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blue  (bl)

n.

1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.

2.

a. A pigment or dye imparting this hue.

b. Bluing.

3.

a. An object having this hue.

b. Dress or clothing of this hue: The ushers wore blue.

4.

a. A person who wears a blue uniform.

b. blues A dress blue uniform, especially that of the U.S. Army.

5. often Blue

a. A member of the Union Army in the Civil War.

b. The Union Army.

6. A bluefish.

7. A small blue butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

8.

a. The sky.

b. The sea.

adj. blu·er, blu·est

1. Of the color blue.

2. Bluish or having parts that are blue or bluish, as the blue spruce and the blue whale.

3. Having a gray or purplish color, as from cold or contusion.

4. Wearing blue.

5.

a. Gloomy; depressed. See Synonyms at depressed.

b. Dismal; dreary: a blue day.

6. Puritanical; strict.

7. Aristocratic; patrician.

8. Indecent; risqué: a blue joke; a blue movie.

tr. & intr.v. blued, blu·ing, blues

To make or become blue.

Idioms:

blue in the face

At the point of extreme exasperation: I argued with them until I was blue in the face.

into the blue

At a far distance; into the unknown: spontaneously take a trip into the blue.

out of the blue

1. From an unexpected or unforeseen source: criticism that came out of the blue.

2. At a completely unexpected time: a long-unseen friend who appeared out of the blue.

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[Middle English blue, bleu, from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin; see bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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bluely adv.

blueness n.

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blue

Noun

1. the colour of a clear unclouded sky

2. anything blue, such as blue clothing or blue paint: she is clothed in blue

3. a sportsman who represents or has represented Oxford or Cambridge University

4. Brit informal a Tory

5. Austral & NZ slang an argument or fight

6. Also: (bluey) Austral & NZ slang a court summons

7. Austral & NZ informal a mistake

8. out of the blue unexpectedly

Adjective

[bluer, bluest]

1. of the colour blue; of the colour of a clear unclouded sky

2. (of the flesh) having a purple tinge from cold

3. depressed or unhappy

4. pornographic: blue movies

Verb

blueing or bluing, blued

1. to make or become blue or bluer

2. Old-fashioned, informal to spend extravagantly or wastefully: I consoled myself by blueing my royalty cheque

See also blues [Old French bleu]

blueness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blue - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue" blueness chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue azure, cerulean, lazuline, sky-blue, sapphire - a light shade of blue powder blue - a pale blue color with grey in it steel blue - a greyish blue color Prussian blue - a dark greenish-blue color dark blue, navy blue, navy - a dark shade of blue cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise - a shade of blue tinged with green purplish blue, royal blue - a shade of blue tinged with purple ultramarine - a vivid blue to purple-blue color
	2.	blue - blue clothing; "she was wearing blue" article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
	3.	blue - any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue" organization, organisation - a group of people who work together Union Army - the northern army during the American Civil War
	4.	blue - the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue" blue air, blue sky, wild blue yonder sky - the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
	5.	blue - used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge blueing, bluing dye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
	6.	blue - the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic amobarbital sodium, Amytal, blue angel, blue devil amobarbital - a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant
	7.	blue - any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly - any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae genus Lycaena, Lycaena - type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper
Verb	1.	blue - turn blue discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Adj.	1.	blue - of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke" blueish, bluish chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
	2.	blue - used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line" northern - in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities"
	3.	blue - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" down in the mouth, downhearted, low-spirited, gloomy, downcast, dispirited, depressed, grim, down, low dejected - affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"
	4.	blue - characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" profane, blasphemous dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"
	5.	blue - suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" gamey, gamy, naughty, risque, spicy, racy, juicy sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"
	6.	blue - belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, patrician, gentle noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"
	7.	blue - morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" puritanic, puritanical nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
	8.	blue - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" dismal, drear, dreary, disconsolate, gloomy, dingy, drab, sorry, grim, dark cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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blue

adjective 1. depressed, low, sad, unhappy, fed up, gloomy, dismal, melancholy, glum, dejected, despondent, downcast, down in the dumps (informal) down in the mouth, low-spirited, down-hearted << OPPOSITE happy

adjective 2. smutty, dirty, naughty, obscene, indecent, vulgar, lewd, risqué, X-rated (informal) bawdy, near the knuckle (informal) << OPPOSITE respectable

plural noun 3. depression, gloom, melancholy, unhappiness, despondency, the hump Brit. (informal) dejection, moodiness, low spirits, the dumps (informal) doldrums, gloominess, glumness

