blueadjective
uk/bluː/us/bluː/blue adjective (COLOUR)
A1 of the colour of the sky without clouds on a bright day, or a darker or lighter type of this:
More examples
- She's got fair hair and blue eyes.
- She wore a pale blue hat.
- For weeks we had cloudless blue skies.
- I caught a tantalizing glimpse of the sparkling blue sea through the trees.
- Police are looking for a small blue car with the registration number K17 EMW.
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Common colours
- bluish
- brown
- brownish
- green
- greenish
- orange
- pink
- pinkish
- purple
- purplish
- red
- redden
- reddish
- yellow
- yellowish
blue adjective (SEXUAL)
showing or mentioning sexual activity in a way that offends many people:
blue adjective (SAD)
C2 [ after verb ] informal feeling or showing sadness:
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Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- miserably
- moody
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- the doldrums
- wretched
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blue adjective (MEAT)
also extra-rare (of meat) cooked so that it is still very red
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Cookery terms
- al dente
- au gratin
- battered
- breaded
- chiffon
- curdle
- dessertspoon
- drizzle
- extra-rare
- flambé
- gastronomy
- gratin
- nouvelle cuisine
- oven glove
- potholder
- spoonful
- tbsp
- teaspoonful
- tsp
- à la mode
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Idiom(s)
bluenoun
uk/bluː/us/bluː/blue noun (COLOUR)
A2 [ C or U ] a blue colour
Examples
- I'm very fond of blue.
- There's a lot of blue in our house.
- What a beautiful shade of blue!
- I'd prefer a darker shade of blue.
- I love the blue that they paint their houses.
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Common colours
- bluish
- brown
- brownish
- green
- greenish
- orange
- pink
- pinkish
- purple
- purplish
- red
- redden
- reddish
- yellow
- yellowish
blue noun (SPORTS)
[ C ] UK a person who has played a sport for Oxford University against Cambridge University or for Cambridge University against Oxford University, or the title given to him or her for this
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
- back four
- benchwarmer
- boot boy
- center forward
- center half
- defence
- eleven
- fielder
- finisher
- gymnast
- outfield player
- outside forward
- phoenix club
- playmaker
- poacher
- runner
- scratch
- sprint
- underdog
- winger
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blue noun (ARGUMENT)
[ C ] Australian English informal an argument with someone: