
To tell; to declare; to recite.
Readverb
To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
Readverb
Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
Readverb
To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
Readverb
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
Readverb
To give advice or counsel.
Readverb
To tell; to declare.
Readverb
To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
Readverb
To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
Readverb
To learn by reading.
Readverb
To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
Readverb
To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
Read
imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
Readadjective
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
Readnoun
something that is read;
Readverb
interpret something that is written or printed;
Readverb
have or contain a certain wording or form;
Readverb
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed;
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obtain data from magnetic tapes;
Readverb
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior;
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interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression;
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indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;
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be a student of a certain subject;
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audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role;
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to hear and understand;
Readverb
make sense of a language;
