{
    "term": "red",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having the colour of blood or fire",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**bright/light/dark red** lipstick"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lights *(= traffic lights)* changed to red before I could get across."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bunch of **red roses**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **red dress/shirt**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the vivid **red colour** of the soldiers' uniforms"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her essay was returned with lots of corrections in **red ink**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a red car"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The coals glowed red in the dying fire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaves looked slightly red."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her ruby red lips"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The traffic light turned red."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Paint the pot red and allow it to dry thoroughly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pressed a big red button, and his TV turned on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a red brick apartment building"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["glow", "go", "turn"],
                "adverb": ["really", "very", "completely"],
                "adjective": ["bright", "brilliant", "fiery"],
                "phrases": ["red and blotchy", "red and puffy", "red and swollen"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "red-brown in colour",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "her flaming **red hair**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a red squirrel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a red-haired girl"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her hair was long and dark red."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She dyes her hair red."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["glow", "go", "turn"],
                "adverb": ["really", "very", "completely"],
                "adjective": ["bright", "brilliant", "fiery"],
                "phrases": ["red and blotchy", "red and puffy", "red and swollen"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "bright red or pink, especially because you are angry, embarrassed or ashamed",
            "sensetop": "red with something",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I felt my face **go red**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went **red as a beetroot**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went **red as a beet**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He stammered something and went very **red in the face**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **turned red** and started yelling at me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her face was red with anger.",
                    "contextForm": "red with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My face probably looked as red as a strawberry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He could feel himself going bright red."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mr Grubb was shouting and growing redder and redder in the face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ross flushed red with embarrassment."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "become"],
                "adverb": ["very", "quite", "rather"],
                "adjective": ["bright", "fiery"],
                "preposition": ["red with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "as red as a beet",
                    "as red as a beetroot",
                    "red in the face"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "bloodshot (= with thin lines of blood in them) or surrounded by red or very pink skin",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her eyes were red from crying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her eyes were red and puffy, as if she'd been crying."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "(of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Republican candidate than the Democratic one",
            "labels": "(politics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "red states/counties"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "having very left-wing political opinions; communist or socialist",
            "labels": "(informal, usually disapproving, politics)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Politics"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to go to a lot of different bars, clubs, etc. and enjoy yourself",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "involving opposition or competition that is violent and without sympathy",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "nature, red in tooth and claw"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to talk about something that is likely to make somebody very angry",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If you criticize him, it’s like a red rag to a bull—he gets absolutely furious."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/red/",
                "audio": "re/red/red__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/red/",
                "audio": "re/red/red__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English rēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rood and German rot, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin rufus, ruber, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’."
}