redded

Put in order

Redded is the past tense of red, a verb meaning to tidy up or put in order—used chiefly in Scottish and some American dialects: She redded the kitchen before guests arrived.

To red up a room is to clean and organize it.

The usage survives in parts of Appalachia and the rural Midwest.

tidied

cleaned

Removed dirt from

prepared · cleared · neatened · made up · bedmaking · housekeeping · orderly · spruced · freshened · sorted

cleared

emptied

Removed all contents from

discarded · purged · decluttered · rid · eliminated · thrown out · stripped · vacated · swept · scoured

Opposites
order and tidiness

reddedmessed

Made disorderly

scattered · disordered · cluttered · disheveled · mussed

clearing vs. filling

reddedcluttered

Crowded with disorder

littered · strewn · filled · stuffed · crammed

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redden, redder, reddest, reddening, redds

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