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blue definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb blue Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb blue Entailment of verb blue Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb blue 1 sense of blue Sense 1 blue => discolor, discolour, colour, color Familiarity of verb blue blue used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb blue Sense 1 blue => discolor, discolour, colour, color -------------- Grep of noun blue baby blue-eyes bavarian blue blue blue-belly blue-blindness blue-chip stock blue-eyed african daisy blue-eyed grass blue-eyed mary blue-green blue-green algae blue-headed vireo blue-winged teal blue african lily blue air blue angel blue ash blue baby blue blood blue book blue bugle blue bull blue cardinal flower blue cat blue catfish blue channel cat blue channel catfish blue cheese blue cheese dressing blue chip blue cohosh blue columbine blue copperas blue crab blue curls blue daisy blue darter blue devil blue devils blue elder blue elderberry blue false indigo blue fig blue flag blue fleabane blue fox blue funk blue goose blue grama blue grass blue gum blue jack blue jasmine blue jay blue jean blue jessamine blue jets blue joke blue law blue lotus blue mahoe blue marguerite blue marlin blue mockingbird blue mold fungus blue moon blue mountain tea blue note blue orchid blue pea blue peafowl blue peter blue pickerel blue pike blue pikeperch blue pimpernel blue point blue point siamese blue pointed blue poppy blue racer blue ribbon blue ribbon jury blue ridge blue ridge mountains blue runner blue sage blue shark blue skullcap blue sky blue sky law blue star blue stem blue stone blue story blue succory blue thistle blue tit blue toadflax blue tulip blue vitriol blue walleye blue whale blueback salmon bluebeard bluebell blueberry blueberry bush blueberry pie blueberry root blueberry yogurt bluebill bluebird bluebonnet bluebottle bluefin bluefin tuna bluefish bluegill bluegrass bluegrass country bluegrass region bluegrass state bluehead blueing bluejack oak bluejacket blueness bluepoint blueprint blueprint paper blues bluestem bluestem wheatgrass bluestocking bluestone bluethroat bluethroat pikeblenny bluetick blueweed bluewing bromophenol blue bromothymol blue bromphenol blue bromthymol blue cerulean blue cobalt blue colorado blue spruce danish blue dark blue french blue french ultramarine blue great blue heron great blue shark greenish blue iron blue kentucky blue kentucy blue grass kerry blue terrier little blue heron maiden blue-eyed mary methylene blue mountain blue berry navy blue peacock blue powder blue prussian blue purplish blue reddish blue royal blue sky-blue southern blue flag steel blue ultramarine blue wild blue yonder wooly blue curls yellow-blue color blindness yellow-blue dichromacy Overview of noun blue The noun blue has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (9) blue, blueness -- (the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue") 2. (9) blue -- (blue clothing; "she was wearing blue") 3. (3) blue -- (any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue") 4. (1) blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder -- (the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue") 5. bluing, blueing, blue -- (used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge) 6. amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, Amytal -- (the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic) 7. blue -- (any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae) Overview of verb blue The verb blue has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. blue -- (turn blue) Overview of adj blue The adj blue has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (49) blue, bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue -- (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") 2. (13) blue -- (used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line") 3. (10) blue -- (wearing blue; "the painting is called `the blue boy'"; "the blue team") 4. (1) blue, depressed, dispirited, down downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited -- (low in spirits; "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") 5. (1) blasphemous, blue, profane -- (characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words") 6. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy -- (suggestive of sexual impropriety; "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") 7. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician -- (belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes") 8. blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical -- (morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior") 9. blue, bluish, blueish -- (tinged with blue or purple from cold or contusion; "the children's lips are blue from cold"; "a blue bruise") 10. blue -- (characterized by or marked with a bluish color; "a blue fox"; "the great blue whale"; "a blue spruce") 11. blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (causing dejection; "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") Antonyms of adj blue 10 of 11 senses of blue Sense 1 blue, bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue INDIRECT (VIA chromatic) -> achromatic Sense 2 blue INDIRECT (VIA northern) -> southern Sense 4 blue, depressed, dispirited, down(prenominal), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited INDIRECT (VIA dejected) -> elated Sense 5 blasphemous, blue, profane INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean, unobjectionable Sense 6 blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy INDIRECT (VIA sexy) -> unsexy Sense 7 aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician INDIRECT (VIA noble) -> lowborn Sense 8 blue(postnominal), puritan, puritanic, puritanical INDIRECT (VIA nonindulgent) -> indulgent Sense 9 blue, bluish, blueish INDIRECT (VIA colored) -> uncolored, uncoloured Sense 10 blue INDIRECT (VIA colored) -> uncolored, uncoloured Sense 11 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful Similarity of adj blue 11 senses of blue Sense 1 blue, bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue => chromatic (vs. achromatic) Sense 2 blue => northern (vs. southern) Sense 3 blue Pertains to noun blue (Sense 2) =>blue => clothing, clothes, apparel, vesture, wearing apparel, wear, article of clothing Sense 4 blue, depressed, dispirited, down(prenominal), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited => dejected (vs. elated) Sense 5 blasphemous, blue, profane => dirty (vs. clean) Sense 6 blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy => sexy (vs. unsexy) Sense 7 aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician => noble (vs. lowborn) Sense 8 blue(postnominal), puritan, puritanic, puritanical => nonindulgent (vs. indulgent) Sense 9 blue, bluish, blueish => colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, in color(prenominal), colorful Sense 10 blue => colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, in color(prenominal), colorful Sense 11 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim => cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful Attributes of adj blue Familiarity of adj blue blue used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11) Grep of adj blue black-and-blue blue blue-black blue-blind blue-blooded blue-collar blue-eyed blue-green blue-ribbon blueish bright blue dark-blue light-blue out of the blue peacock-blue powder blue sky-blue true-blue Overview of noun blue The noun blue has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (9) blue, blueness -- (the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue") 2. (9) blue -- (blue clothing; "she was wearing blue") 3. (3) blue -- (any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue") 4. (1) blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder -- (the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue") 5. bluing, blueing, blue -- (used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge) 6. amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, Amytal -- (the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic) 7. blue -- (any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae) Overview of verb blue The verb blue has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. blue -- (turn blue) Overview of adj blue The adj blue has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (49) blue, bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue -- (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") 2. (13) blue -- (used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line") 3. (10) blue -- (wearing blue; "the painting is called `the blue boy'"; "the blue team") 4. (1) blue, depressed, dispirited, down downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited -- (low in spirits; "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") 5. (1) blasphemous, blue, profane -- (characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words") 6. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy -- (suggestive of sexual impropriety; "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") 7. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician -- (belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes") 8. blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical -- (morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior") 9. blue, bluish, blueish -- (tinged with blue or purple from cold or contusion; "the children's lips are blue from cold"; "a blue bruise") 10. blue -- (characterized by or marked with a bluish color; "a blue fox"; "the great blue whale"; "a blue spruce") 11. blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (causing dejection; "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")
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