blue

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for blue

blue 🔊 /bluˈ/

blue : විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයක දක්ෂ ක්‍රිඩකයා

blue : නීලවර්ණය

blue : නිල්

blue : නිල් කරනවා

blue : මුදල් නාස්ති කරනවා

blue : අහස

blue : අසභ්‍ය

blue : නිල

blue : නිල්පාට

blue : නිල් පොවනවා

blue : ශෝකී

blue definition

superl.

  1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.
  2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.
  3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
  4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.
  5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.
  6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.

Noun.

  1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.
  2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.

Plural. Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.

Transitive verb. To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.