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noun
A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: blue, laundry blue, dolly blue, washing blue
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several processes to protect steel against rust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of blue
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blueing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
noun
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blueing, blue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dye, dyestuff
History
From blue + -ing.
Across languages
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