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Definitions for Redding

[1] a city in N California.
[2] to put in order; tidy: to redd a room for company.
[3] to clear: to redd the way.
[4] redd1.
[5] Otis . 1941–67, US soul singer and songwriter. His recordings include "Respect" (1965), Dictionary of Soul (1966), and "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" (1968)
[6] any of a group of colours, such as that of a ripe tomato or fresh blood, that lie at one end of the visible spectrum, next to orange, and are perceived by the eye when light in the approximate wavelength range 740–620 nanometres falls on the retina. Red is the complementary colour of cyan and forms a set of primary colours with blue and green Related adjectives: rubicund, ruddy
[7] a pigment or dye of or producing these colours
[8] red cloth or clothing dressed in red
[9] a red ball in snooker, billiards, etc
[10] (in roulette and other gambling games) one of two colours on which players may place even bets, the other being black
[11] Also called: inner archery a red ring on a target, between the blue and the gold, scoring seven points
[12] in the red informal in debit; owing money
[13] see red informal to become very angry
[14] of the colour red
[15] reddish in colour or having parts or marks that are reddish red hair ; red deer
[16] having the face temporarily suffused with blood, being a sign of anger, shame, etc
[17] (of the complexion) rosy; florid
[18] (of the eyes) bloodshot
[19] (of the hands) stained with blood, as after committing murder
[20] bloody or violent red revolution
[21] (of wine) made from black grapes and coloured by their skins
[22] denoting the highest degree of urgency in an emergency; used by the police and the army and informally (esp in the phrase red alert )
[23] US relating to, supporting, or representing the Republican Party Compare blue (def. 24)
[24] another word for redden
[25] (tr) a variant spelling of redd 1
[26] Communist, Socialist, or Soviet
[27] radical, leftist, or revolutionary
[28] a member or supporter of a Communist or Socialist Party or a national of a state having such a government, esp the former Soviet Union
[29] a radical, leftist, or revolutionary
[30] (tr often foll by up ) to bring order to; tidy (up)
[31] the act or an instance of redding
[32] a hollow in sand or gravel on a river bed, scooped out as a spawning place by salmon, trout, or other fish

Words nearby Redding

redcloud peak, redcoat, redcurrant, redd, redden, Redding, reddish, redditch, reddle, reddleman, rede

Origin of Redding

1before 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 )

Word origin for Redding

C17 (originally: spawn): of obscure origin