Definition of "blue"
- adjective
Having a bluish colour shade.
Depressed, melancholic, sad.
Pornographic or profane.
Supportive of, run by, pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue. (e.g. The Conservatives, the Democrats).
Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
Possessing a coat of fur that is a shade of gray.
- noun
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.
A blue dye or pigment.
Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
Blue clothing.
The sky, literally or figuratively.
The ocean; deep waters.
Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 5 points.
Any of the blue-winged butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae.
A bluefish.
An argument.
A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
A type of firecracker.
- verb
To make or become blue.
(metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
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