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hue
/hju/
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What does hue mean?
noun
- A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
- The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
- (figuratively) Character; aspect.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- A port city in central Vietnam.
- A Vietnamese province with that city as its capital.
noun
- (obsolete) Form; appearance; guise.
- (obsolete) A shout or cry.
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IPA pronunciation
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See this word in context.
By the time he had walked three or four miles, every shape on the landscape had assumed a uniform hue of blackness.
The eyes, staring at the youth, had changed to the dull hue to be seen on the side of a dead fish.
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Green River is a small rocky stream with picturesque banks, and derives its name from the beautiful pale-green hue of its waters.
'The colouring of political friends, which concealed his vices, or rather which gave them a false hue, has long since faded away.
The frog skin was soft, pliable, and of a reddish hue, while the human white skin was firm and rapidly becoming pigmented.