Blue
adjective
- 1.
- (having the color of the clear sky, of a blue tinge. gloomy. dismal) blue sky ខៀវ, blue with cold ដែលស្លេកស្លក់ blue mood ដែលព្រួយ, ដែលស្រងូតស្រងាត់
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ស្រពាប់ស្រពោន, អាសអាភាស
- 3.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ពណ៌ខៀវ
verb — past tense: blued ; past participle: blued ; present participle: bluing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to make or dye blue. -out of the blue suddenly in the face exhausted or speechless) ធ្វើឱ្យឡើងខៀវ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.
- 2.
- A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
- 3.
- (PLURAL) Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.
adjective
- 1.
- Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.
- 2.
- Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.
- 3.
- Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
- 4.
- Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.
- 5.
- Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.
- 6.
- Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.
verb — past tense: blued ; past participle: blued ; present participle: bluing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.