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blue

 
 
/bluː/ adjective

Definition

COLOUR being the same colour as the sky when there are no clouds: a dark blue jacket
SAD informal sad
SEX about sex: a blue joke/movie → See also black and blue → See also once in a blue moon
(Definition of blue adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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