red

red
adj., noun
1 colour/color
VERBS
▪ glow
▪

The coals glowed red in the dying fire.

▪ go, turn
▪

The traffic light turned red.

▪ paint sth
ADVERB
▪ really, very
▪ completely
▪ slightly
▪

The leaves looked slightly red.

ADJECTIVE
▪ bright, brilliant, fiery, flaming, vibrant, vivid
▪

flaming red hair

▪ dark, deep, rich
▪ light, pale
▪ dull
▪ blood, brick, cherry, fire-engine, ruby
▪

her ruby red lips

PHRASES
▪ red and blotchy (= of skin or eyes), red and puffy (= of eyes)
▪

Her eyes were red and puffy, as if she'd been crying.

▪ red and swollen (= of injured part of body)
2 of the face
VERBS
▪ be, look
▪ become, flush, get, go, grow, turn
▪

Mr Gruber was growing redder and redder in the face.

ADVERB
▪ very
▪ quite
▪ rather, slightly
ADJECTIVE
▪ bright, fiery
▪

He could feel himself going bright red.

PREPOSITION
▪ red with
▪

Ross flushed red with embarrassment.

PHRASES
▪ as red as a beet (AmE), as red as a beetroot (BrE)
▪ red in the face
▪

Charles was rapidly turning red in the face.

Red is used with these nouns: ↑alert, ↑apple, ↑bean, ↑birthmark, ↑brick, ↑bump, ↑cabbage, ↑carpet, ↑cheek, ↑cherry, ↑chilli, ↑cinder, ↑colour, ↑dye, ↑eye, ↑face, ↑fingernail, ↑flush, ↑grape, ↑hair, ↑heat, ↑ink, ↑meat, ↑mist, ↑mouth, ↑mud, ↑nose, ↑onion, ↑pepper, ↑pimple, ↑rash, ↑rice, ↑rose, ↑salmon, ↑squirrel, ↑state, ↑sun, ↑sunset, ↑tomato, ↑traffic light, ↑wine

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