Blue has many meanings.

blue

[blu:]

blue

adj.

blue, blue, melancholy, depressed

blue

[blu:]

adj.

A blue dress

Your hands are blue with cold.

Your two hands are blue with cold.

Your lips seem to become blue with cold.

Your lips seem to be frozen purple.

Depressed; melancholy

I'm feeling rather blue today.

The teacher seems to be feeling rather blue today.

The teacher seems to be in a bad mood today.

He looks blue.

He looks depressed.

Things are looking bluer than ever for their firm.

They are looking worse and worse for their firm.

shout blue murder

till one is blue in the face

it never works

You can telephone her till you're blue in the face but she'll never come. ll never come.

You can telephone her till you're blue in the face but she' ll never come.

blue

blue clothes

dressed in blue

blue

[blu:]

adj. (of a person's face) gray; (of an animal's fur) greenish-gray

depressed; melancholy

clad in blue; marked by the color blue

(of a woman) learned

puritanical, forbidding

dowdy, lascivious

[Blue ](of the American Civil War) of the North

[blue](of the American Civil War) the North

[blue](of the American Civil War) the North's army

(of the American Civil War) the North's army

(of the American Civil War) the North's army. p>extremely, completely, utterly

His face was blue with cold.

His face was frozen purple.

She looks blue.

She looks depressed.

blue

blue, cyan

blue pigment (or dye)

blue cloth; blue-style clothing; [pl.](US) navy blue uniform

a person who wears a blue uniform; a person who wears a blue emblem

[E]a member of a college athletic team

(US Civil War) member of the Northern Army

woman scholar

[the blue] blue sky; blue sea

[the blues] melancholy, dismay

[the blues] a sentimental black American folk song; a slow four-step jazz song

the light blues

Cambridge University sports teams (or cheerleaders)

the dark blues

Oxford University sports teams

He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.

He was demoralized by his failure in business.

blue

vt.

(blued; blueing, bluing)

To put ... Dye it blue

[Eng. slang]Spend (money)

While they've got money they blue it.

They have money and they spend it.

blue

vi.

Blue, blue

Bluebeard

[`blU:9bIEd]

Bluebeard (in French folklore) one who kills six wives in a row; a man who marries or murders his wives or concubines indiscriminately

bluebell

[5blu:bel]

Plant with blue bell-shaped flowers

blueberry

[5blu:bErI; U.S. 5blu:berI]

n. blue

vi.

picking berries

bluebill

[`blU:bIl]

[U.S.A.] American bluebill

blue-bird

(of North American origin) mockingbird

blue-black

[`blU:`blAk]

adj.

dark-blue

blue-blooded

adj.

noble

from a prestigious family

purebred

bluebonnet

[`blU:9bCnIt]

Bluebonnet, one who wears a blue hat

Blue tits, blue-fronted parrots

a type of Texas feathered lentil

bluebottle

[5blu:bRt(E)l]

plant Cornflower

Big green-headed fly

bluebush

Sky blue American tea; silver-leafed similarity tree

bluechip

adj.

Blue chip, dependable

Exceptional, distinctive

bluecoat

[5blu:bRt(E)l]

[`blU:kEJt]

bluecollar

adj.

bluecollar worker, manual laborer

blueeyed

adj.

blue-eyed

beloved

gullible

bluefish

[`blU:FIF]

American cyprinid fish from the Atlantic coast of the United States; a common cyprinid fish

blue-finished

adj.

blue-tempered, blue-finished

bluegill

[`blU:^Il]

bluegill sunfish

blue-green

lime green

bluejacket

[` blU:9dVAkIt]

sailor, sailor

bluejoint

Canadian whiskerberry

blueleek

Big head garlic (Southern European garlic)

bluenose

< p>[`blU:nEJz]

Puritan, a strict person

blue-pencil

[9blU:`pensEl]

vt.

Proofreading [redacted] with a blue pencil; [vulgarly] vetoed; not allowed

bluepoint

[`blU:pRInt]

Blue oyster

blue-ribbon

[`blU:`ribEn]

adj. p>n.

The brown color of a flowery skin due to a mixture of black and white hairs; a black and white-haired animal

blueshortness

blue brittleness

blue-sky

[`blU:`skaI]

adj.