Translations

blue [bluː] adj → azul;

blue film → película porno;

blue joke → chiste verde;

once in a blue moon → de higos a brevas;

to come out of the blue (fig) → ser completamente inesperado see also blues

blue [bluː] adj → bleu(e) (= depressed); triste;

blue film/joke → film m/histoire f pornographique;

(only) once in a blue moon → tous les trente-six du mois;

out of the blue (fig) → à l'improviste, sans qu'on s'y attende

blue [bluː] adj → blau;

(depressed) → deprimiert, niedergeschlagen

n out of the blue (fig) → aus heiterem Himmel;

blues n (Mus): the blues → der Blues;

blue film → Pornofilm m;

blue joke → schlüpfriger Witz m;

(only) once in a blue moon → (nur) alle Jubeljahre einmal;

to have the blues → deprimiert or niedergeschlagen sein

blue [bluː] adj → azzurro/a, celeste;

(darker) → blu inv;

blue film/joke → film/barzelletta pornografico(a);

(only) once in a blue moon → a ogni morte di papa;

out of the blue (fig) → all'improvviso see also blues

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blue

adj blue [bluː]

1 of the colour of a cloudless sky blue paint; Her eyes are blue.blouأزْرَقсинmodrýblåblauμπλε, γαλάζιοςazulsinineآبیsininenbleuכָּחֹל @@@כָּחוֹל$$$नीलाplavokékbirublár liturblu, azzurro青い푸른mėlynaszilsbirublauwblå(farget)niebieskiazulal­bas­­truголубой, синийmodrýmoderplavblåฟ้า; น้ำเงินmavi藍色синій; блакитнийنیلاxanh蓝色

2 sad or depressed I'm feeling blue today.af, depressiefحَزين، كَئيبунилsklíčený, smutnýi dårligt humør; deprimeretniedergeschlagen seinμελαγχολικόςtriste, deprimido, melancólicokurvameelneمحزون؛ دلگیرalakuloinendépriméדִכָּאוֹן @@@דִּיכָּאוֹן$$$दुखी भावनाpotištenrosszkedvűsedihdapurdepresso憂うつな우울한liūdnas, prislėgtasdrūms; nomāktssedihzwaarmoedignedfor, «deppa», utaforprzygnębionydeprimidotristподавленный, в состоянии хандрыsklesnutýpotrttužannere, deppigเศร้าใจefkârlı, hüzünlü, kederli沮喪的понурий, засмученийافسردہ ، اداسchán nản沮丧的

n

1 the colour of a cloudless sky That is a beautiful blue.blouاللون الأزرقсин, лазуренmodř, modrá barvablådas Blauτο γαλάζιο χρώμαazulsinineرنگ آبیsininenbleuכָּחֹל @@@כָּחוֹל$$$नीला रंगmodrina(kék) égwarna langit cerahhiminblámiblu, azzurro青色파랑mėlynumas, žydrumaszila krāsalangit birublauw(himmelens) blålazurazulalbastruголубой, синий цветmodrá farbasinjinaplavetniloblå färg, blåttสีฟ้า; สีน้ำเงินmavi天藍色синій колірآسمانی رنگmàu xanh天蓝色

2 a blue paint, material etc We'll have to get some more blue.blouدِهانٌ أزْرَقсиньоmodř, modrá barvablå(t)das Blauυλικό μπλε χρώματος (π.χ. μπογιά)azulsinineرنگدانۀ آبیsininen väribleuצֶבָע כָּחֹל @@@כָּחוֹל$$$एक नीला पेंट या सामग्रीplava bojakék (szín)cat birublá málningblu青の絵具파랑 염료mėlyni dažaimateriāls zilā krāsācat birublauwblåttbłękitazulalbastruголубой, синий цветmodrá farbamodra barvaplava farbablå, blåttสีฟ้า; สีน้ำเงินmavi boya藍顏料синя фарбаروغن کا رنگphẩm xanh, sơn xanh蓝颜料

