Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
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Examples
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"The pavement should be spotless," one Petal Pusher says, scooping up some ruby-red rose petals.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Petal Pushers Nancy Ruhling 2011
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"The pavement should be spotless," one Petal Pusher says, scooping up some ruby-red rose petals.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Petal Pushers Nancy Ruhling 2011
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The scribe uses non-standard language to indicate the colors normally, they would be azure, or, and gules, but what he is describing is a sapphire-blue shield cut diagonally by a yellow-topaz band, over which the ruby-red fencepost-like design has been laid.
Carolyn Vega: An Elizabethan Armorial Carolyn Vega 2011
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As I sat there gaping in shock, he reached up and wiped a smear of ruby-red blood from his mouth with his sleeve.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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The scribe uses non-standard language to indicate the colors normally, they would be azure, or, and gules, but what he is describing is a sapphire-blue shield cut diagonally by a yellow-topaz band, over which the ruby-red fencepost-like design has been laid.
Carolyn Vega: An Elizabethan Armorial Carolyn Vega 2011
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On the 45th day after her discharge, when her pilot status began to elapse, she sped down the Pacific Coast Highway on her ruby-red Harley-Davidson.
Do Ask, Do Tell 2010
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With their ruby-red glow, the accented bodices might indicate that ABT's Odette and Odile are as deranged as the film's Nina and have given themselves self-inflicted wounds.
These Ladies of the Lake Sprout No Feathers Robert Greskovic 2011
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With their ruby-red glow, the accented bodices might indicate that ABT's Odette and Odile are as deranged as the film's Nina and have given themselves self-inflicted wounds.
These Ladies of the Lake Sprout No Feathers Robert Greskovic 2011
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Without making it sound like I live an excessively sheltered life, I was impressed with the way Williams uses Batwoman's ruby-red lips.
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As I sat there gaping in shock, he reached up and wiped a smear of ruby-red blood from his mouth with his sleeve.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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