blue
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- adjective
- /bluː/
- Archaic
:
unionista
- Unfortunately, much has happened since the Blue Lake victory to undercut the positive precedent it set.
- worn uniforms of blue
Examples
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Still, the inning ended with the Blue Streaks ahead, three to nothing.
Fiction book (1997) -
Blue Leader to Blue Flight.
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This is no longer a Blue Unit operation.
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May report to the blue station located on the north lawn.
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Blue team is on point, red is rolling.
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And his opponent in the blue corner, he fights out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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And Hilda Murray was receiving guests in blue uniforms in her lab at Columbia.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then a turn in the road and the men in blue marched onward, all strong, tall, and fierce.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's inspiring to see the brave soldiers in blue working hard to defend our country.
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During the Civil War, the Union soldiers wore distinctive blue uniforms to distinguish themselves in battle.
Idioms
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9.0
You must choose between two options that are both bad
To start something that quickly becomes exciting or causes strong debate
Compounds
- US
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5.1
A range of Appalachian mountains from Pennsylvania to Georgia that look blue from far away
- Specialized
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4.1
A share of a large, well-known company that is safe and pays steady dividends
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3.3
A mountain range in the eastern United States from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
- Specialized
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8.4
A very large powerful bomb the US military uses to destroy enemy positions
- US
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3.4
A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
- Formal
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6.1
An independent group of respected experts who study a public problem and give advice
- Jargon
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9.5
An unwritten rule among police officers not to report a colleague's illegal actions to protect them from punishment
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4.6
A large bird with blue-grey feathers, long legs and a long neck that lives near water
- US
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9.9
A type of walleye fish with bluish color that lived in the Great Lakes and is now extinct
- Specialized
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9.9
Bright blue electric flashes that shoot up from thundercloud tops into the upper sky
- Specialized
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5.8
A way to release software using two identical systems to move users to the new version
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6.8
A deep bright blue paint color first made from a stone called lapis lazuli and now often made artificially
- Formal
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5.9
A group of respected experts chosen to study an important public problem and give advice
- US
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6.5
A plant that lives for many years and has clusters of blue, star-shaped flowers in the southeastern United States
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7.7
A water plant with blue flowers that people often use in art, religion, and traditional medicine
- Specialized
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7.0
A musical note played a bit lower in jazz and blues to sound sad and emotional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blue for the Union side in the American Civil War comes from their blue uniforms, so soldiers of that side were called 'the blues'.