Blueing

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  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See bluing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as bluing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of blue.
  • noun. An indigo material used as a laundry aid to counteract yellowing
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
  • noun. a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
  • Word Usage
    "The stock looks like hell, and the blueing is worn off in several spots, but the thing is a killing machine."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ewing  accruing  bluing  booing  brewing  
    verb-stem
    blue