Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One whose business it is to blue gun-metal, etc.

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  • adjective comparative form of blue: more blue

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Examples

  • Reminds me a lot of his old set except bigger and bluer, which isn't a bad thing. dagreenman18

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  • The new edition will apparently have "bluer" blues which may require a new copy.

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  • Brown stoutly denied being "bluer" than usual, and his superior did not press the point.

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  • To quote Gelman: "If poor people were a state, they would be 'bluer' even than Massachusetts; if rich people were a state, they would be as 'red' as Alabama, Kansas, the Dakotas, or Texas."

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  • The Smart Brush lets you create quick selections and then add versatile adjustment-layer effects, such as bluer skies, black-and-white effects, whiter teeth, and other portrait enhancements.

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  • That's because red has a shorter wavelength than IR, and is therefore "bluer", while the IR is longer wavelength than red, and is therefore

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  • This will please most viewers during daytime and / or sports viewing as a "bluer" white is more pleasing and can add more "punch" to the picture.

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  • And as California gets "bluer," good workers and businesses leave the state, further shrinking the tax base and crushing the state budget.

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  • The Smart Brush lets you create quick selections and then add versatile adjustment-layer effects, such as bluer skies, black-and-white effects, whiter teeth, and other portrait enhancements.

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  • This will please most viewers during daytime and / or sports viewing as a "bluer" white is more pleasing and can add more "punch" to the picture.

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