Word: Blue
How to pronounce: bluː
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Of a color intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day.
Example sentences: "The clear blue sky"
2. (of a person or mood) melancholy, sad, or depressed.
3. (of a movie, joke, or story) with sexual or pornographic content.
4. Rigidly religious or moralistic; puritanical.
Noun
Definitions:
1. Blue color or pigment.
Example sentences: "She was dressed in blue"
2. A small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown.
Example sentences: "The male blues show much more interest in these yellow bushes."
Verb
Definitions:
1. Make or become blue.
Example sentences: "The light dims, bluing the retina"
2. Wash (white clothes) with bluing.
Example sentences: "They blued the shirts and starched the uniforms"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Squander or recklessly spend (money).
Synonyms:
azure
cerulean
indigo
blue colour
blueness
cyan
blueing
sad
sorrowful
despondent
unhappy
mournful
melancholic
melancholy
dark
downcast
drab
deep
dismal
blueish
sky
heaven
neptune
dirty
Derivations:
blues
bluet
blueing
bluish
blued
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Blue in Other Languages...
Spanish: Azul
German: Blau
French: Bleu
Italian: Blu
Turkish: Mavi
