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to redd

to redd

1 9.9
To clear and tidy a place like a field or room
  • verb
  • Archaic
: limpiar
  • The volunteers spent the afternoon redding the park, picking up trash and arranging the picnic tables.

Examples

  • Her cheeks redden as she slits open a pod with her thumbnail and strips out the peas.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • After the kids finished playing, they all helped to redd the living room before dinner.

  • The leaves of the bearberry were beginning to redden.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The dissipation causes the skin to redden.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The bumblefoot, he said, causes a bird's foot to swell and redden.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • She felt her face redden with a certain pleasure as well as embarrassment.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The rims tended to redden, especially at night, a condition worsened by many years of wearing contact lenses.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Delores felt her face redden with embarrassment as she recalled that she had made the suggestion for that reason.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • We eat lavishly from the white plates, drink the white wine, and our faces gradually redden as the evening progresses.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Before the guests arrived, she took a moment to redd her workspace, making it look neat and inviting.

Synonyms

to clean up
vsto redd
841 1.0

To make a room or area free of dirt and tidy by removing mess

is also used for clearing land, water, or outdoor areas
to clean house
vsto redd
29 1.0

To make a house clean and tidy by removing dirt and putting things in order

applies more broadly to clearing any area rather than only dwellings

Antonyms

to mess up
  • Informal
5 3.0

To make something untidy, dirty, or not in the right place

How Tidy

to clear out
194 3.1
to clean
∞ 1.0
to redd
  • Archaic
1 9.9
to tidy
44 1.0
to neaten
1 3.7

Surface Forms

redd infinitive
redded past
redded past participle
redding present participle
redds third person singular

Etymology

The word redd as a verb comes from the same old northern word meaning 'to clear' and is like the common English word rid and the word ready ('prepared'). So to redd a place is to clear or tidy it.