(superl.) 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.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
(superl.) Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
(pl.) Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.
(v. t.) To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Within the outflow tract wall, the labelled cells were enmeshed by strands of alcian blue-stained extracellular matrix.
(2) The most successful dyes were phenocyanin TC, gallein, fluorone black, alizarin cyanin BB and alizarin blue S. Celestin blue B with an iron mordant is quite successful if properly handled to prevent gelling of solutions.
(3) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
(4) Of all materials evaluated, Xantopren Blue and Silene silicone impression materials provided the best results in vivo.
(5) Most notably, retroperitoneal lymph nodes in rabbits remained dark blue up to 28 days after hindlimb endolymphatic instillation of liposomal patent blue.
(6) To selectively stain polyanionic macromolecules of growth plate cartilage and to prevent artifacts induced by aqueous fixation, proximal tibial growth plates were excised from rats, slam-frozen, and freeze-substituted in 100% methanol containing the cationic dye Alcian blue.
(7) The behaviour of the enzyme from Candida utilis and from Baker's yeast on columns of these and of Blue Sepharose CL-6B was examined, together with the behaviour of the contaminating enzyme, ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase (EC 5.1.3.1).
(8) After methylene blue, the gradient in resting potential across the circular layer was greatly reduced or abolished.
(9) Furthermore, Methylene Blue contamination of the standard stain increased the rate of error in image analysis of white blood cell nuclei due to variations of staining intensity.
(10) The purpose was to show whether or not the methylene-blue test can be postponed to the second day.
(11) It was like watching somebody pouring a blue liquid into a glass, it just began filling up.
(12) July 7, 2016 Verified account A blue tick that tells you the user is either an A-list celebrity, a respected authority on an important subject or a BuzzFeed employee.
(13) The amount of formazan obtained after incubating vital cells with Meldola Blue as electron carrier was greater than that obtained with Methylene Blue, menadione, 2,6-dichloroindophenol, 1-methoxyphenazine methosulphate or phenazine methosulphate.
(14) India will have three carriers and both China and India are building blue-water [ocean-going] navies.
(15) On dissected mucosa stained by the PAS-alcian blue whole-mount method the density and distribution of goblet cells in various parts of the middle ear was determined in 13 children, ranging in age from 9 days to 14 years.
(16) The results showed immunostaining to function equally well on frozen and routine sections, and to be superior to Alcian Blue and PAS with regard to morphological detail.
(17) The working women lost their elasticity more rapidly than the nuns, and the male blue collar workers lost their elasticity more rapidly than the male white collar workers.
(18) How often do we use the term depressed to mean disappointed, mildly bummed out or sort of blue?
(19) Microotoscopy showed a blue pulsating mass behind the tympanic membrane.
(20) One day, out of the blue, there's a knock on the door.
Bluebell
Definition:
(n.) A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.
(n.) A plant of the genus Scilla (Scilla nutans).
Example Sentences:
(1) But in areas such as London, where demand has pushed rents to much higher levels, tenants such as Bluebell can easily find themselves having to pay more.
(2) It is one of the most wooded parts of Britain, and in late April and early May this is one of the best places in Britain to see spectacular beds of bluebells among the rich ash, oak and beech woods.
(3) The cycle route includes unsurfaced sections but it’s well worth it, especially in late spring for the shimmering displays of bluebells.
(4) Martha, she adds, will never be forgotten by anybody who met her, describing how the teenager would walk her three-legged rabbit, Bluebell, around the local streets to the delight of their neighbours and that her favourite film was Some Like It Hot .
(5) A flowering bluebell on the Cotswolds believes that Valentine’s Day falls in May.
(6) Bluebell spent a year in temporary hostel accommodation provided by Camden council after her marriage failed in 2009.
(7) Easter weekend is likely to be the peak time to see bluebells in the south of England, according to Oates, although the best displays may be available on higher ground and north-facing slopes that flower later.
(8) Bluebell Harrison cannot sleep at night: she is frightened that she will lose her 19-month-old son to her former partner because she faces eviction from her rented flat.
(9) Few things are as bewitching as an English bluebell wood in the spring, with a carpet of shimmering flowers turning the light blue under the trees, and the air laden with scent.
(10) All over the south and east of England, woods are suffering the effects of the worst drought in three decades, which, while bringing the peak bluebell flowering forward to the bank holidays, has also impaired their growth.
(11) She is threatened with losing her home in Camden, north London, because her landlord wants to put the rent up above the current level of housing benefit Bluebell receives, and is not prepared to accept the new lower levels that will apply from the start of next year.
(12) Beneath the ashes of Ashwellthorpe are carpets of bluebells and early purple orchids in spring and white admiral butterflies in July.
(13) It was a happy discovery for both men, and later a proper biography, A Voyage Round John Mortimer (2007), by Valerie Grove did her subject justice, capturing some of the pleasures of the Mortimer caravanserai: the long Sunday lunches at Turville in winter, the bluebell picnics in Chiltern woods every spring; the summer idylls in that part of Italy he dubbed Chiantishire.
(14) Matthew Oates, a naturalist for the National Trust , said: "The warm and dry weather of the last few weeks has sped up the flowering process for bluebells, but the absence of rain means that visitors will need to be quick to see them – it could be a short but sweet season for bluebells and other classic spring plants like the primrose.
(15) The bluebell starts growing in January with its sole purpose to flower before the other woodland plants, but in dry conditions the bluebell will flower less, will be less abundant and its growth will be stunted."
(16) In her autobiography, she described her mother, the former Bluebell dancer and actress Hélène Thornton-Bosment, as being "absent" for large portions of her childhood.
(17) • Bluebells were still in flower at the end of May in woodlands as far as south-west as Devon, and autumn produced a fantastic colour display and was "great" for grassland fungi.
(18) There were bluebells and an abundance of spring blossom, especially in orchards, but it was a poor year for the rare pasque flower – the Easter flower – because of the spring drought.
(19) But daytrippers hoping for a sight of bluebell woods this Easter may be disappointed, as the drought that brought a hosepipe ban into effect f or 20 million people also means bluebells are less abundant than usual.
(20) So many times.” Bluebell, his jack russell, starts barking.