blue
part of speech
adjective (blue, bluer, bluest); noun (blue, blues; Australian slang: a blue — a fight or a mistake)
meaning for a pupil
1) Blue is the color of a clear sky or the sea. tree →
2) Feeling blue means feeling sad. tree →
3) Blues is a kind of slow, sad music. tree →
4) (casual) «Out of the blue» means suddenly; «once in a blue moon» means very rarely; «until you're blue in the face» means for a long time with no result. tree →
5) (Australia, NZ slang) A blue is a fight or a mistake: «they had a blue»; «Bluey» is a nickname for a red-haired person. tree →
6) (rude) «Blue» jokes or language are rude or about sex, not for children; «turn the air blue» means swear a lot. tree →
7) (formal) Exams and science say «azure», «navy», «cobalt», «of a blue hue» and «a cyan pigment». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here blue is a dye used for the tabernacle cloths and the priest's robe. It is a holy colour. Interpretation: Tradition calls it tekhelet, made from a sea creature, and tied into the fringes of the garments so that people remember the commandments. Its colour is said to recall the sea, the sky and God's throne. In the primary lessons: a color that sorts things into groups to count or compare; blue is a primary color; phrases «out of the blue» (suddenly, without warning), «once in a blue moon» (very rarely), «feel blue», «blue whale», «blue ribbon» (first prize); in casual talk «feeling a bit blue», «they had a blue» (Australia, a fight), «true blue» (Australia: loyal, real); in rough talk «he turned the air blue when he dropped the 3 eggs» (swore a lot); in the exam voice «counters of a blue hue», «the fraction of blue items», «azure»
examples
- and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair; (Torah EXO.25.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. (Torah EXO.28.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue; (Torah EXO.39.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses. (Prophets EZK.23.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon. (Writings 2CH.3.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- These were thy traffickers in gorgeous fabrics, in wrappings of blue and richly woven work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and cedar-lined, among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- The bag has 6 blue marbles and 4 red ones. tree →
- Half of the balloons are blue. tree →
- How many more blue beads than green beads? tree →
- The sky is blue on a sunny day. tree →
- Mix blue and yellow to make green. tree →
- He felt blue when his friend moved away. tree →
- The blue whale is the biggest animal. tree →
- The letter came out of the blue. tree →
- We visit the beach once in a blue moon. tree →
- Mum and Dad had a blue about the 50-dollar bill. tree →
- You can shout till you're blue in the face, it's still 12. tree →
- A container holds 6 items of a blue hue and 4 of a red hue. State the fraction that is blue. tree →
note
Sorts things into groups. Trap: the blue ones are a part; the whole is the sum of all colors. «of a blue hue» in an exam just means blue. «a blue» in Australian slang is a fight, not a color. «Blue» sounds like «blew» (past of «blow»).
In the corpora
- and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair;
- And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
- And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
- and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair;
- And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «blue» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.