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# redness

«redness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of being red** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (redness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Redness is the state of being red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#m1)

2) Redness of the skin is a red patch that can mean it is sore, hot, sunburnt or infected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety lessons it is a warning sign: redness, swelling and heat around a cut can mean infection; redness of the skin after sun means sunburn. In science and art it describes colour. Phrases: «redness and swelling», «some redness».

### examples

- There was redness around the bee sting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#x1)
- If the redness spreads, see a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#x2)
- The redness of her cheeks showed she was embarrassed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#x3)
- Put cream on to calm the redness after sunburn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#x4)
- The redness of the sunset was beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#x5)
- The nurse checked his eye for redness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#x6)
- A little redness after a vaccination is normal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#x7)
- He had a sword in his hand, and there was nothing in his face but redness and ferocity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: say «some redness», not «a redness». Made from red + -ness: one d (r-e-d-n-e-s-s). Used mostly about skin and eyes; for colour in general people simply say «red colour».

### In the corpora

- [Redness, heat, swelling and yellow pus are signs of infection; pus is dead white blood cells and germs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «redness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.