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   Blue

   /blo͞o/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of a color intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day: "the clear blue sky" Similar sky blueazurecobalt (blue)sapphireceruleannavy (blue)saxe (blue)Oxford blueCambridge blueultramarinelapis lazuliindigoaquamarineturquoiseteal (blue)cyanof the color of the skyof the color of the sea
   • ▪ (of a person's skin) having turned blue as a result of cold or breathing difficulties: "Annie went blue, and I panicked"
   • ▪ (of a bird or other animal) having blue markings: "a blue jay"
   • ▪ (of cats, foxes, or rabbits) having fur of a smoky gray color: "the blue fox"
   • ▪ (of a ski run) of the second lowest level of difficulty, as indicated by colored markers positioned along it.
   • ▪ denoting one of three colors of quark.
   • 2. (of a person or mood) melancholy, sad, or depressed: informal "he's feeling blue" Similar depresseddownsadsaddenedunhappymelancholymiserablesorrowfulgloomydejecteddownhearteddishearteneddespondentdispiritedlowin low spiritslow-spiritedheavy-heartedglummorosedismaldowncastcast downtearfulinformal:down in the dumpsdown in the mouthfed upOpposite happycheerful
   • 3. (of a movie, joke, or story) with sexual or pornographic content: informal "the blue movies are hugely profitable" Similar indecentdirtyrudecoarsevulgarbawdylewdracyrisquésalaciousnaughtywickedimproperunseemlysmuttyspicyrawoff colorribaldRabelaisianpornographicfilthyobsceneoffensiveprurientsordidlowprofanefoulvileeroticarousingsexysuggestivetitillatingexplicitinformal:near the knuckle/bonenudge-nudgepornpornoX-ratedtriple-XXXXraunchyskinfruitysaucyeuphemistic:adultOpposite cleanfamily
   • ▪ (of language) marked by cursing, swearing, and blasphemy.
   • 4. rigidly religious or moralistic; puritanical. informal, dated

   noun

   • 1. blue color or pigment: "she was dressed in blue"
   • ▪ blue clothes or material: "Susan wore blue"
   • ▪ the Union army in the Civil War, or a member of that army.
   • ▪ another term for bluing
   • ▪ a blue ball, piece, etc., in a game or sport.
   • ▪ the sky or sea, or the unknown: literary "a lark went trilling up, up into the blue"
   • 2. a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown.

   verb

   • 1. make or become blue: "the light dims, bluing the retina"
   • ▪ heat (metal) so as to give it a grayish-blue finish: "nickel-plated or blued hooks"
   • 2. wash (white clothes) with bluing: historical "they blued the shirts and starched the uniforms"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’ (see also blaeberry).

   Derivatives

   • 1. blueness noun

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   • Founded: September 8, 2000; 23 years ago
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