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The correct spelling is blue.
How to pronounce blue
/bluː/
nounIPA: /bluː/
Say it like: Blue
The correct spelling is blue. 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… For example: "The boys in blue marched to the pipers."
Usage Examples
“The boys in blue marched to the pipers.”
“His request for leave came out of the blue.”
“the deep blue sea”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.A blue dye or pigment.
- 3.Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- 4.Blue clothing
- 5.(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
verb
- 1.To make or become blue.
- 2.To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- 3.(laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)
- 4.To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
adjective
- 1.Of the colour blue.
- 2.Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- 3.Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
- 4.Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
- 5.Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
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