The meaning of Red

adjective

Opposed to or directed against capitalism (= an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are controlled by private owners rather than by the state, with the purpose of making a profit)

Usage examples:

Police detained hundreds of anti-capitalist protesters who tried to block the streets., he is staun…

noun

A leading dignitary of the roman catholic church. cardinals are nominated by the pope, and form the sacred college which elects succeeding popes (now invariably from among their own number).

Usage examples:

His appointment as cardinal

adjective

Of the greatest importance; fundamental.

Usage examples:

Two cardinal points must be borne in mind

noun

A priest of high rank in the roman catholic church

Usage examples:

Finding food was a cardinal concern.

noun

A vivid crimson colour.

Usage examples:

Carmine roses

noun

A deep bright red colour

noun

A light clear red colour.

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A shade of vivid cerise

noun

A dark reddish-pink colour

noun

A red wine from bordeaux, or wine of a similar character made elsewhere.

Usage examples:

A passable bottle of claret

noun

Red wine made in the region near bordeaux in france

noun

A scarlet dye used for colouring food, made from the crushed dried bodies of a female scale insect.

Usage examples:

The same options were available for dyeing the wool or cotton, which could be achieved at home usin…

noun

A bright red substance used to make food red in colour, made from a type of small south american insect

noun

A communist.

Usage examples:

It's now 13 years since the commies got booted out, and free enterprise is booming.

adjective

Communist.

Usage examples:

For fifty years, poland was under nazi, then stalinist, then various other forms of commie dominati…

noun

A hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas.

Usage examples:

A coral reef

adjective

A very small ocean creature that often forms reefs

noun

A hard substance formed in the sea from masses of shells of very small sea animals, usually orange or red in color

noun

A hot glowing body of ignited gas that is generated by something on fire.

Usage examples:

The car was engulfed in flames

verb

Burn and give off flames.

Usage examples:

A great fire flamed in an open fireplace

noun

The hot light of a fire

Usage examples:

[ u ] the logs in the fireplace burst into flame., the house was in flames (= burning)., the fire s…

adjective

Burning fiercely and emitting flames.

Usage examples:

They dragged her away from the flaming car

verb

Burn and give off flames.

Usage examples:

A great fire flamed in an open fireplace

adjective

Used to add force, especially anger, to something that is said

Usage examples:

Put that down you flaming idiot!, we had a flaming row over it last night.

noun

A person with left-wing political views.

Usage examples:

These values are shared by many leftists

adjective

Having or relating to left-wing political views.

Usage examples:

Leftist rebels

noun

A supporter of the political left

Usage examples:

Rightists revered him; leftists reviled him., in her view, he was significantly more of a leftist t…

noun

A supporter of the political and economic theories of karl marx and friedrich engels.

Usage examples:

Some of the workers are marxists

adjective

Relating to or denoting the political and economic theories of karl marx and friedrich engels.

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Marxist ideology

noun

A supporter of marxism

verb

Draw money from (one's bank account) in excess of what the account holds.

Usage examples:

You only pay interest if your account is overdrawn

abbreviation

Recto.

noun

The eighteenth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A number between +1 and −1 calculated so as to represent the linear interdependence of two variables or sets of data.

adjective

Involving or causing a complete or dramatic change.

Usage examples:

A revolutionary new drug

noun

A person who advocates or engages in political revolution.

Usage examples:

They would act like any revolutionary vanguard, as lenin or indeed the french revolutionaries had i…

noun

A precious stone consisting of corundum in colour varieties varying from deep crimson or purple to pale rose.

Usage examples:

A necklace of rubies

adjective

A transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

adjective

Of a brilliant red colour.

Usage examples:

A mass of scarlet berries

noun

A brilliant red colour.

Usage examples:

Papers lettered in scarlet and black

adjective

(of) a bright red color

Usage examples:

Scarlet roses, [ u ] she was dressed in scarlet.

noun

A person who advocates or practises socialism.

Usage examples:

She was a lifelong socialist

adjective

Adhering to or based on the principles of socialism.

Usage examples:

The history of socialist movement

noun

A brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulphide (cinnabar).

Usage examples:

The two paint boxes were found to contain prussian blue, chrome yellow, vermilion (a red mercury su…

noun

An alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice.

Usage examples:

He opened a bottle of red wine

verb

Entertain someone by offering them drinks and a meal.

Usage examples:

We were wined and dined by the clients

verb

Dance with rhythmic gyratory movements of the pelvic region.

Usage examples:

The crowd jumped and wined and churned the field into mud