blue
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- 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 - s morally rigorous and strict
- s causing dejection
a blue day
- Brussels masterminds a Smurf invasion of Germany and France even as the blue-skinned creatures turn 50 and contemplate revealing intimate secrets.
- One area of church-state relations virtually avoided by the Chicago conferees was the field of blue laws.