ALL meanings of blueing
blue·ing
B b - noun blueing a blue material, such as indigo, used in laundering to counteract yellowing 3
- noun blueing the formation of a film of blue oxide on a steel surface 3
- noun blueing blue verb transitive 3
- noun blueing a substance, as indigo, used to whiten clothes or give them a bluish tinge. 1
- adjective blueing of the color of blue: a blue tie. 1
- adjective blueing (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Union army in the American Civil War. 1
- adjective blueing (of the skin) discolored by cold, contusion, fear, or vascular collapse. 1
- adjective blueing depressed in spirits; dejected; melancholy: She felt blue about not being chosen for the team. 1
- adjective blueing holding or offering little hope; dismal; bleak: a blue outlook. 1
- adjective blueing characterized by or stemming from rigid morals or religion: statutes that were blue and unrealistic. 1
- adjective blueing marked by blasphemy: The air was blue with oaths. 1
- adjective blueing (of an animal's pelage) grayish-blue. 1
- adjective blueing indecent; somewhat obscene; risqué: a blue joke or film. 1
- verb with object blueing to make blue; dye a blue color. 1
- verb with object blueing to tinge with bluing: Don't blue your clothes till the second rinse. 1
- verb without object blueing to become or turn blue. 1
- idioms blueing blue in the face, exhausted and speechless, as from excessive anger, physical strain, etc.: I reminded him about it till I was blue in the face. 1
- idioms blueing out of the blue, suddenly and unexpectedly: The inheritance came out of the blue as a stroke of good fortune. 1
- noun blueing An indigo material used as a laundry aid to counteract yellowing. 0
- verb blueing present participle of blue. 0