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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024redd1 (red),USA pronunciation v.t., redd or redd•ed, redd•ing. [Northern and Midland U.S.]- Dialect Termsto put in order;
tidy:to redd a room for company. - Dialect Termsto clear:to redd the way.
Also, red. - bef. 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)
- Fishthe spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- origin, originally uncertain 1640–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: redd, red /rɛd/ Scot Northern English dialect vb (redds, redding, redd, redded)- (transitive) often followed by up: to bring order to; tidy (up)
n - the act or an instance of redding
Etymology: 15th Century redden to clear, perhaps a variant of ridˈredder n |