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Definition of to blue in English English dictionary: A male nickname, occasionally used as a formal given name; A female given name, typically used in conjoined names like Bonnie Blue or Blue Bell; A surname. An anglicization of German Blau; 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; Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation; One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 5 points; To make or become blue; Blue clothing
The boys in blue marched to the pipers.; A bluefish; The sky, literally or figuratively
His request for leave came out of the blue.; plural A blue uniform. See blues; Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color; An argument; Pornographic; Extra rare; left very raw and cold; A blue dye or pigment; Bluing; Supportive of, run by, pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue. (e.g. The Conservatives, the Democrats)
Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections.; a type of firecracker; To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust; A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes; The ocean; deep waters; Having a bluish colour shade; {a} skycolored, blank, dejected; {n} a skycolor; {a} plunket; blae; bl; causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"; the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"; The colour of the sky In particular, a sky with no clouds, especially cumulus clouds This makes soaring trickier, as the glider pilot has less clues as to where to find the next reliable bit of lift Most pilots hate blue days Top; morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"; A pedantic woman; a bluestocking; belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"; Of the colour blue; Depressed, melancholic, sad; adj biru; Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws; a color, as in: The editor marked corrections with a blue pencil; the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"; turn blue; Shadenglish | adronato; Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue; blue moon: see moon. Any member of the widely occurring lepidopteran family Lycaenidae. Adults, sometimes known as gossamer-winged butterflies, are small and delicate, with a wingspan of 0.75-1.5 in. (18-38 mm). Blues are rapid fliers, and most species have iridescent wings. Larvae are short, broad, and sluglike. Some species secrete honeydew, a sweet by-product of digestion that attracts ants, which stroke the larvae with their legs to stimulate honeydew secretion. blue asbestos blue green algae blue ground The Blue Rider blue crab blue law Blue Mountains Blue Ridge Blue Ridge Mountains blue whale blue butterfly Deep Blue; If you have got the blues, you feel sad and depressed. Interfering in-laws are the prime sources of the blues; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"; To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc; any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae; Literary; applied to women; an abbreviation of bluestocking; suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip; The spell has no range, and will radiate out from you; {s} having a blue color; sad, depressed (slang); Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue; any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"; used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line"; a thin blue film of oxide on ferrous alloys, sometimes used to indicate that the material has been stress relieved; 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; the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic; One of the five colors Blue magic is the magic of the mind, and gains its power from Islands Blue magicians are often adept at deceiving others and casting illusions Air and water are also strongly associated with Blue Its traditional enemies are Green and Red; any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae blue clothing; "she was wearing blue" the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue" any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue" turn blue causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke" low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line" suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip; Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day. There were swallows in the cloudless blue sky She fixed her pale blue eyes on her father's. colourful blues and reds; Blue films, stories, or jokes are about sex. a secret stash of porn mags and blue movies; The essence of all that is true; Master El Morya Peace, harmony, balance, justice, truth, power, protection and the will of God Sapphire blue of Archangel Michael and Archiea Faith Used to develop creativity and stimulate ideas; Pale, without redness or glare, said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths; Of states or other political entities, tending to vote for the Democratic Party; Almost black; 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; If you are feeling blue, you are feeling sad or depressed, often when there is no particular reason. There's no earthly reason for me to feel so blue. = down; An umpire's nickname and/or our postseason mood