BLUING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bluing mean? 

• BLUING (noun)
  The noun BLUING has 2 senses:

1. used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

2. a process that makes something blue (or bluish)

  Familiarity information: BLUING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

blue; blueing; bluing

Hypernyms ("bluing" is a kind of...):

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A process that makes something blue (or bluish)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

blueing; bluing

Hypernyms ("bluing" is a kind of...):

chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Derivation:

blue (turn blue)