BLUE
\blˈuː], \blˈuː], \b_l_ˈuː]\
Definitions of BLUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
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blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"
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the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
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any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"
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the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"
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used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line"
By Princeton University
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any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
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blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"
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the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
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any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"
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the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
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Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.
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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.
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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.
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Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.
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To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
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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.
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Literary; - applied to women; - an abbreviation of bluestocking.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
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Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.
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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.
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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.
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Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.
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To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
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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.
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Literary; - applied to women; - an abbreviation of bluestocking.
By Noah Webster.
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Color of the clear sky; one of the three original or primary colors (blue, yellow, and red) from which the others are made; a dye or paint which colors blue.
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To make, or dye, blue.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make blue.
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Having the color of the clear sky.
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The color of the clear sky; azure; also, a dye or pigment of this color.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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