blue in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
blue in Hindi हिन्दी
blue in Kashmiri कॉशुर
blue in Sindhi سنڌي
blue in English
- blue⇄adj. 1. having the color of the clear sky in daylight or any tone of this color.
2. having a dull-bluish color; livid.
Ex. His hands were blue from cold.
3. (Figurative.) sad; discouraged; gloomy.
Ex. I felt blue when I failed. - blue⇄adv. bluely.
- blue⇄blue, noun, adjective, bluer,bluest,verb, blued,bluingorblueing.
- blue⇄expr. (the) blues. See under blues.
- blue⇄expr. into the blue, into the remote distance; out of sight and knowledge.
Ex. to disappear into the blue. - blue⇄expr. out of the blue, completely unexpectedly.
Ex. Suddenly, out of the blue, two Deputies ... announced that they would switch their votes (Time). - blue⇄expr. the blue and the gray, (in the U.S. Civil War) soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies respectively.
Ex. Under the sod and the dew, ... Love and tears for the Blue, Tears and love for the Gray (Francis M. Finch). - blue⇄expr. the blue,
a. the sky.
Ex. Lightning struck from the blue.
b. the sea.
Ex. Many ships sail the blue. - blue⇄noun blueness.
- blue⇄noun 1. the color of the clear sky in daylight. Blue is one of the primary colors. It lies in the color spectrum between green and violet.
2. a lighter or darker shade of this color.
Ex. the dark blue of the Mediterranean Sea.
3. some - blue⇄v.t. 1. to make blue.
2. to use bluing on.
3. (British Slang.) to squander.
Ex. His father blued the family fortunes (Punch).