ALL meanings of blue
blue
B b - colour blue Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day. 3
- noun plural blue The blues is a type of music which was developed by African American musicians in the southern United States. It is characterized by a slow tempo and a strong rhythm. 3
- noun plural blue If you have got the blues, you feel sad and depressed. 3
- adjective blue If you are feeling blue, you are feeling sad or depressed, often when there is no particular reason. 3
- countable noun blue A Cambridge blue or an Oxford blue is a man or woman who has played for Cambridge or Oxford University in a particular sport. 3
- adjective blue Blue films, stories, or jokes are about sex. 3
- noun blue any of a group of colours, such as that of a clear unclouded sky, that have wavelengths in the range 490–445 nanometres. Blue is the complementary colour of yellow and with red and green forms a set of primary colours 3
- noun blue a dye or pigment of any of these colours 3
- noun blue blue cloth or clothing 3
- noun blue a sportsperson who represents or has represented Oxford or Cambridge University and has the right to wear the university colour (dark blue for Oxford, light blue for Cambridge) 3
- noun blue the honour of so representing one's university 3
- noun blue any of numerous small blue-winged butterflies of the genera Lampides, Polyommatus, etc: family Lycaenidae 3
- noun blue a policeman 3
- noun blue a blue ring on a target, between the red and the black, scoring five points 3
- noun blue a blue ball in snooker, etc 3
- noun blue an argument or fight 3
- noun blue a court summons, esp for a traffic offence 3
- noun blue a mistake; error 3
- adjective blue of the colour blue 3
- adjective blue (of the flesh) having a purple tinge, as from cold or contusion 3
- adjective blue depressed, moody, or unhappy 3
- adjective blue dismal or depressing 3
- adjective blue indecent, titillating, or pornographic 3
- adjective blue bluish in colour or having parts or marks that are bluish 3
- adjective blue aristocratic; noble; patrician 3
- adjective blue relating to, supporting, or representing the Democratic Party 3
- verb blue to make, dye, or become blue 3
- verb blue to treat (laundry) with blueing 3
- verb blue to spend extravagantly or wastefully; squander 3
- noun blue a nickname for a person with red hair 3
- adjective blue having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea 3
- adjective blue having a bluish cast or tinge 3
- adjective blue livid 3
- adjective blue sad and gloomy; depressed or depressing 3
- adjective blue balefully murky 3
- adjective blue puritanical; rigorous 3
- adjective blue wearing blue garments 3
- adjective blue indecent; risqué; suggestive 3
- noun blue the color of the clear sky or the deep sea; any color between green and violet in the spectrum 3
- noun blue any blue pigment or dye 3
- abbreviation BLUE bluing 3
- noun blue anything colored blue, as the third circle of an archer's target 3
- noun blue blue clothing 3
- noun blue a person or group wearing a blue uniform 3
- noun blue a Union soldier 3
- noun blue a sailor's blue uniform 3
- abbreviation BLUE bluestocking 3
- abbreviation BLUE bluefish 3
- abbreviation BLUE blueline 3
- verb transitive blue to make or become blue 3