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adj
noun
- The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
- The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
- The region where the sun sets; the west.
- (attributively) A set termination date.
- (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
- atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
verb
adj
noun
- The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
- a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset
- The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
- The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
- The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
- An afterparty.
- the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event
noun
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- absence of light or illumination
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
adj
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- not giving performances; closed
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
verb
noun
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- a shortening of nightfall
- the time between sunset and midnight
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- the period spent sleeping
- darkness
- the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
- a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
- (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
- (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
- (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
- (countable) A day, or at least a night.
- (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
intj
verb
prep_phrase
noun
- The time of day near sunrise or sunset.
- (education) Unstructured time when schoolchildren are allowed to choose their own activities as a reward for good behavior.
- A period of ease, happiness, virtue, or flourishing.
- The optimal time for accomplishing a specific task.
- The Japanese analog to American prime time.
- Overtime hours in the television or film industry, when additional money is paid.
- The first sixty minutes after a traumatic injury.
noun
verb
noun
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
- a point or period in time
- the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
- time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
- an era of existence or influence
- the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis
- a period of opportunity
- A period of contention of a day or less.
- The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
- (informal or meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
- A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.
- The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.
- (astronomy) The rotational period of a planet.
- The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
- A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
- A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
- An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
verb
noun
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
- light during the daytime
- Daybreak.
- A clear, open space.
- (countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
- A light source that simulates daylight.
- The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
- (figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
- Exposure to public scrutiny.
- (countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
- The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
- (figurative) Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts.
verb
- (architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
- (intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
- (intransitive) To moonlight (work a second, often illicit job) during the daytime.
- To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
- To expose to daylight
- (landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
noun
verb
adj
noun
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a movement downward
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a downward slope or bend
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
verb
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- slope downward
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- come as if by falling
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- go as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
intj
noun
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a condition of decline following successes
- the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
- (astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
- Any faint light through which something is seen.
- The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
- The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
- (figurative, by extension) An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived.
adj
verb
adj
adv
noun
verb
noun
prep_phrase
adv
adj
noun
- A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.
- Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
- (video games) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
- (UK) A cleaner who comes in daily.
- (US, automotive, colloquial) A daily driver.
- (US, film, television) Raw, unedited footage traditionally developed overnight and viewed by the cast and crew the next day.
- (UK, slang) A daily disposable.
- a newspaper that is published every day
verb
noun
- the sky as viewed during daylight
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- blue clothing
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- A bluefish.
- A blue cheese.
- Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
- (particle physics) One of the three colour charges for quarks.
- A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
- A person who has received such sporting colours.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
- (baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
- (slang) A member of law enforcement.
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- (British) A type of firecracker.
- (entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- (now historical) A bluestocking.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- (slang, uncountable) Risqué or pornographic material.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- (uncountable) Blue clothing.
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- (Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- morally rigorous and strict
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- causing dejection
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- (UK politics) Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- (informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
- (US politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
- (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
- (astronomy) Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Of a blue hue.
- (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
- (of a flame) Pale, without redness or glare.
- (Australian politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
verb
- turn blue
- (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
- (ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
noun
- The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
- The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
- The region where the sun sets; the west.
- (attributively) A set termination date.
- (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
- atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
verb
adj
noun
- The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
- a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset
- The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
- The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
- The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
- An afterparty.
- the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event
noun
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- absence of light or illumination
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
adj
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- not giving performances; closed
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
verb
noun
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- a shortening of nightfall
- the time between sunset and midnight
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- the period spent sleeping
- darkness
- the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
- a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
- (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
- (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
- (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
- (countable) A day, or at least a night.
- (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
intj
verb
noun
- The time of day near sunrise or sunset.
- (education) Unstructured time when schoolchildren are allowed to choose their own activities as a reward for good behavior.
- A period of ease, happiness, virtue, or flourishing.
- The optimal time for accomplishing a specific task.
- The Japanese analog to American prime time.
- Overtime hours in the television or film industry, when additional money is paid.
- The first sixty minutes after a traumatic injury.
noun
verb
noun
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
- a point or period in time
- the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
- time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
- an era of existence or influence
- the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis
- a period of opportunity
- A period of contention of a day or less.
- The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
- (informal or meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
- A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.
- The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.
- (astronomy) The rotational period of a planet.
- The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
- A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
- A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
- An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
verb
noun
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
- light during the daytime
- Daybreak.
- A clear, open space.
- (countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
- A light source that simulates daylight.
- The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
- (figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
- Exposure to public scrutiny.
- (countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
- The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
- (figurative) Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts.
verb
- (architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
- (intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
- (intransitive) To moonlight (work a second, often illicit job) during the daytime.
- To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
- To expose to daylight
- (landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
noun
verb
adj
noun
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a movement downward
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a downward slope or bend
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
verb
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- slope downward
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- come as if by falling
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- go as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
intj
noun
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a condition of decline following successes
- the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
- (astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
- Any faint light through which something is seen.
- The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
- The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
- (figurative, by extension) An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived.
adj
verb
noun
noun
- the sky as viewed during daylight
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- blue clothing
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- A bluefish.
- A blue cheese.
- Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
- (particle physics) One of the three colour charges for quarks.
- A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
- A person who has received such sporting colours.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
- (baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
- (slang) A member of law enforcement.
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- (British) A type of firecracker.
- (entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- (now historical) A bluestocking.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- (slang, uncountable) Risqué or pornographic material.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- (uncountable) Blue clothing.
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- (Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
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- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- morally rigorous and strict
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- causing dejection
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- (UK politics) Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- (informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
- (US politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
- (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
- (astronomy) Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Of a blue hue.
- (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
- (of a flame) Pale, without redness or glare.
- (Australian politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
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- turn blue
- (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
- (ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
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- A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.
- Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
- (video games) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
- (UK) A cleaner who comes in daily.
- (US, automotive, colloquial) A daily driver.
- (US, film, television) Raw, unedited footage traditionally developed overnight and viewed by the cast and crew the next day.
- (UK, slang) A daily disposable.
- a newspaper that is published every day
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- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a condition of decline following successes
- the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
- (astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
- Any faint light through which something is seen.
- The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
- The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
- (figurative, by extension) An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived.