blue
- noun
- /blu/
- So I got these amazing blue high waisted shorts.
They had all been pointing in their Blues and whites and checks.
- They had all been pointing in their Blues and whites and checks.
Examples
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Connie, a smiling redhead in blue, came down the aisle with a stack of magazines.
Fiction book (1997) -
My father, in his navy blues, stared bewildered and adoring only at her.
Fiction book (1994) -
I just got this blue shirt in from H&M.
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I'm probably going to wear them with the blue outfit just because.
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A straight-backed woman dressed in Salvation Army blue was standing by the stairs, handing out leaflets.
Fiction book (1995) -
The mechanic's name, Freddie Mendez, was stitched in blue on his white shirt.
Fiction book (1990) -
I wore my new blue dress to the party last night.
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He decided to buy a pair of blue jeans for summer.
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Her favorite color is blue, so she chose a blue sweater for the chilly evening.
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
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Etymology
The noun blue for clothing comes from garments that are blue in color, especially uniforms, so people refer to those clothes as 'blues'.