English dictionary
blue
/bl/u/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, <i>blue</i> sea; as <i>blue</i> as a sapphire; <i>blue</i> violets.
Source: webster1913
noun
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blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
ExamplesHe had eyes of bright blue.
Synonyms bluenessSource: WordNet 3.0
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blue clothing
ExamplesShe was wearing blue.
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any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
ExamplesThe Union army was a vast blue.
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the sky as viewed during daylight
ExamplesHe shot an arrow into the blue.
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used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
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the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
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any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
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One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
ExamplesOctober's bright blue weather.
A blue flame.
Blue haze of tobacco smoke.
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used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
ExamplesA ragged blue line.
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filled with melancholy and despondency
ExamplesLonely and blue in a strange city.
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characterized by profanity or cursing
ExamplesBlue language.
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suggestive of sexual impropriety
ExamplesA blue movie.
Blue jokes.
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belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
ExamplesA blue family.
Blue blood.
The blue-blooded aristocracy.
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morally rigorous and strict
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causing dejection
ExamplesA blue day.
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verb
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turn blue
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To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
Source: webster1913