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Noun blue has 7 senses
  1. blue, blueness - the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
    --1 is a kind of black music, African-American music; folk song, folksong, folk ballad; chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour; black music, African-American music; folk song, folksong, folk ballad; chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
    --1 has part: blue note
    --1 has particulars:
     boogie, boogie-woogie; 2 of 7 senses of blue ; blue, blueness; azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue; powder blue; steel blue; Prussian blue; dark blue, navy, navy blue; greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue; purplish blue, royal blue; ultramarine; Payne's gray; blues; boogie, boogie-woogie; 2 of 7 senses of blue ; blue, blueness; azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue; powder blue; steel blue; Prussian blue; dark blue, navy, navy blue; greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue; purplish blue, royal blue; ultramarine; Payne's gray
    Derived form: verb blue1
  2. blue - blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"
    --2 is a kind of     depression; clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear; depression; clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear
  3. blue - any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"
    --3 is a kind of     organization, organisation; organization, organisation
    --3 has particulars: Union Army; blue; Union Army
  4. blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder - the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"
    --4 is a kind of sky; sky
  5. bluing, blueing, blue - used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
    --5 is a kind of dye, dyestuff; dye, dyestuff
  6. amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal - the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
    --6 is a kind of amobarbital; amobarbital
  7. blue - any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
    --7 is a kind of     lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly; lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly
    --7 is a member of Lycaena, genus Lycaena
,Verb blue has 1 sense
  1. blue - turn blue
    --1 is one way to     discolor, discolour, colour, color
    Derived forms: noun blue1, noun bluing2
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