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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