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PRONUNCIATION OF BLUING

bluing  [ˈbluːɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLUING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bluing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLUING


blueing
ˈbluːɪŋ
brewing
ˈbruːɪŋ
canoeing
kəˈnuːɪŋ
cluing
ˈkluːɪŋ
cooing
ˈkuːɪŋ
devaluing
ˌdiːˈvæljuːɪŋ
discontinuing
ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ
doing
ˈduːɪŋ
ensuing
ɪnˈsjuːɪŋ
issuing
ˈɪʃuːɪŋ
pursuing
pəˈsjuːɪŋ
queuing
ˈkjuːɪŋ
rescuing
ˈreskjuːɪŋ
snowshoeing
ˈsnəʊˌʃuːɪŋ
suing
ˈsuːɪŋ
undoing
ʌnˈduːɪŋ
valuing
ˈvæljuːɪŋ
viewing
ˈvjuːɪŋ
wooing
ˈwuːɪŋ
wrongdoing
ˈrɒŋˌduːɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLUING

blueweed
bluewing
bluewood
bluey
bluff
bluffable
bluffer
bluffly
bluffness
bluidy
bluish
bluishness
Blum
Blumberg
Blunden
blunder
blunderbuss
blunderer
blundering
blunderingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLUING

accruing
arguing
barbecuing
cataloguing
construing
continuing
enduing
fatiguing
gluing
imbuing
intriguing
misconstruing
piquing
plaguing
spuing
subduing
tonguing
transvaluing
truing
undervaluing

Synonyms and antonyms of bluing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bluing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLUING

Find out the translation of bluing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bluing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bluing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

烧蓝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pavonado
570 millions of speakers

English

bluing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उदास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصبغة الزرقاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

синька
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

azulados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bluing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bleuissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bluing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blaufärbung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブルーイング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

청소법
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bluing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bluing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bluing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्ल्यूइंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bluing
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

brunitura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

синька
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

albăstrire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λουλάκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blauwsel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blåelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bluing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bluing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUING»

The term «bluing» is normally little used and occupies the 112.889 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of bluing
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bluing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bluing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bluing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUING»

Discover the use of bluing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bluing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gunsmithing - Pistols and Revolvers
Colt, in their 1936 centennial celebration book, described their then state- of-the- art heat-bluing process. It would give the EPA and OSHA of today an attack of the vapors. Then, as now, a good finish required a completely degreased surface.
Patrick Sweeney, 2009
2
Popular Mechanics
Gun bluing: A simple method of bluing is to spray with blue metallic lacquer, Fig. 24. This gives an appearance equal to any other method, but has the disadvantage of chipping and peeling off. It is quite useful for touch-up work. The set-up for ...
3
Blade's Guide to Making Knives
At this point, the head is ready for gun bluing. Before anybody begins hot bluing, it is important that they understand the whole process and the hazardous materials with which they work Before the head and smoke plug are placed into the ...
Joe Kertzman, 2005
4
Winchester's Finest The Model 21
BLUING In 1930, when the Model 21 was introduced, three separate bluing processes were used on different components of the gun. These procedures are similar to those described in the author's The Winchester Model 42 book but should ...
Ned Schwing, 2005
5
1,001 Old-Time Household Hints: Timeless Bits of Household ...
Bluing has been the answer for more than a century. "When I was a little girl, my mother always had a piece of old-fashioned bluing in a lump about the size of a walnut that looked like chalk, and she kept it in an old piece of sheeting that was  ...
Yankee Magazine, 2006
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Popular Science
As a starting point, consider ordinary laundry bluing, sold both as a liquid and as a solid. Usually, liquid bluing is merely a solution of Prussian blue (iron ferro- cyanide) dissolved in some organic acid such as oxalic acid. However, it is a simple ...
7
Crucial Elements of Police Firearms Training
Bluing In effect, bluing is rust. It is controlled rusting that is enhanced by selenium . The purpose of bluing is not to completely prevent rust. Instead, bluing slows the oxidation process down. Bluing is simply an oxide coating that is applied to ...
Brian R. Johnson, 2007
8
Sulfur Acids—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition
Patent Issued for Bis-Azo Colorants for Use as Bluing Agents By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Engineering -- From Alexandria, Virginia, VerticalNews journalists report that a patent by the inventors Mahaffey, Jr., Robert L.
‎2013
9
The Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values
you know that bluing comes in many different varieties and color shades and is specific to certain parts of the gun? For example, Winchester rifles used three different types of bluing on rifle and shotgun barrels throughout the years.
Phillip Peterson, 2011
10
The Gun Digest Book of .22 Rimfire: Rifles·Pistols·Ammunition
The reason for this procedure is to remove any oils so that the bluing solution will make contact with bare metal. Commercial solvents are available for removing oils from metal surfaces, but Coleman fuel works well as does the gas line freeze  ...
James E. House, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bluing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
DuraCoat partners with SOTG Radio and TV
DuraCoat recently introduced “DuraBlue” a do-it-yourself firearms bluing finish, all in a single can. This product takes advantage of Lauer's ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»
2
Laundry School: Getting To Know Your Machines
... on the other hand, there will be a compartment for adding detergent and laundry boosters like oxygenated bleach or bluing, and you should ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
3
Sister Fabian celebrates life of 100 years
While doing laundry, clothes used to be boiled before being rinsed twice – once with bluing. “Everything kept us kids busy,” she said with a ... «Morrison County Record, Jul 15»
4
Laundry School Is Now In Session
... about laundry boosters and stain pretreatment products—those are things like Borax and bluing and OxiClean, Shout and Lestoil and Zout. «Deadspin, Jun 15»
5
Healthier Me: Watch Out for "Dangerous Look-Alikes"
Laundry Area: All bleaches, soaps, detergents, fabric softeners, bluing agents and sprays out of reach. All products in their original container. «Valley News Live, Jun 15»
6
Home Grown: Testing the RGM 801 Aircraft
RGM also does its own traditional heat treating and bluing. This in-house process is used primarily for small batches of parts, such as those ... «Watchtime.com, Jun 15»
7
How to Keep Your White Clothes Looking Fresh
Instead of giving up and chucking them into the garbage, use a bluing agent like Mrs. Stewart's to neutralize the stain. Unfortunately it does ... «New York Magazine, Jun 15»
8
Preserved memories
We also used lots of starch, bluing, and kept the ironing board handy. Sam and I had happy lives, growing up with Smokey the Bear, even ... «Daily Journal Online, Jun 15»
9
How The GOP Could Win Pennsylvania
The state has been just sitting there, despite its bluing Philly 'burbs, with very little focus by the national party on registering voters and ... «The Federalist, Jun 15»
10
Columnist Houston Community Newspapers
While waiting for the water to get hot, she would fill the two wash tubs with water adding what was called bluing to the last tub. Then she would ... «Your Houston News, Jun 15»

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