Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:28 PM 4/2/2007, you wrote: >A picture doesn't need to be colored red. It can imply red. It can >use the meaning of "red" in another language (in Spanish, for >example, the word "red" means "net" or "network"; in Dutch it is a >form of the verb "to rescue"). An angry person is red. A flag or >light telling drivers to stop is red. red adjective a red dress: scarlet, vermilion, ruby, cherry, cerise, cardinal, carmine, wine, blood-red; coral, cochineal, rose; brick-red, maroon, rusty, rufous; reddish; poetic/literary damask, vermeil, sanguine. he was red in the face: FLUSHED, reddish, pink, pinkish, florid, rubicund; ruddy, rosy, glowing; burning, feverish; poetic/literary rubescent; archaic sanguine. his eyes were red: BLOODSHOT, swollen, sore. red hair: reddish, auburn, Titian, chestnut, carroty, ginger. noun (informal, derogatory) the war against the Reds: COMMUNIST, socialist, left-winger, leftist; informal Commie, lefty. in the red OVERDRAWN, in debt, in debit, in deficit, in arrears. see red (informal) BECOME VERY ANGRY, become enraged, lose one's temper; informal go mad, go crazy, go wild, go bananas, hit the roof, go up the wall, fly off the handle, blow one's top, flip (one's lid), go ballistic; Brit. informal go spare, do one's nut; N. Amer. informal flip one's wig, blow one's lid/stack. red adjective (redder, reddest) of a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood or rubies. (of hair or fur) of a reddish-brown colour. (of a person's face) red due to embarrassment, anger, or heat. dated or offensive (of a people) having reddish skin. (of wine) made from dark grapes and coloured by their skins. of or denoting the suits hearts and diamonds in a pack of cards. denoting a red light or flag used as a signal to stop. denoting something forbidden, dangerous, or urgent. (of a ski run) of the second-highest level of difficulty. informal, chiefly derogatory communist or socialist. archaic or literary involving bloodshed or violence. noun red colour or pigment. informal, chiefly derogatory a communist or socialist. (the red) the situation of having spent more than is in one's bank account. the red planet Mars. see red informal become very angry suddenly. reddish adjective reddy adjective redly adverb redness noun n. [] one of the primary colors, color similar to that of blood; redness; condition of being in debt; person who holds radical political beliefs (especially a Communist) ;-) Some ideas! Tina