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Quick definitions from WordNet (blue)

▸ noun:  any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
▸ noun:  blue clothing ("She was wearing blue")
▸ noun:  the color of the clear sky in the daytime ("He had eyes of bright blue")
▸ noun:  any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue ("The Union army was a vast blue")
▸ noun:  the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
▸ noun:  the sky as viewed during daylight ("He shot an arrow into the blue")
▸ noun:  used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
▸ verb:  turn blue
▸ adjective:  used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) ("A ragged blue line")
▸ adjective:  suggestive of sexual impropriety ("A blue movie")
▸ adjective:  causing dejection ("A blue day")
▸ adjective:  having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky ("October's bright blue weather- Helen Hunt Jackson")
▸ adjective:  low in spirits ("Lonely and blue in a strange city")
▸ adjective:  characterized by profanity or cursing ("Blue language")
▸ adjective:  belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy ("A blue family")
▸ name:  A surname (common: 1 in 9090 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1162)

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