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blue
has definitions from the fields of medicine,zoology,pharmacology,color,sexuality,clothing
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[ adjective ] (color) having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
Synonyms Examples "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson "a blue flame" "blue haze of tobacco smoke" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Orange and lemon are considered important as are such pastels as blue and lilac . In a brighter nautical vein is Ile_de_France blue . (The Providence Journal...)Sparrow size Virginia_Gibson , with sparkling blue eyes and a cheerful smile , made a suitably perky Amy , while Melisande_Congdon , as the real aunt , was positively monumental in the very best Gibson_Girl manner . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The human_body - he pointed_out , for_example - required 33 units of blue light . For that reason , he informed her , the Lord made the sky blue . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
Examples "a ragged blue line" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] wearing blue
Examples "the painting is called `the blue boy'" "the blue team" |
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[ noun ] (color) the color of the clear sky in the daytime
Synonyms Examples "he had eyes of bright blue" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)She swung her eyes up to the blue of the window , her jaws gently mashing the bitter beans . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)The velvet smoking_jackets , pearl gray , wine , and blue , which Miss_Ada had bought him hung brushed and unworn in the closet . Already the jonquils were blooming in a flock by the front gate , and the periwinkles were coming_on , blue by the porch steps . Miss_Ada was looking fine ; she had_on her Easter suit , blue , with lavender binding . |
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[ noun ] any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
Examples "the Union army was a vast blue" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Indeed , no richer humor is to be found in the whole of American literature than in the letters of the semi-literate men who wore the blue and the gray . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] low in spirits
Synonyms dispirited down downcast downhearted low low-spirited depressed Examples "lonely and blue in a strange city" "depressed by the loss of his job" "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face" "downcast after his defeat" "feeling discouraged and downhearted" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] characterized by profanity or cursing
Synonyms Examples "foul-mouthed and blasphemous" "blue language" "profane words" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the sky as viewed during daylight
Synonyms Examples "he shot an arrow into the blue" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] low in spirits
Examples "lonely and blue in a strange city" "depressed by the loss of his job" "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face" "downcast after his defeat" "feeling discouraged and downhearted" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Examples "an aristocratic family" "aristocratic Bostonians" "aristocratic government" "blue blood" "the blue-blooded aristocracy" "of gentle blood" "aristocratic bearing" "patrician tastes" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] causing dejection
Synonyms Examples "a blue day" "the dark days of the war" "a week of rainy depressing weather" "a disconsolate winter landscape" "the first dismal dispiriting days of November" "a dark gloomy day" "grim rainy weather" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (color) turn blue
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1162
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[ adjective ] (color) characterized by or marked with a bluish color
Examples "a blue fox" "the great blue whale" "a blue spruce" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
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[ adjective ] (sexuality) suggestive of sexual impropriety
Examples "a blue movie" "blue jokes" "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details" "a juicy scandal" "a naughty wink" "naughty words" "racy anecdotes" "a risque story" "spicy gossip" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] morally rigorous and strict
Synonyms Examples "blue laws" "the puritan work ethic" "puritanic distaste for alcohol" "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" Related terms |
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