( stock) unreliable; impractical; financially unsound

purely theoretical

bluestocking

[5blu:stRkIN]

woman of talent, woman of learning

blue-throat

mobile blue-throated robin

bluetick

blue-fast-dog

blue-tongue

blued

adj.

turned-blue

blueing

[` blU:IN]

bluely

adv.

blueness

[`blU:nIs]

bluer

(of a gun) blue-dyeing inspector

baby blue

light blue

be in the blues

depressed; listless; unhappy

fall in the blues

Depressed; listless; unhappy

By all that's blue!

[Mouth]By all that's blue! God swears! I'm sure it's true!

cry the blues

drink till all's blue

drunk, drunk

feel blue

give sb. the blues

make someone depressed.

have the blues

get the blues

depressed

in the blue

in the blue sky [ocean]

into the blue

to the distance; to disappear; vanish without a trace

look blue

dismayed; blue in the face

men in blue

police; sailors; firemen; [U.S.A.] soldiers of the U.S. Army of the North

out of the blue

totally by accident

Oxford blue

dark blue

Dark blue

dark blue

Dark blue

Dark blue costume for the Oxford team

sing the blues

[US] to sing the blues

[Slang] to hang one's head in despair. moping

the Blue and the Gray

Northern and Confederate armies in the American Civil War

till all's blue

until the head is spinning (in reference to drinking excessively)

to the extreme

true blue

faithful and trustworthy person.

True blue will never stain.

[Proverb] An upright man will never do evil; a pure character will never be stained (a butcher used to wear a blue apron to prevent his clothes from being stained with blood, hence the phrase).

win one's blue.

(Oxford, Cambridge, etc.) Being selected for the varsity team.

get one's blue.

(Students from Oxford, Cambridge, etc.) were selected for the varsity team.

academy blue

yellow with a greenish tinge

acetyl brilliant blue

acid anthraquinone blue

acid chrome blue R<

Acid chrome blue

R Alexandria blue

Alexandria blue (bright blue pigment, containing copper silicate, used in frescoes in ancient Egypt)

alizarine blue

alizarine blue; anthracene blue

anthracene blue

alizarine blue Anthracene blue

alkali blue

(Acid) basic blue

amparo blue

Bright blue

aniline blue

Aniline blue

Aniline blue; water-soluble p-azoanthracene blue

anthranol chrome blue

Anthranol chrome blue

anthraquinone blue

antwerp blue

zinc ferrocyanide powder

autogene sulfur blue

azo blue

azure blue

basic blue

battleship blue

blue-gray

benzanil blue

phenylidene aniline blue

benzo fast blue

Benzo fast blue

Berlin blue

beryl blue

Triple blue

Bremen blue

Bremen blue (a very stable blue fresco pigment)

Brilliant cresyl blue

brilliant wool blue

Brilliant wool blue

bromophenol blue

Bromophenol blue

Bromthymol blue

Bromo Thymol blue; dibromothymol sulfonphthalein

bronze blue

Bronze blue, Prussian blue

bronzeless blue

cadet blue

grayish blue

caledon brilliant blue

Caledon brilliant blue

celeste blue

Azure blue, cobalt-zinc blue

ceramic cobalt blue

Ceramic blue, cobalt blue

China blue

Chinese blue; Acid water-soluble cyanine

chloramine blue blue

chloramine blue

chloramine sky blue

chloramine blue

chrome leather blue

cobalt blue

cobalt blue, china blue

congo blue

Congo blue

copper blue

copper blue; stone blue

cornflower blue

cornflower blue, light blue

cyanine blue

phthalocyanine blue

dark blue

dark blue. Dark blue

delphinium blue

Emerald blue

dianil blue

dianiline blue

dianisidine blue

dianthrene blue

Dianthrene blue

Bis(anthracene) blue (reduced anthracene blue) Anthracene blue

diazamine blue

diazo fast blue

diazofast blue

diazogen blue

direct sky blue

dianisidine blue

Direct sky blue

dianthrene blue

dianthidine blue Direct sky blue

dumont blue

Large sky blue

Egyptian blue

Egyptian blue (a light blue pigment containing copper, calcium, and silica, used in Egyptian frescoes)

