n blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
he had eyes of bright blue
n blue clothing
she was wearing blue
n any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
the Union army was a vast blue
n the sky as viewed during daylight
he shot an arrow into the blue
n used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
n the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
n any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
v turn blue
s of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson a blue flame blue haze of tobacco smoke
s used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
a ragged blue line
s filled with melancholy and despondency
lonely and blue in a strange city
s characterized by profanity or cursing
blue language
s suggestive of sexual impropriety
a blue movie blue jokes
s belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
a blue family blue blood the blue-blooded aristocracy