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Blue

Adjective

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1.AdjectiveOf a blue hue.
"the deep blue sea; Why is the sky blue?; He was wearing a blue t-shirt."
2.AdjectiveDepressed, melancholic, sad.
3.AdjectiveHaving a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
"My hands were blue with cold.; The divers got them out of the car just in time – they were starting to turn blue."
4.AdjectivePale, without redness or glare.
"The candle burns blue."
5.AdjectiveSupportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue. Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
"I live in a blue constituency.  Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections.; Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washout"
6.AdjectiveSupportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
"I live in a blue constituency.  Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections."
7.AdjectiveSupportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
"Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washout"
8.AdjectiveSupportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
9.AdjectiveOf, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
10.AdjectiveHaving a colour charge of blue.
11.AdjectiveExtra rare; left very raw and cold.
12.AdjectiveHaving a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
13.AdjectiveSevere or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
"blue and sour religionists;  blue laws"
14.AdjectiveLiterary; scholarly; bluestockinged.
15.AdjectiveRisqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
"His material is too blue for prime time.; The air was blue with oaths.; a blue movie"
16.AdjectiveDrunk.
17.NounThe colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
"blue:  ; other blue:  "
18.NounAnything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
"I don't like red Smarties. Have you got a blue?"
19.NounA blue dye or pigment.
20.NounBlue clothing.
"The boys in blue marched to the pipers.; Come on, you blues!; He was safe! Terrible call, blue!; He excelled at rowing and received a blue in the sport at Oxford.; He was a rugby blue at Cambridge."
21.NounA blue uniform. See blues.
22.NounA member of a sports team that wears blue colours; a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
"Come on, you blues!"
23.NounAn umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
"He was safe! Terrible call, blue!"
24.NounSporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
"He excelled at rowing and received a blue in the sport at Oxford."
25.NounA person who has received such sporting colours.
"He was a rugby blue at Cambridge."
26.NounA member of law enforcement.
27.NounA bluestocking.
28.NounThe sky, literally or figuratively.
"The balloon floated up into the blue.; His request for leave came out of the blue."
29.NounThe ocean; deep waters.
30.NounThe far distance; a remote or distant place.
31.NounA dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
32.NounOne of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
33.NounAny of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
34.NounA bluefish.
35.NounAn argument or brawl.
36.NounA liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
37.NounAny of several processes to protect metal against rust.
38.NounA type of firecracker.
39.NounOne of the three colour charges for quarks.
40.NounA member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
"He is a true blue."
41.NounA blue cheese.
42.NounRisqué or pornographic material.
43.VerbTo make or become blue; to turn blue.
44.VerbTo treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
45.VerbTo brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
46.VerbTo fight, brawl, or argue.
47.VerbTo spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
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