blue

A1
Pronunciation
/bluː/
/bluː/
/blu/
/blɪʊ̯/
Noun
19 definition(s)
1 Definition

The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.

2 Definition

A blue dye or pigment.

3 Definition

Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.

4 Definition

Blue clothing

Example Sentences
  • The boys in blue marched to the pipers.
5 Definition

(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.

6 Definition

A member of law enforcement

7 Definition

The sky, literally or figuratively.

Example Sentences
  • His request for leave came out of the blue.
8 Definition

The ocean; deep waters.

9 Definition

The far distance; a remote or distant place.

10 Definition

Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.

11 Definition

A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.

12 Definition

One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.

13 Definition

Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.

14 Definition

A bluefish.

15 Definition

An argument.

16 Definition

A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.

17 Definition

A type of firecracker.

18 Definition

A bluestocking.

19 Definition

One of the three color charges for quarks.

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make or become blue.

2 Definition

To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.

3 Definition

(laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)

4 Definition

To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.

Adjective
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

Of the colour blue.

Example Sentences
  • the deep blue sea
2 Definition

Depressed, melancholic, sad.

3 Definition

Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.

Example Sentences
  • The candle burns blue.
4 Definition

Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.

5 Definition

Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

6 Definition

(of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.

7 Definition

(of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.

8 Definition

Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.

Example Sentences
  • blue and sour religionists;  blue laws
9 Definition

(of women) literary; bluestockinged.

10 Definition

Having a color charge of blue.

11 Definition

(entertainment) Risque or obscene

Example Sentences
  • His material is too blue for prime-time
12 Definition

(entertainment) Pornographic or profane.

Example Sentences
  • The air was blue with oaths.