Red Definition–noun | 1. | any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength betwe
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| 3. | (often initial capital letter ) a radical leftist in politics, esp. a communist. |
| 5. | Informal. red wine: a glass of
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| 6. | Also called red devil, red bird. Slang. a capsule of the drug secobarbital, usually red in color. |
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| 8. | having distinctive areas or markings of red: a red robin. |
| 9. | of or indicating a state of financial loss or indebtedness: the red column in the ledger. |
| 10. | radically left politically. |
| 12. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of North American Indian peoples: no longer in technical use. |
—Idioms| 13. | in the red, operating at a loss or being in debt (opposed to in the black): The newspaper strike put many businesses in the red. |
| 14. | paint the town red. paint (def. 16). |
| 15. | see red, Informal. to become very angry; become enraged: Snobs make her see red. |
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Dwarf Definition–noun | 1. | a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, esp. one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs. |
| 2. | an animal or plant much smaller than the average of its kind or species. |
| 3. | (in folklore) a being in the form of a small, often misshapen and ugly, man, usually having magic powers. |
–adjective | 5. | of unusually small stature or size; diminutive. |
–verb (used with object) | 6. | to cause to appear or seem small in size, extent, character, etc., as by being much larger or better: He dwarfed all his rivals in athletic ability. |
| 7. | to make dwarf or dwarfish; prevent the due development of. |
–verb (used without object) | 8. | to become stunted or smaller. |
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