Etymology 1

Verb

1. To put on order; to make tidy; generally with up.

   to redd up a house.

2. To free from entanglement.
3. To free from embarrassment.
4. To fix boundaries.
5. To comb hair.
6. To separate combatants.
7. To settle, usually a quarrel.

Verb

1. To clean, tidy up, to put in order.

   I've got to redd up the place before your mother gets back.

Noun

1. A spawning nest made by a fish.
   • 2007, Michael Klesius, Fishes' Riches, National Geographic (March 2007), 32,

     A female chinook salmon digs her redd, or nest, prior to spawning in Oregon's John Day River.

Etymology

Verb

1. to free, relieve
2. to clear, vacate
3. to disentangle, unravel
4. to comb
5. to arrange, settle
6. to fix, determine
7. to tidy