blue
- adjective
- /bluː/
- You have wings to race across a blue sky... a beak for seed and water... green trees for nests... even a voice for song.
- blue sky
- blue eyes
- blue jeans
It's like a cool like pink, blue, yellow paint swirl.
- It's like a cool like pink, blue, yellow paint swirl.
- It's like a light pink outside with baby blue floral print and.
Examples
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Well, what about us people with blue eyes?
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Of course she's going to have bright blue beautiful eyes.
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He had the most gorgeous blue eyes.
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The beautiful walk through the Siq under a luminescent blue sky is about three-quarters of a mile.
Academic text (2008) -
The clear sky was a brilliant shade of blue after the storm passed.
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She painted her bedroom walls a soft blue color to create a calming atmosphere.
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He wore a blue shirt that matched his favorite pair of jeans.
Synonyms
Slightly blue in color
A pale shade of blue like the sky on a clear day
A deep blue color that has a slight purple hint like a clear autumn sky
Very dark color that is black with a blue shine
Deep blue like a clear bright sky
A color that is mainly blue with some gray
A blue color with a little purple in it
A blue color with a purple tint
A blue color like the sky when clouds make it less bright
Having a bright sky-blue color like a clear sky
A little blue in color
Slightly blue in color like a pale sky
Idioms
You must choose between two options that are both bad
To start something that quickly becomes exciting or causes strong debate
Compounds
- US
A range of Appalachian mountains from Pennsylvania to Georgia that look blue from far away
- Specialized
A share of a large, well-known company that is safe and pays steady dividends
A mountain range in the eastern United States from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
- Specialized
A very large powerful bomb the US military uses to destroy enemy positions
- US
A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
- Formal
An independent group of respected experts who study a public problem and give advice
- Jargon
An unwritten rule among police officers not to report a colleague's illegal actions to protect them from punishment
A large bird with blue-grey feathers, long legs and a long neck that lives near water
- US
A type of walleye fish with bluish color that lived in the Great Lakes and is now extinct
- Specialized
Bright blue electric flashes that shoot up from thundercloud tops into the upper sky
- Specialized
A way to release software using two identical systems to move users to the new version
A deep bright blue paint color first made from a stone called lapis lazuli and now often made artificially
- Formal
A group of respected experts chosen to study an important public problem and give advice
- US
A plant that lives for many years and has clusters of blue, star-shaped flowers in the southeastern United States
A water plant with blue flowers that people often use in art, religion, and traditional medicine
- Specialized
A musical note played a bit lower in jazz and blues to sound sad and emotional
How Blue
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blue comes from the old French word bleu and an older German word blau, both used for the same color, so blue still means the color of a clear sky or the sea.