blue

9 definitions • 10 examples

of the colour of the sky without clouds on a bright day, or a darker or lighter type of this:

a faded blue shirt

pale blue eyes

Her hands were blue with cold (= slightly blue because of the cold).

showing or mentioning sexual activity in a way that offends many people:

a blue joke

a blue movie/film

His humour is a bit too blue for my tastes.

feeling or showing sadness:

He's been a bit blue since she left him.

(of meat) cooked so that it is still very red

the colour of the sky without clouds on a bright day, or a darker or lighter type of this

a person who has played a sport for Oxford University against Cambridge University or for Cambridge University against Oxford University, or the title given to him or her for this

an argument with someone:

He had a blue with his wife in the middle of the street.

(of) the color of the sky on a clear, bright day:

She has blue eyes.

sad; unhappy:

I don’t know what’s wrong – I just feel blue.