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Meaning of blue

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blue

Pronunciation:/bluː//bluː//blu//blɪʊ̯/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A blue dye or pigment.

  3. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.

  4. Blue clothing

    Example: The boys in blue marched to the pipers.

verb

Definitions

  1. To make or become blue.

  2. To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.

  3. (laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)

  4. To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of the colour blue.

    Example: the deep blue sea

  2. Depressed, melancholic, sad.

  3. Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.

    Example: The candle burns blue.

  4. Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.

blue

Pronunciation:/bluː//bluː//blu//blɪʊ̯/

adjective

Definitions

  1. (entertainment) Pornographic or profane.

    Example: The air was blue with oaths.