redd

¹

Or red

[red]

verb (used with object)

Northern and Midland U.S.

redd, redded, redding. 

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 /

verb

1. to bring order to; tidy (up)

noun

1. the act or an instance of redding

redd

²

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• redder noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of redd¹

C15 redden to clear, perhaps a variant of _rid

Origin of redd²

C17 (originally: spawn): of obscure origin

Example Sentences

In addition to this year's headliners the bill includes Limp Bizkit, AJ Tracey, Becky Hill, and Trippie Redd.

From BBC

Comedian Redd Foxx, who became a television star playing an irascible, bawdy junkman in “Sanford and Son” and returned nearly two decades later in the current CBS series “The Royal Family,” died Friday of a heart attack.

From Los Angeles Times

They moved to Los Angeles in 1968 and by 1972 she had landed the recurring role of Donna Harris, actor Redd Foxx’s nurse girlfriend and later his fiancée on “Sanford and Son.”

From Los Angeles Times

Caffey, who penned the band’s 1982 No. 2 hit “We Got the Beat,” is the only band member still in L.A., where she lives with her husband since 1993, Redd Kross guitarist Jeff McDonald.

From Los Angeles Times

His song Thick Of It, which features Trippie Redd, was nominated for song of the year - despite being something he was "clowned for".

From BBC