Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
hugely
huggermugger
Hughes’ syndrome
Hughesian
Hugli
Huguenot
huh
hui
huia
huisache
hula
Hula-Hoop
hulk
hulking
Hull
hull
hullabaloo
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

hue

hue [ hyoo ] (plural hues)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. color: a color or shade of a color
flowers of every hue

2. shade of color: a particular shade of a color
a pleasing hue of green

3. physics property of color: a property of a color that enables it to be perceived, determined by its dominant wavelength

4. type: a type or kind in a particular range
all hues of political opinion

5. aspect: the way that something looks
This puts a completely different hue on the matter.

[ Old English hē(o)w< Germanic]

Spelling Note

See hew.

Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft