Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line" of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke" any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue" any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue" blue clothing; "she was wearing blue" blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue" turn blue
A fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent fill with tears; "His eyes were watering" secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" provide with water; "We watered the buffalo" supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields"
An advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train" accept as true; "I can't buy this story" acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work" make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
The activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell" be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products" be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles" deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career" persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes" exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"