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

redd

²

/ rɛd /

verb

1. troften foll byup to bring order to; tidy (up)

noun

1. the act or an instance of redding

Derived Forms

• ˈredder, 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

C17 (originally: spawn): of obscure origin

Origin of redd²

C15 redden to clear, perhaps a variant of rid

Example Sentences

Marshall and Redd are having an affair.

From Salon

“Accountability is everything,” Lois tells Marshall early in the episode, after she's rejected his preposterous suggestion that he, Lois and Redd move in together.

From Salon

One full wall holds framed black-and-white shots of stand-up greats Richard Pryor, Moms Mabley, Redd Foxx, Bernie Mac, and Wanda Sykes performing live.

From Los Angeles Times

Webb and Wilson therefore emphasized the importance of establishing a robust regulatory regime and monitoring framework to ensure the effectiveness and credibility of forestry and REDD+ carbon offset programs in the future.

From Science Daily

Let me leave you, then, with a word from the comedian Redd Foxx, who once made an album to deal with just this very specific problem.

From Slate