bluing

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A noun referring to a substance used to whiten laundry or hair by adding a bluish tinge, or to a process that makes something blue or bluish.

• 🇪🇸Sustancia utilizada para blanquear la ropa o el cabello añadiendo un tono azulado, o el proceso de volver algo azul o azulado.

1. Laundry additive B2 formal

   A blue substance added to laundry during washing to counteract yellowing and make whites appear brighter.

   • She added a capful of bluing to the wash cycle.
   • Bluing is often used to restore the brightness of white shirts.
   • Grandma always used bluing to keep her linens looking crisp.

   🇪🇸Añil para lavado

   Sinónimos: blueing

2. Coloring process C1 formal

   The act or process of making something blue or giving it a bluish tint.

   • The bluing of the steel gave it a protective finish.
   • Artists sometimes use bluing to achieve a specific shade in their work.
   • The bluing of the fabric was done using natural indigo dyes.

   🇪🇸Proceso de teñido o coloración en azul

   Sinónimos: blueing

• bluings plural form
• bluings' possessive plural form
• bluing's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to make or become blue in color, or to treat with a blue substance.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que significa hacer o volverse azul de color, o tratar con una sustancia azul.

1. Make blue B2 formal

   To make something blue in color.

   • The dyer blued the fabric using indigo.
   • She blued her hair for the party.
   • The artist blued the sky in the painting.

   🇪🇸Volver azul

   Sinónimos: azure

2. Spend money wastefully C1 informal british

   To spend money recklessly or wastefully.

   • He blued his entire paycheck on gambling.
   • She blued her savings on a luxury vacation.
   • They blued the inheritance on fast cars and parties.

   🇪🇸Malgastar dinero

   Sinónimos: blowdissipatefritter awaymisspendsquanderthrow awaywaste

   Antónimos: economizehoardsave

• blued past participle
• blued past simple
• blueing present participle
• bluing present participle
• blues third person singular