Blew

/bluː/

verb

  1. To produce an air current.

  2. To propel by an air current.

    Blow the dust off that book and open it up.

  3. To be propelled by an air current.

    The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.

verb

  1. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

noun

  1. The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.

  2. A blue dye or pigment.

  3. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.

adjective

  1. Of the colour blue.

    the deep blue sea

  2. Depressed, melancholic, sad.

  3. Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.

    The candle burns blue.

adjective

  1. (entertainment) Pornographic or profane.

    The air was blue with oaths.

Synonyms: X-rated, adult

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