blue
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8.2
- noun
- /blu/
- Archaic
:
azulante
- And on the top panels are nuclei stained in blue with this dye called Dappy.
Examples
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And now I'm going to take this blue mascara.
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Her skin was like mine: so thin you could see the blue underneath.
Fiction book (1995) -
Oh, that's because so much blue was taken out, right?
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I'm going to add a little bit of the blue to little parts of the veins.
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The woman, her white helmet of hair tinged blue, leaned across the table to cut her husband's chopped steak.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the laundry, I added a scoop of blue to brighten the white shirts.
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The stylist recommended adding some blue to enhance the highlights in her hair.
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To make the fabrics brighter, you should use a blue whitening agent in the wash.
Synonyms
Idioms
1
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
7
5.1
A range of Appalachian mountains from Pennsylvania to Georgia that look blue from far away
- Specialized
4
4.1
A share of a large, well-known company that is safe and pays steady dividends
4
3.3
A mountain range in the eastern United States from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
- Specialized
2
8.4
A very large powerful bomb the US military uses to destroy enemy positions
- US
2
3.4
A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
- Formal
2
6.1
An independent group of respected experts who study a public problem and give advice
- Jargon
2
9.5
An unwritten rule among police officers not to report a colleague's illegal actions to protect them from punishment
1
4.6
A large bird with blue-grey feathers, long legs and a long neck that lives near water
- US
1
9.9
A type of walleye fish with bluish color that lived in the Great Lakes and is now extinct
- Specialized
1
9.9
Bright blue electric flashes that shoot up from thundercloud tops into the upper sky
- Specialized
1
5.8
A way to release software using two identical systems to move users to the new version
1
6.8
A deep bright blue paint color first made from a stone called lapis lazuli and now often made artificially
- Formal
1
5.9
A group of respected experts chosen to study an important public problem and give advice
- US
1
6.5
A plant that lives for many years and has clusters of blue, star-shaped flowers in the southeastern United States
1
7.7
A water plant with blue flowers that people often use in art, religion, and traditional medicine
- Specialized
1
7.0
A musical note played a bit lower in jazz and blues to sound sad and emotional
Surface Forms
Etymology
The laundry product called blue comes from adding a little blue dye to white clothes to make them look whiter, so the brightening liquid or powder was simply called blue.