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blue
Noun
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One of the colors people can see
The sky was a deep blue above her and golden yellow beyond the village.
The wall was a mix of watery blues and greens.
blue
Adjective
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Colored blue.
He had blue eyes.
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If you are blue, you are sad.
He was very blue that day.
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If a time is blue, it is a sad time.
It was a blue day at school when he failed the test.
marble
Noun
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A hard stone, typically white or light yellow, polished smooth and shiny, used in making walls, floors or sculptures.
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A marble is a small ball made of coloured glass. Marbles are usually used as toys.
marble
Verb
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If something is marbled it has the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble.
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If a piece of meat has great marbling, it is interlaced with fats and its appearance resembles that of marble.