blue

  • 21blue — bluely, adv. blueness, n. /blooh/, n., adj., bluer, bluest, v., blued, bluing or blueing. n. 1. the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450… …

    Universalium

  • 22blue — blue1 W2S1 [blu:] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: blou] 1.) having the colour of the sky or the sea on a fine day →↑navy, navy blue ↑navy blue ▪ the blue waters of the lake dark/light/pale/bright blue ▪ a dark blue raincoat …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23blue — {{11}}blue (v.) to make blue, c.1600, from BLUE (Cf. blue) (1). {{12}}blue (1) c.1300, bleu, blwe, etc., from O.Fr. blo pale, pallid, wan, light colored; blond; discolored; blue, blue gray, from Frankish *blao or some other Germanic source, from… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 24blue — 1 /blu:/ adjective 1 COLOUR the colour of the clear sky or of the sea on a fine day: the blue waters of the lake | a dark blue raincoat 2 SAD (not before noun) informal sad and without hope; depressed (1a): That song always makes me feel blue. 3… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25blue — /blu / (say blooh) noun 1. the pure hue of clear sky; deep azure (between green and violet in the spectrum). 2. Also, washing blue. a substance, as indigo, used to whiten clothes in laundering them. 3. a blue thing. 4. a person who wears blue, or …

  • 26blue — I UK [bluː] / US [blu] adjective Word forms blue : adjective blue comparative bluer superlative bluest *** 1) something that is blue is the same colour as the sky on a clear sunny day. If something is similar to this colour, you can say that it… …

    English dictionary

  • 27blue — I. adjective (bluer; bluest) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French blef, blew, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blāo blue; akin to Latin flavus yellow Date: 13th century 1. of the color blue 2. a. bluish < the blue haze of&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28blue — blue1 [ blu ] adjective *** 1. ) something that is blue is the same color as the sky on a clear sunny day. If something is similar to this color, you can say that it is a bluish color: He looked at her with his pale blue eyes. The sky was&#8230; …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29Blue — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia&#160;: «&#160;Blue&#160;», sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Blue est le nom anglais de la couleur bleue. Ce&#8230; …

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  • 30Blue — В Викисловаре есть статья «blue» Blue может значить: Содержание 1 …

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