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Noun: bluing  bloo-ing
  1. A process that makes something blue (or bluish)
    "The laundry underwent bluing to brighten white fabrics";
    - blueing
     
  2. Used to whiten laundry, hair or give it a bluish tinge
    "She added a drop of bluing to the rinse water to brighten her white sheets";
    - blueing, blue
Verb: blue  bloo
  1. Turn blue
    "Her lips blued from the cold"

Derived forms: bluings

Type of: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], dye, dyestuff

Encyclopedia: Bluing

Blue, Red and Grey