Definitions for blues

Overview of noun blues

The noun blues has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) 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)

2. 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? (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (9) blue, blueness

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

2. (9) blue

(blue clothing; "she was wearing blue")

3. (3) blue

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

4. (1) blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder

(the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue")

5. bluing, blueing, blue

(used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge)

6. 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)

7. blue

(any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae)

Overview of verb blue

The verb blue has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. blue

(turn blue)