(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.
Bluebird
Definition:
(n.) A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I wanted it to have a romantic feel," says Wilson, "recalling Donald Campbell and his Bluebird machines and that spirit of awe-inspiring adventure."
(2) Readers may recall the Burl Ives record about a poor, cold, tired hobo who sings about the fantastical land with "the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings …" Yup, that's where we're living now, although the chancellor might have ruled out "the lake of stew and of whiskey too", since whisky is up 36p a bottle, while stew tax remains unchanged.
(3) Kinnock, who has supported the Bluebirds since his coal miner father took him to his first match aged six, was not the only Cardiff fan in the home end.
(4) It’s a big job.” One such mentor is Terry Fysh, who has been with Bluebird Care for 18 months, after working as a legal secretary.
(5) To care for someone with a specific complex condition – such as dementia, or motor neurone disease – a care worker at Bluebird needs specific training.
(6) CARDIFF CITY Accounts for the year to 31 May 2014 Cardiff City graphic Ownership Club states that Vincent Tan is the 87.5% owner Turnover 20th highest, £83m (up from £17m in 2013) Gate receipts & matchday £8m Premier League including TV £64m Sponsorship & commercial £11m Wage bill 18th highest, £53m (up from £33m in 2013) Wages as proportion of turnover 64% Loss before tax £12m (down from £30m loss in 2013) Net debt not stated; £130m loans from overseas shareholders Interest payable £1.6m Highest-paid director Not stated State they’re in A single Premier League season remembered for owner Vincent Tan insistently wearing the club shirt he changed to red, Malky Mackay’s sacking in December 2013 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s forlorn fading smile as the Bluebirds fell to relegation.
(7) This is the first reported recovery of acanthocephalan parasites from Western Bluebirds.
(8) Once Mackay followed Moody out of the door on 27 December, Tan was quick to praise the methods of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Scot's successor, even though the Bluebirds were ultimately relegated under the Norwegian.
(9) After the war he went back to Michigan to work in groups organised by his trumpeter brother Thad among others, and in the early 1950s his career took a substantial step forward when he replaced Art Mardigan as the drummer in bop tenorist Billy Mitchell's band, the house ensemble at the Bluebird club in Detroit, and a regular stopoff for touring celebrities.
(10) Aware that a bit-part role, at best, awaits on Merseyside, Bellamy would be willing to drop into the Championship given his emotional ties to the Bluebirds.
(11) Open Mon-Fri 8pm-4am (Sat 5am) Bluebird Tiny Bluebird is a gay-friendly bar-cum-bistro hidden up an alley near Syntagma Square.
(12) Domiciliary care company Bluebird Care has improved its training programme and allows care workers to specialise or become mentors.
(13) In fact it can be difficult to stay on it, as we found one early evening in July three years ago, when we were driving up the lake road from Salima towards Nkhata Bay for a week's holiday, in my daughter's old low-slung Nissan Bluebird, her boyfriend at the wheel.
(14) A statement from Cardiff this evening said: "Following comments made by Arsenal manager Wenger on Friday, Cardiff City are pleased to confirm that an agreement has been reached between clubs to see Aaron Ramsey rejoin the Bluebirds on loan."
(15) Parasitism by P. formosus was considered to be a contributory cause of death of these breeding adult bluebirds.
(16) The Bluebirds have been linked with several potential replacements for Mackay over recent weeks, with some reports suggesting that talks had already been opened with a number of candidates, a claim denied by Dalman.
(17) "I remember sitting on the lawn – and a bit like in an old-fashioned Disney cartoon, I can see little bluebirds around my head – and thinking if I play my cards right I will never need to do an honest day's work again.
(18) And Bluebird Care – which employs about 6,500 workers across the country – is setting a precedent as a large employer focusing on learning and development.
(19) Moody followed Mackay from Watford when the former Norwich City player joined the Bluebirds as manager in 2011 and has played a key role in the acquisitions of players such as Steven Caulker, Gary Medel, Kévin Théophile-Catherine and Fraizer Campbell.
(20) Mark Hudson paid eloquent testament on his ongoing impact with the Bluebirds in Wales on Sunday this morning: "By the second half of the season he was absolutely electric.