3 the sky or the sea The balloon floated off into the blue.blouteالسَّماءُ أو البَحْرморе, небеmodro, modrojasud i det blådas Blauουρανός, θάλασσαcielo; martaevas, meriآسمان؛ دریاtaivas, mericielהַיָם, הַשָׁמַיםआसमान या समुद्रplavetnilo(kék) ég, (kék) tengerlangithimin-/hafblámicielo; mare空, 海하늘, 바다mėlynėzilgme; jūrabirulucht, zeehimmelenbłękitazulcerнебо; мореdiaľkamodrinaplavetnilodet blåท้องฟ้าหรือทะเลgökyüzü ya da deniz藍天；碧海небо; мореآسمان یا سمندرbầu trời, biển cả蓝天；碧海

n ˈblueness

blouerigheidزُرْقَهсин цвятmodřdet at være blåfarvet; det at være i dårligt humørdie Bläueτο μπλε χρώμα ως ιδιότηταazul, lo azulsinaحزن؛ اندوهsinisyysbleuעַצבוּת, דִכדוּךनीलापनplavetnilo, modrinakékségbirublámi; blár liturazzurro青さ푸름mėlynumaszilumskebiruanblauwheiddet å være blåfarget; nedtrykthetbłękitazulalbăstrealăсиневаmodrosťsinjinaplavetniloblåhetความเป็นสีฟ้าหรือสีน้ำเงินmavilik藍色синява, блакитністьنیلاہٹsự buồn chán蓝色

adj ˈbluish

quite blue; close to blue a bluish green.blouمائِلٌ إلى الزُّرْقَهсинкавmodravý, namodralýblålig; blå-bläulichγαλαζωπόςazuladosinakasمایل به آبیsinertäväbleuâtreכְּחַלחַלनीलापन लिएplavokékeskebiru-biruanbláleiturbluastro, azzurrognolo青みがかった푸르스름한melsvaszilganskebiru-biruanblauwachtigblåligniebieskawyazuladoalbăstrui, albăstriuголубоватый, синеватыйmodravýmodrikastplavkastblåaktigซึ่งเป็นสีฟ้าหรือสีน้ำเงินmavimtrak帶藍色的синюватийنیلاہٹ بھراhơi xanh带蓝色的

n ˈbluebottle

a kind of large house-fly with a blue abdomen. brommerذُبابَةٌ زَرْقاءвид голяма синя мухаmasařkaspyflueder Brummerκρεατόμυγαmoscónlihakärbesنوعی خرمگسlihakärpänenmouche bleueזְבוּב הַתּכֶלֶתमक्खीmuha zujarahúslégylalat besarfiskifluga, maðkafluga, húsflugamoscone azzurroあおばえ청파리mėsinė musėzilā mušalangau birubromvliegspyfluemucha mięsnavarejeiramuscă albastrăтрупная мухаmäsiarkamesarska muhavrsta muvespyflugaแมลงวันหัวเขียวmavi at sineği綠頭大蒼蠅м'ясна мухаنیلے رنگ کی مکھیnhặng xanh绿头大苍蝇

adj ˈbluecollar

(of workers) wearing overalls and working in factories etc Blue collar workers are demanding the same pay as office staff.blouboordjieأصْحابُ الياقَةِ الزَّرْقاء: العَمّالработническиdělnickýindustri-; fabriks-; special-blauer Arbeitsanzugεργάτης εργοστασίουobrerosinikrae-کارگران فنی و نیمه فنیcol bleuצַווָארוֹן כָּחוֹלशारीरिक श्रम करने वाले श्रमिकfizički, industrijskifizikai munkáspekerja kasarverkamanna-, iðnverkamanna-operaio筋肉労働者の육체 노동자의fizinio darbo darbininkasfiziska darba []pekerja kolar biruhand-, handen-arbeider-pracownik fizycznyoperáriosalahor, care munceşte cu braţeleпроизводственный рабочий, синий воротничокrobotníckydelovni pajacradničkiarbetar-ซึ่งเป็นชนชั้นแรงงานişçi sınıfından藍領工人робітничої професіїفیکٹری میں کام کرنے والےlao động chân tay蓝领工人

