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blue adj (bluer, bluest) 1 with the colour of a clear cloudless sky; having any of the shades of this colour, which falls between green and violet on the spectrum. 2 sad or depressed. See also blues. 3 said of a film or joke etc: pornographic or indecent. 4 politically conservative. 5 with a skin which is pale blue or purple because of the cold or from bruising, etc. noun 1 the colour of a clear cloudless sky; any blue shade or hue. 2 blue paint or dye. 3 blue material or clothes. 4 a person who has been chosen to represent a college or university at sport, especially at Oxford or Cambridge. 5 Brit colloq a supporter of the Conservative Party. 6 Austral & NZ slang an argument or fight. 7 Austral & NZ colloq a mistake; a bloomer. 8 (Blue) Austral & NZ colloq a nickname commonly given to a person with red hair, especially a man. 9 (also washing-blue) a blue liquid or powder (such as indigo) used in laundering whites. verb (blues, blued, bluing or blueing) 1 to make something blue. 2 to treat (laundry, linen, etc) with blue. blueness noun. bluer adj. bluish adj. do something till one is blue in the face to do it repeatedly but without any effect. out of the blue without warning; unexpectedly.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c as blew: from French bleu.