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English

Noun

  1. A Communist


Adjective

Red

  1. Communist
  2. : the Red Army


Category:Communism

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Red \Red\ (r[e^]d), obs.
imp. & p. p. of Read. --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
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Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
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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.
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Red admiral (Zool.), 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 Atalanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.

Red ant. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), 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. (Zool.) See Redfish
(d) .

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

Red beard (Zool.), 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. (Zool.)
(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 (Pyrrhocoris 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 horse. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.

Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.

Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.

Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.


Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.

Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.

Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.

Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.

Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below.

Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).

Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet.

Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.

Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish.

Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.

Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.

Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.

Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]

Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.


Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.

Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.

Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii)
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.

Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.

Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.

Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.

Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.

Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.

Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree.

Red tape,
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.

Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.

Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. A red pigment.
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3. (European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican.
See under Red, a. [Cant]
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4. pl. (Med.) The menses. --Dunglison.
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English red, a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to
Indian red.

Hypericum red, a red resinous dyestuff extracted from
Hypericum.

Indian red. See under Indian, and Almagra.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel.
v[imac]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, ?, and E.
withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard, Vinous, Withy.]
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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.
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov.
xx. 1.
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Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton.
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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.
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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.
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3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
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Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24.
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Birch wine, Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape,
etc.

Spirit of wine. See under Spirit.

To have drunk wine of ape or To have drunk 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.

Wine fly (Zool.), small two-winged fly of the genus
Piophila, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other
fermented liquors.

Wine grower, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.


Wine measure, the measure by which wines and other spirits
are sold, smaller than beer measure.

Wine merchant, a merchant who deals in wines.

Wine of opium (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized
sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary
laudanum; -- also Sydenham's laudanum.

Wine press, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are
pressed to extract their juice.

Wine skin, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various
countries, for carrying wine.

Wine stone, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See
1st Tartar, 1.

Wine vault.
(a) A vault where wine is stored.
(b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables;
a dramshop. --Dickens.

Wine vinegar, vinegar made from wine.

Wine whey, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of
wine.
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WordNet 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: 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]
3: (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: crimson, reddened, red-faced, flushed]
4: 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
n 1: the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the
hue of blood [syn: redness]
2: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward
from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and
through Louisiana [syn: Red River]
3: emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals
or revolutionaries [syn: Bolshevik, Marxist, pinko,
bolshie]
4: the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its
revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the
company operated in the red last year" [syn: loss, {red
ink}] [ant: gain]
[also: redding, redded, reddest, redder]
Moby Dictionary
Adrianople red , Amytal , Amytal pill , Bolshevik , Bolshevist ,
Bolshie , Burgundy , Carbonarist , Carbonaro , Castroist , Castroite ,
Charley , Communist , Cong , Congo rubine , Demerol , Dolophine ,
English red , Fenian , Goya , Guevarist , H , Indian red , Jacobin ,
Leninist , Luminal , Luminal pill , M , Majolica earth , Maoist ,
Marxist , Mau-Mau , Mickey Finn , Nembutal , Nembutal pill ,
Persian red , Prussian red , Puritan , Red , Red Republican , Roundhead ,
Seconal , Seconal pill , Sinn Feiner , Titian , Titian-red , Trotskyist ,
Trotskyite , Tuinal , Tuinal pill , Turkey red , VC , Vandyke red ,
Vietcong , Wobbly , Yankee , Yankee Doodle , alcohol , algetic ,
amidonaphthol red , amobarbital sodium , analgesic , anarch ,
anarchist , anarchistic , anarcho-syndicalist , angry , annatto ,
anodyne , any color , barb , barbiturate , barbiturate pill ,
black stuff , blue , blue angel , blue devil , blue heaven ,
blue velvet , blushful , blushing , bonnet rouge , bricky , bright rose ,
burning , burnt carmine , burnt ocher , calmative , cardinal , carmine ,
carnation , carnelian , cerise , chafed , cherry , cherry-colored ,
cherry-red , chloral hydrate , chrome red , cinnabar , claret ,
cochineal , codeine , codeine cough syrup , color , copper red ,
cordovan , cramoisie , cresol red , criminal syndicalist , crimson ,
crude , damask , depressant , depressor , dolly , downer , embarrassed ,
erythema , extreme , extreme left-winger , extremist , extremistic ,
faded rose , ferruginous , festering , fiery , fire red , fire-red ,
flame-colored , flame-red , flaming , floridity , floridness , flushed ,
fuchsine , galled , glowing , goofball , gules , hard stuff , heroin ,
high color , hop , horse , hot , hypnotic , incarmined , inflamed ,
infrared , iron red , iron-red , irritated , jockey , junk ,
knockout drops , lake , lake-colored , laky , lateritious , laudanum ,
left-wing extremist , light red , liquor , lobster , lobster-red ,
lotus , lunatic fringe , lurid , madder , madder crimson , madder lake ,
madder pink , madder rose , maroon , meperidine , methadone ,
mild radical , mildly radical , morphia , morphine , murrey , narcotic ,
nihilist , nihilistic , old red , opiate , opium , pacifier ,
pain killer , palladium red , paregoric , parlor Bolshevik ,
parlor pink , pen yan , phenobarbital , phenobarbital sodium , pink ,
pinko , ponceau , poppy , port-wine , puce , purple heart , purple lake ,
quietener , radical , rainbow , raisin , rankling , rare , raw , realgar ,
rebel , red lead , red ocher , red race , red-dyed , red-looking ,
reddened , reddish , reddish-amber , reddish-brown , reddishness ,
redness , revolutionary , revolutionary junta , revolutioner ,
revolutionist , revolutionizer , roccellin , rubicund , rubiginous ,
rubine , rubor , rubric , rubricose , ruby , ruby-colored , ruby-red ,
ruddied , ruddle , ruddy , rufescent , rufosity , rufous , rust ,
rust-red , rusty , sans-culotte , sans-culottist , scag , scarlet ,
secobarbital sodium , sedative , sensitive , sheepish , shit ,
sleep-inducer , sleeper , sleeping draught , sleeping pill , smack ,
smarting , sodium thiopental , solferino , somnifacient , soother ,
soothing syrup , soporific , sore , stammel , strawberry , subversive ,
syndicalist , tar , tender , terrorist , tile-red , tingling ,
toluidine red , tranquilizer , turps , ultra , ultraconservative ,
ultraist , ultraistic , unbaked , unboiled , uncooked , undercooked ,
underdone , vermilion , vermilionette , vinaceous , warm , white stuff ,
wine , wine-colored , wine-red , yellow , yellow jacket , yippie


Moby Dictionary
Bolshevik , Bolshevist , Bolshie , Carbonarist , Carbonaro , Castroist ,
Castroite , Charley , Communist , Communist sympathizer , Cong , Fenian ,
Guevarist , Jacobin , Leninist , Maoist , Marxist , Marxist-Leninist ,
Mau-Mau , Puritan , Red Republican , Roundhead , Sinn Feiner ,
Stalinist
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