blue
35 ENTRIES FOUND:
- blue (adjective)
- blue (noun)
- blue–chip (adjective)
- blue–collar (adjective)
- blue–ribbon (adjective)
- blues (noun)
- blue baby (noun)
- blue blood (noun)
- blue book (noun)
- blue cheese (noun)
- blue jay (noun)
- blue jeans (noun)
- blue law (noun)
- blue moon (noun)
- blue ribbon (noun)
- blue whale (noun)
- Blue Ridge (proper noun)
- baby blue (noun)
- black–and–blue (adjective)
- cobalt blue (noun)
- navy blue (noun)
- powder blue (noun)
- rhythm and blues (noun)
- royal blue (noun)
- sky blue (noun)
- slate blue (noun)
- true–blue (adjective)
- cold (noun)
- devil (noun)
- face (noun)
- murder (noun)
- once (adverb)
- scream (verb)
- sea (noun)
- talk (verb)
bluer;
bluest
bluer;
bluest
Britannica Dictionary definition of BLUE
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having the color of the clear sky
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see also baby blue, black-and-blue, cobalt blue, navy blue, royal blue, sky blue, true-blue
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a blue house/car/shirt/pen
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his bright blue eyes
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the deep blue ocean
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blue in the face
◊ If you do something until you are blue in the face, you do it for a very long time without having any success or making any difference.
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I talked to him until I was blue in the face, but he wouldn't listen to me.
blue with cold
chiefly British, of a person or body part or blue from the cold
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blue from being exposed to cold for too long
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Her hands and feet are blue with cold.
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He was shivering and blue from the cold.
go blue
British
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to turn blue from being cold or not breathing
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The baby stopped breathing and went blue.
talk a blue streak
US
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to talk rapidly and without stopping
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Sheesh! Your friend really talks a blue streak!
— blueness
noun [noncount]-
the blueness of the ocean
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blue
/ˈbluː/
noun
plural
blues
2
blue
/ˈbluː/
noun
plural
blues
Britannica Dictionary definition of BLUE
1
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the color of the clear sky
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see color picture on this page
[noncount]
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Her favorite color is blue.
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shades of blue
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He was dressed in blue. [=blue clothing]
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The sky was overcast, but here and there I could see a patch of blue. [=blue sky]
[count]
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a mixture of blues and greens
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the blue
literary
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the sky or the sea
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They sailed off into the blue.
out of the blue
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without warning
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in a surprising or unexpected way
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Then, out of the blue, he sold his house and left the country.
