{
    "term": "blue",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having the colour of a clear sky or the sea on a clear day",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "piercing **blue eyes**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun shone brilliantly in the clear **blue sky**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His eyes were dark blue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wanted to dye her hair blue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a blue shirt"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a navy blue jumper"
                },
                {
                    "text": "her vivid blue eyes"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["aqua", "azure", "baby"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "looking slightly blue in colour because the person is cold or cannot breathe easily",
            "sensetop": "blue with something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His lips were **turning blue**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her hands were blue with cold.",
                    "contextForm": "blue with something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "sad",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He'd been feeling blue all week."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "depressed",
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "films, jokes or stories that are blue are about sex",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a blue movie"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "(of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Democratic candidate than the Republican one",
            "labels": "(politics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "blue states/counties"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant or unacceptable choices",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(to hit somebody until they are) covered with bruises (= blue, brown or purple marks on the body)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a complete difference or division between two people or groups",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Voters want to see clear blue water between the main parties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They failed to put clear blue water between themselves and their competitors."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to try to do something as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very rarely",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to scream loudly and for a long time, especially in order to protest about something",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bluː/",
                "audio": "bl/blue/blue__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bluː/",
                "audio": "bl/blue/blue__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’."
}