English to English
blue
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adjective (a)
- Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime(noun.attribute)Example:
He had eyes of bright blue.
source: wordnet30 - blue clothing(noun.artifact)Example:
She was wearing blue.
source: wordnet30 - any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue(noun.group)Example:
The Union army was a vast blue.
source: wordnet30 - the sky as viewed during daylight(noun.object)Example:
He shot an arrow into the blue.
source: wordnet30 - the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)(adj.all)Example:
A ragged blue line.
source: wordnet30 - filled with melancholy and despondency(adj.all)Example:
Lonely and blue in a strange city.
Synonym:
depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spiritedsource: wordnet30 - characterized by profanity or cursing(adj.all)Example:
Blue language.
source: wordnet30 - belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy(adj.all)Example:
A blue family.
Blue blood.
The blue-blooded aristocracy.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- turn blue(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.(verb)source: webster1913