redd

UK: /rɛd/ US: (red)

Inflections of 'redd' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

redds

v 3rd person singular

redding

v pres p

redd

v past

redded

v past

redd

v past p

redded

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

redd¹  (red), v.t., redd or redd•ed, redd•ing. [Northern and Midland U.S.]

1. Dialect Terms to put in order;
   tidy:
   to redd a room for company.
2. Dialect Terms to 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)

redd²  (red), n. 

1. Fish the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.

• origin, originally uncertain 1640–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

redd, red / rɛd/ verb (redds, redding, redd, redded)

1. (transitive) often followed by up: to bring order to; tidy (up)

noun

1. the act or an instance of redding

Etymology: 15th Century redden to clear, perhaps a variant of rid

ˈredder noun