deep blue
An intense, relative dark blueAn intense, relative dark blue.
» His loneliness was as deep as the blue of the ocean around his dugout canoe.
Seine Einsamkeit war so tief wie das Blau des Ozeans, der seinen Einbaum umgab. — BraveSentry
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)An intense, relative dark blue.
the azure of her Gypsy Spanish eyes
Examples
22 sentencesHis loneliness was as deep as the blue of the ocean around his dugout canoe.
deSeine Einsamkeit war so tief wie das Blau des Ozeans, der seinen Einbaum umgab. — BraveSentry
The sky was a deep blue.
deDer Himmel war tiefblau. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The sky above was deep blue.
deDer Himmel droben war tiefblau. — Raringo
The sky above was a deep blue.
deDer Himmel droben war tiefblau. — Raringo
The lake has a deep blue color.
Origin
From Middle English depe blew, equivalent to deep + blue.From Middle English depe blew, equivalent to deep + blue.
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Forms
plural: deep blues| Singular | deep blue |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.