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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.
birch
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adjective
consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
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verb
whip with a birch twig
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noun
a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
my father never spared the birch
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noun
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
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noun
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood