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redd

1
or red

[ red ]

verb (used with object)

, Northern and Midland U.S.
, redd or redd·ed, redd·ing.
  1. to put in order; tidy:

    to redd a room for company.

  2. to clear:

    to redd the way.



redd

2

[ red ]

noun

  1. the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.

redd

1

/ rɛd /

noun

  1. a hollow in sand or gravel on a river bed, scooped out as a spawning place by salmon, trout, or other fish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


redd

2

/ rɛd /

verb

  1. troften foll byup to bring order to; tidy (up)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of redding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈredder, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of redd1

before 900; apparently conflation of 2 words: Middle English ( Scots ) reden to clear, clean up (a space, land), Old English gerǣdan to put in order (cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German rêden, reiden; akin to ready ); and Middle English ( Scots ) redden to rid, free, clear, Old English hreddan to save, deliver, rescue (cognate with Old Frisian hredda, German retten )

Origin of redd2

First recorded in 1640–50; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of redd1

C17 (originally: spawn): of obscure origin

Origin of redd2

C15 redden to clear, perhaps a variant of rid
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Example Sentences

“Properly handled and carefully redd out, his is a story that could scarcely fail to have some consequence,” he continued.

But an ye'll hae my opinion, I redd ye keep your mouth better steekit, if ye hope to speed.

A good bugaboo, of course, as at home it always pays to have visitors, we redd up the house so carefully.

Of redd gold shines the yate; Of twenty foure faire ladyes there, The fairest is my mate.

Of redd gold shines the towre: There are twenty four fair ladyes there, The fairest is my paramoure.

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