n ˈblueprint

a detailed photographic plan of work to be carried out the blueprints for a new aircraft.bloudrukمُخَطَّطٌ تَفْصيليподробен план/проект/описаниеplán, nákresblåtrykdie Blaupauseπροσχέδιοanteproyectosinikoopia, plaanنقشۀ کلیsinikopio, suunnitelmableuתַרשִיםअन्तिम रूप-रेखाnacrttervrajzrancanganáætlun, uppdrátturprogetto青写真청사진brėžinys, planasplāns; projektsmerangka tindakblauwdrukplan; blåkopi, lyskopiprojektplanoplan, schiţăсветокопия(technicky) modráknačrtplanplanritning, utkastพิมพ์เขียวozalit kopya藍圖детальний проект, планکام کرنے کے لئے مفصل نقشہbản kế hoạch蓝图

once in a blue moon

very seldom He visits his mother once in a blue moon.seldeنادِرٌ، قَلَّمـا يَحْدُثмного рядкоjednou za uherský roksjældentalle Jubeljahreμια στο τόσοde higos a brevasharuharvaبه ندرت؛ تقریباً هرگزani harvointous les trente-six du moisפָּעַם בְּיוֹבֵלकभी-कभारvrlo rijetkohébe-hóbajarang sekalimjög sjaldandi rado, ogni morte di papaごくまれに아주 드물게labai retaiļoti retisangat jarangeen hoogstenkele keeren gang hvert jubelårbardzo rzadko, raz od wielkiego świętararamentedin an în Paştiочень редкоraz za uhorský rokna vsake kvatre enkratveoma retkosällan eller aldrigไม่บ่อยkırk yılda bir, pek ender千載難逢дуже рідкоکبھی کبھارhiếm khi千载难逢

out of the blue

without warning He arrived out of the blue, without phoning first.uit die blouteفَجْأه، على غَيْرِ انتِظارизведнъжz čista jasna, znenadáníuden varselaus heiterem Himmelαπροειδοποίητα, ξαφνικάcaído del cielo como, de improvisonagu välk selgest taevastناگهان؛ غیرمنتظرهtäysin odottamattaà l'improvisteפִּתְאוֹםबिना कोई खोज-खबर दिएiznenadahirtelentiba-tibaúr heiðskíru lofti, öllum að óvörumall'improvviso出し抜けに불시에kaip perkūnas iš giedro dangauspēkšņi; bez brīdinājumatiba-tiba datangonverwachtuten varselniespodziewanie, ni stąd ni zowądde surpresape neaşteptateвнезапно, без предупрежденияznenazdaniakar na lepemiznenadautan förvarning, helt oväntatไม่ได้บอกล่วงหน้าansızın, beklenmedik bir zamanda, pat diye突然地несподівано; як грім з небаاچانک ، دفعۃًhoàn toàn bất ngờ突然地

the blues

low spirits; depression He's got the blues today but he's usually cheerful.depressiwiteit, terneergedruktheidكآبهотчаяниеsmutná/mrzutá náladamelankoli; tungsinddie Schwermutμελαγχολία, κατήφειαmelancolía, depresiónmasendusافسرده؛ غمگینmasennuscafardבְּלוּזअवसाद, मायूसीmelankolijarossz hangulattekanan jiwaþunglyndidepressione気のふさぎ우울bloga/prislėgta nuotaika, depresijagrūtsirdība; depresijasugulzwaarmoedigheidmelankoli, tungsinnchandradepressãodepri­mare, tristeţeхандраzlá náladapotrtosttugadeppighet, [] deppigความเศร้าเสียใจhüzün, iç sıkıntısı憂鬱，垂頭喪氣меланхолія, нудьгаرنجیدہ ہونا، مایوس ہوناsự buồn chán忧郁，垂头丧气