Blue
adjective
Having the same color as a clear daytime sky.
She wore a lovely blue dress.
Often appears as...
- blue sky
- blue sea
noun
Color between green and violet.
Blue is his favorite color.
Often appears as...
- shades of blue
- true blue
noun
A person who supports or is a member of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom.
He is a die-hard blue.
Often appears as...
- vote blue
- tory blue
adjective
Full of or characterized by a feeling of melancholy, sadness, or depression.
She was feeling blue after her cat passed away.
Often appears as...
- feel blue
- look blue
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A police officer.
The blues arrived at the scene immediately.
Often appears as...
- the blues arrive
- call the blues
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Containing obscene or pornographic material.
They were caught watching a blue movie.
Often appears as...
- blue movie
- blue magazine
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
adjective
Having the same color as a clear daytime sky.
She wore a lovely blue dress.
Often appears as...
- blue sky
- blue sea
noun
Color between green and violet.
Blue is his favorite color.
Often appears as...
- shades of blue
- true blue
noun
A person who supports or is a member of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom.
He is a die-hard blue.
Often appears as...
- vote blue
- tory blue
adjective
Full of or characterized by a feeling of melancholy, sadness, or depression.
She was feeling blue after her cat passed away.
Often appears as...
- feel blue
- look blue
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A police officer.
The blues arrived at the scene immediately.
Often appears as...
- the blues arrive
- call the blues
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Containing obscene or pornographic material.
They were caught watching a blue movie.
Often appears as...
- blue movie
- blue magazine
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Clear Sky Color
This blue is bright and clear, often used to describe a pleasant day.
It's a blue sky without a single cloud.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Association
In this context, blue often has positive connotations, linked to good weather and calmness.
I feel happier when the sky is blue.
Pro Tip 1/2Clear Sky Color
This blue is bright and clear, often used to describe a pleasant day.
It's a blue sky without a single cloud.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Association
In this context, blue often has positive connotations, linked to good weather and calmness.
I feel happier when the sky is blue.
Pro Tip 1/2Clear Sky Color
This blue is bright and clear, often used to describe a pleasant day.
It's a blue sky without a single cloud.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Association
In this context, blue often has positive connotations, linked to good weather and calmness.
I feel happier when the sky is blue.
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Filming The World's...
see them at all and then suddenly you'll get this flash of red and blue and they catch that tiny bit of light and they look absolutely stunning and then they just melt away and they're phantoms they just become invisible they're the deep calls that they make it's so perfectly adapted to that forest which is really really dense
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Cell vs. virus: A battle...
from the smallest one-celled bacteria to the giant blue whale to you. Each cell in your body is surrounded by a cell membrane, a thick flexible layer made of fats and proteins, that surrounds and protects the inner components. It's semipermeable, meaning that it lets some thing pass in and out
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Killer whale society PIPE...
killer whales are highly social species who exhibit complex group interactions with in hierarchical dominant systems that is to say they work together to rear their young to protect their pod and to pursue prey which can occasionally include blue whales only
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How equal do we want the...
It's hard to see, there's yellow and blue in there. So what about other outcomes of wealth? Wealth is not just about wealth. We asked, what about things like health? What about availability of prescription medication? What about life expectancy?
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Strangled by a Boa...
This is what constricting means. If you see me starting to go blue or purple in the face, then I might need a little bit of help. Constricting basically means to strangle, to suffocate the life out of prey, and that's how this magnificent animal
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The three different ways...
This group includes humans, cats, dogs, giraffes, and even the blue whale, the biggest animal on Earth. Its placenta, a solid disk of blood-rich tissue, attaches to the wall of the uterus to support the developing embryo.
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What are those floaty...
But the majority of the time entoptic phenomena, such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
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Blue Whale PIPE National...
rich with krill the team deploys the critter cam on the back of a blue whale suction-cup is on what the footage reveals is a deep water dive nearly a
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
have been waiting for when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
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Flying Fish Picked Off...
When frigates join the hunt, the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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Filming The World's...
see them at all and then suddenly you'll get this flash of red and blue and they catch that tiny bit of light and they look absolutely stunning and then they just melt away and they're phantoms they just become invisible they're the deep calls that they make it's so perfectly adapted to that forest which is really really dense
Video examples
Cell vs. virus: A battle...
from the smallest one-celled bacteria to the giant blue whale to you. Each cell in your body is surrounded by a cell membrane, a thick flexible layer made of fats and proteins, that surrounds and protects the inner components. It's semipermeable, meaning that it lets some thing pass in and out
Video examples
Killer whale society PIPE...
killer whales are highly social species who exhibit complex group interactions with in hierarchical dominant systems that is to say they work together to rear their young to protect their pod and to pursue prey which can occasionally include blue whales only
Video examples
How equal do we want the...
It's hard to see, there's yellow and blue in there. So what about other outcomes of wealth? Wealth is not just about wealth. We asked, what about things like health? What about availability of prescription medication? What about life expectancy?
Video examples
Strangled by a Boa...
This is what constricting means. If you see me starting to go blue or purple in the face, then I might need a little bit of help. Constricting basically means to strangle, to suffocate the life out of prey, and that's how this magnificent animal
Video examples
The three different ways...
This group includes humans, cats, dogs, giraffes, and even the blue whale, the biggest animal on Earth. Its placenta, a solid disk of blood-rich tissue, attaches to the wall of the uterus to support the developing embryo.
Video examples
What are those floaty...
But the majority of the time entoptic phenomena, such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
Video examples
Blue Whale PIPE National...
rich with krill the team deploys the critter cam on the back of a blue whale suction-cup is on what the footage reveals is a deep water dive nearly a
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
have been waiting for when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
Video examples
Flying Fish Picked Off...
When frigates join the hunt, the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Simon Sinek
English Author
It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The truth of anything doesn't matter anymore. What's right doesn't matter. What makes economic common sense doesn't matter. I'm blue in the face over it.
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Otis Rush
American Musician
A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.
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Ry Cooder
American Musician
I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it.
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Lenny Henry
British Actor
The blues has been in my life since I was little.
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Steve Miller
American Musician
Blues has always been a huge part of my life.
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Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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Laura Loomer
American Activist
The Left doesn't support blue lives.
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Van Morrison
British Musician
Hearing the blues changed my life.
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Billy Gibbons
American Musician
The blues is life itself.
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Simon Sinek
English Author
It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The truth of anything doesn't matter anymore. What's right doesn't matter. What makes economic common sense doesn't matter. I'm blue in the face over it.
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Otis Rush
American Musician
A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.
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Ry Cooder
American Musician
I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it.
Quote examples
Lenny Henry
British Actor
The blues has been in my life since I was little.
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Steve Miller
American Musician
Blues has always been a huge part of my life.
Quote examples
Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
No water, no life. No blue, no green.
Quote examples
Laura Loomer
American Activist
The Left doesn't support blue lives.
Quote examples
Van Morrison
British Musician
Hearing the blues changed my life.
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Billy Gibbons
American Musician
The blues is life itself.
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