redd
1 of 2verb
ˈred 
redded or redd; redding
transitive verb
chiefly dialectal : to set in order —usually used with up or out
intransitive verb
chiefly dialectal : to make things tidy —usually used with up
redd
2 of 2noun
: the spawning ground or nest of various fishes
Synonyms
Verb
- neaten
- pick up
- spruce (up)
- straighten (up or out)
- tidy (up)
- trim
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020 The female was first spotted carving a redd in front of one of my neighbors’ houses. Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 Then the game is afoot: In their waning days, as males battle for dominance, females excavate a redd, a depression in the gravel riverbed. Jim Robbins, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2019 In 2015 and then again in 2017, a single, lonely salmon redd, or nest, was spotted in the gravel. Caroline Lester, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2019 In autumn 2014, for the first time in about 150 years, biologists discovered salmon redds, areas where the fish used their tails to dig holes in the gravel where eggs were laid, in the Huntington River near Richmond. Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2017 Last fall, a single chinook salmon redd was spotted some 36 miles upriver near Godkin Creek. Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 3 July 2017 See More
Noun
The worst spawning year was 2008-09, when only 26 redds were counted in the watershed. Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020 The female was first spotted carving a redd in front of one of my neighbors’ houses. Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 Then the game is afoot: In their waning days, as males battle for dominance, females excavate a redd, a depression in the gravel riverbed. Jim Robbins, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2019 In 2015 and then again in 2017, a single, lonely salmon redd, or nest, was spotted in the gravel. Caroline Lester, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2019 In autumn 2014, for the first time in about 150 years, biologists discovered salmon redds, areas where the fish used their tails to dig holes in the gravel where eggs were laid, in the Huntington River near Richmond. Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2017 Last fall, a single chinook salmon redd was spotted some 36 miles upriver near Godkin Creek. Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 3 July 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English (Scots), to clear, perhaps alteration of ridden — more at rid
Noun
origin unknown
First Known Use
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Noun
1808, in the meaning defined above