Overview of noun blues

The noun blues has 2 senses

• blues -- (a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes)


• blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours -- (a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues")

Overview of noun blue

The noun blue has 7 senses

• blue, blueness -- (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue")


• blue -- (blue clothing; "she was wearing blue")


• blue -- (any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue")


• blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder -- (the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue")


• bluing, blueing, blue -- (used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge)


• amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal -- (the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic)


• blue -- (any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae)

Overview of verb blue

The verb blue has 1 sense

• blue -- (turn blue)