Calcium-silica-copper ore

electric blue

Iron blue

enamel blue

enamel blue, over-glaze green pigment

erio alizarine blue

wool alizarin blue

erlangen blue

ferrous blue

Evans blue

immunized Evans blue

fanal blue

French blue

Fast mordant blue B

B fast sky blue

Fast sky blue; Sulphonated copper-titanium cyanine

French blue

Ultramarine blue; Fuchsia blue

French blue

Transparent blue; Fuchsia blue

Transparent blue; Fuchsia blue; Fuchsia blue; Fuchsia blue

Dark greenish blue

greenish blue

Greenish blue, greenish blue (blue with green tips)

green blue

Bamboo green

Heliogen blue

Phthalocyanine blue

Hungary blue

Heliogen blue

Phthalocyanine blue

Heliogen blue

Phthalocyanine blue Hungary blue

Hungarian blue, cobalt blue

hydron blue

Heliogen blue

ice blue

icyl blue

clothing color blue

indanthrene blue

Indanthrene blue

indigo blue

Indigo blue

indoine blue

indophenol blue

Indophenol blue

Italian blue

Venetian blue

Italian blue

. p>kiton blue

kiton blue

kryogen blue

leithner's blue

cobalt blue

leucomethylene blue

Colorless [cryptic] methylene blue

Leucomethylene blue

Light blue

Italian blue

Italian blue, Venetian blue

Italian blue

Italian blue, Venetian blue

light blue

lithosized blue

lithographic blue (free sulfur-free ultramarine, suitable for use in inks)

litmus blue

lilithium blue

lumiere blue

luminous blue

manganese blue

luminescent blue manganese blue

Manganese blue (bright blue pigment)

methyl blue

methylence blue

(alkaline) methylene blue

methylthymol blue

methylthymol blue<

mid night blue

dark blue

milori blue

minus blue

diminished blue (color); lack of blue (yellow)

molybdenum blue

Molybdenum blue

monastral blue

Monastral blue; pigmented phthalocyanine

naphthamine blue

navy blue

navy blue, navy blue

Neuberg blue

Neuburg blue

Neuberger blue

neutral blue

Neutral blue

parma blue

Parma blue

Patent blue

peacock blue

Peacock blue

Pearl blue

Neuberg blue

Neutral blue

pearl blue

Light blue-gray

Peking blue

Beijing blue (i.e., head green)

phenol blue

(Phenyl)phenol blue

phenylene blue

indamine blue

phthalo blue

Phthalocyanine blue

Pompeian blue

pontamine blue

potash blue

potassium blue

powder blue

phenol blue

phenylene blue

indamine blue

phthalo blue blue

cobalt oxide (dark blue pigment); wisteria pigment powder (light grayish blue)

printing blue

printing blue; printing blue

purplish blue

hidden blue

pyoktanin blue

methyl violet, pus tanin blue

reddish blue, pus tanin blue

purple blue, pus tannin blue

reddish blue

magenta blue, reddish blue

sandothrene blue

saxe blue

aqua blue; light blue

serge blue

(alkaline) methylene blue, beige blue

sky blue

sky blue, azure blue, light blue, light blue pigment containing zinc oxide and ultramarine

solantine blue

solanthrene blue

solids blue

solid blue

soluble blue

soluble indigo blue

spirit blue

alcohol soluble blue

stone blue

gray-blue

sulfur blue

Sulfur blue

thumb blue

Indigo (dye)

Thymol blue

toluidine blue

(Basic) toluidine blue

turkey blue<

Cobalt chrome green

turquoise blue

Turquoise, lime green

Tyrian blue

Tyre blue

ultramarine blue

Ultramarine blue

Turquoise blue, deep blue

vat blue

Venetian blue

Venetian blue (=Italian blue)

Venetian blue

verditer blue

copper blue

copper blue, copper carbonate blue

violet blue

violet blue; blue with a violet tip

Water-soluble blue, acid water-soluble blue

Watteau blue

Di blue

xylenol blue

Xylenol blue

bluish

Blue

Old French for "bleu" (blue)