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See blues.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A member of law enforcement","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The sky, literally or figuratively.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His request for leave came out of the blue."},{"definition":"The ocean; deep waters.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The far distance; a remote or distant place.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A bluefish.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An argument.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A type of firecracker.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A bluestocking.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One of the three color charges for quarks.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Of the colour blue.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the deep blue sea"},{"definition":"Depressed, melancholic, sad.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The candle burns blue."},{"definition":"Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"blue and sour religionists;  blue laws"},{"definition":"(of women) literary; bluestockinged.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Having a color charge of blue.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(entertainment) Risque or obscene","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His material is too blue for prime-time"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["nonblue","unblue","antiblue"]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"(entertainment) Pornographic or profane.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The air was blue with oaths."}],"synonyms":["X-rated","adult"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blew","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blow","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blue"]}]