blue
/blu/ verb C2- To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
He/she/it blues · Past blued · Past participle blued · -ing form blueing
Verb forms
- Base form
- blue
- He/she/it
- blues
- Past
- blued
- Past participle
- blued
- -ing form
- blueing
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It was full of a new vital, pulsing personality that seemed to pervade it and to be quite independent of schoolgirl books and dresses and ribbons, and even of the cracked blue jug full of apple blossoms on the table.
“Everything is green here, while in the country of the Munchkins blue was the favorite color.
There were big yellow and white and blue and purple blossoms, besides great clusters of scarlet poppies, which were so brilliant in color they almost dazzled Dorothy’s eyes.
“‘Blue paint is just the color for eyes.’
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