blueberry

Pluralblueberries

Formsblueberrier, blueberriest

Formsblueberries, blueberrying, blueberried

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A small, round, sweet fruit that turns blue when ripe and is good to eat.

   Like a tiny blue marble that you can eat.

   I dropped a blueberry into my morning cereal.

   We picked a basket of blueberries at the farm.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   The shrub that produces blueberries, often grown on farms or found in the wild.

   We planted a blueberry near the back fence.

   Several blueberries in the yard grew taller than me this year.

3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A deep blue color, like the skin of a ripe blueberry.

   Like the color of the night sky just before it turns black.

   She painted the walls a soft blueberry.

   His tie was a deep blueberry.

4. 4
   adjective

   Having a dark blue color, like a ripe blueberry.

   She wore a blueberry sweater to the party.

   The car was painted a bright blueberry shade.

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5. 5
   verbintransitive

   To pick or look for blueberries growing in the wild.

   Each summer the whole family goes out to blueberry in the hills.

   They spent the afternoon blueberrying near the lake.

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