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
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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
A pale shade of blue like the sky on a clear day
Slightly blue in color
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 like the sky when clouds make it less bright
A blue color with a little purple in it
A blue color with a purple tint
Slightly blue in color like a pale sky
Having a bright sky-blue color like a clear sky
A little blue in color
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
A mountain range in the eastern United States from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
- Specialized
A share of a large, well-known company that is safe and pays steady dividends
- 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
- Specialized
Tiny living things in water that make food from light and often look blue-green
- 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
- Specialized
Bright blue electric flashes that shoot up from thundercloud tops into the upper sky
- US
A type of walleye fish with bluish color that lived in the Great Lakes and is now extinct
- Specialized
A musical note played a bit lower in jazz and blues to sound sad and emotional
- Specialized
A dark green dye used to stain cells, act as an antiseptic, and treat cyanide poisoning
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.