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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1914 - Nuttall's 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
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1. Azure, the color of the clear sky, one of the primary colors of the spectrum between the indigo and the green. 2. Having the color of the sky, of the color blue. 3. Cyanotic.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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 Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Of a blue colour; sky-coloured; cast down or low in spirits; obscene.
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A primary colour of various shades; the azure sky.
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To make blue; to temper iron. The blues, lowness of spirits. True blue, genuine and thorough.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe