BLUE
/bluː/
6
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Definition
/bluː/
noun
- The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
verb
- To make or become blue.
- To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)
adjective
- Of the colour blue.“the deep blue sea”
- Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.“The candle burns blue.”
Source: Wiktionary
