blue
♦♦♦ blue /bl'uː/ (bluer bluest blues)
1 [COLOUR]
Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
There were swallows in the cloudless blue sky...
She fixed her pale blue eyes on her father's.
...colourful blues and reds.
2 [N-PLURAL] the N
The blues is a type of music which was developed by African American musicians in the southern United States. It is characterized by a slow tempo and a strong rhythm.
3 [N-PLURAL] the N
If you have got the blues, you feel sad and depressed. (INFORMAL)
Interfering in-laws are the prime sources of the blues.
4 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you are feeling blue, you are feeling sad or depressed, often when there is no particular reason. (INFORMAL)
There's no earthly reason for me to feel so blue.
= down
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
Blue films, stories, or jokes are about sex.
...a secret stash of porn mags and blue movies.
6 [PHRASE]
If something happens out of the blue, it happens unexpectedly.
One of them wrote to us out of the blue several years later.
7
blue moon: see moonblue baby (blue babies)
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A blue baby is a baby whose skin is slightly blue because it has been born with something wrong with its heart.blue book (blue books)
also Blue Book
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A blue book is an official government report or register of statistics. (BRIT)blue chip (blue chips)
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Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable. (BUSINESS)
Blue chip issues were sharply higher, but the rest of the market actually declined slightly by the end of the day.blue jeans
[N-PLURAL] also a pair of N
Blue jeans are the same as jeans.
...faded blue jeans.blue rib|and /bl'uː r'ɪbənd/ (blue ribands)
also blue ribband
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If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon. (BRIT; in AM, use blue ribbon)
Olga did not win the all-round championship, the blue riband event.blue rib|bon (blue ribbons)
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A blue ribbon is the same as a blue riband. (AM)blue tit (blue tits)
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A blue tit is a small European bird with a blue head, wings, and tail, and a yellow front.elec|tric blue
also electric-blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is electric blue is very bright blue in colour.mid|night blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.pea|cock blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is peacock blue is a deep, bright, greeny-blue in colour.pow|der blue
also powder-blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is powder blue is a pale greyish-blue colour.roy|al blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is royal blue is deep blue in colour.
1 [COLOUR]
Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
There were swallows in the cloudless blue sky...
She fixed her pale blue eyes on her father's.
...colourful blues and reds.
2 [N-PLURAL] the N
The blues is a type of music which was developed by African American musicians in the southern United States. It is characterized by a slow tempo and a strong rhythm.
3 [N-PLURAL] the N
If you have got the blues, you feel sad and depressed. (INFORMAL)
Interfering in-laws are the prime sources of the blues.
4 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you are feeling blue, you are feeling sad or depressed, often when there is no particular reason. (INFORMAL)
There's no earthly reason for me to feel so blue.
= down
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
Blue films, stories, or jokes are about sex.
...a secret stash of porn mags and blue movies.
6 [PHRASE]
If something happens out of the blue, it happens unexpectedly.
One of them wrote to us out of the blue several years later.
7
blue moon: see moonblue baby (blue babies)
[N-COUNT]
A blue baby is a baby whose skin is slightly blue because it has been born with something wrong with its heart.blue book (blue books)
also Blue Book
[N-COUNT]
A blue book is an official government report or register of statistics. (BRIT)blue chip (blue chips)
[N-COUNT] oft N n
Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable. (BUSINESS)
Blue chip issues were sharply higher, but the rest of the market actually declined slightly by the end of the day.blue jeans
[N-PLURAL] also a pair of N
Blue jeans are the same as jeans.
...faded blue jeans.blue rib|and /bl'uː r'ɪbənd/ (blue ribands)
also blue ribband
[N-COUNT]
If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon. (BRIT; in AM, use blue ribbon)
Olga did not win the all-round championship, the blue riband event.blue rib|bon (blue ribbons)
[N-COUNT]
A blue ribbon is the same as a blue riband. (AM)blue tit (blue tits)
[N-COUNT]
A blue tit is a small European bird with a blue head, wings, and tail, and a yellow front.elec|tric blue
also electric-blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is electric blue is very bright blue in colour.mid|night blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.pea|cock blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is peacock blue is a deep, bright, greeny-blue in colour.pow|der blue
also powder-blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is powder blue is a pale greyish-blue colour.roy|al blue
[COLOUR]
Something that is royal blue is deep blue in colour.