redd

Pronunciation: /ɹɛd/

The English word “redd” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

To free from entanglement.
To free from embarrassment.
To fix boundaries.
To comb hair.
To separate combatants.
To settle, usually a quarrel.
To tidy up, clear away.
To clean, tidy up, to put in order.

noun

A spawning nest made by a fish.

Etymology

Fusion of Middle English reden (“to clean up, to clear”) and redden (“to save, rescue, deliver, rid, free, clear”). The former is from Old English ġerǣdan (“to put in order, arrange, prepare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garaidijan, from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to arrange”); the latter, from Old English hreddan (“to save, deliver, recover, rescue”), from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from…

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