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hue I. \ˈhyü\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English hewe appearance, shape, kind, color, from Old English hīw, hīew; akin to Old Norse hȳ fine hair, down, Gothic hiwi form, appearance, Old English hār hoary — more at hoar 1. : shape, complexion, aspect < a ghost town in modern hue — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > < songs … of a sad and somber hue — William Black > < political parties of every hue — Louis Wasserman > 2. a. : color 1; especially : gradation of color < the work of an inspired painter can reveal to us the hues and shades of twilight — Colin Clark > b. : the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these — used in psychology; see color 1b c. : hue in the Munsell color system — used in psychophysics; see the Color Charts explanation at color Synonyms: see color II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English hewen to form, fashion, color, from Old English hīwian, from hīw, n. transitive verb : tinge < hued their sight with rainbow beauty — Peggy Bennett > intransitive verb : to take on color : become colored < in highlights it hued to dull silver gray — William Beebe > III. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English huwen, from Old French huer to shout, hoot, from hu, interjection used especially to apprise of danger intransitive verb now dialect : to make outcry : shout transitive verb obsolete : to shout at : drive with shouts IV. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English hew, hu, from Old French hue, outcry, noise, from huer : shout, outcry |