hue+and+cry

  • 41hue and cry — noun (singular) angry protests about something …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42hue-and-cri|er — «HYOO uhn KRY uhr», noun. a person who raises a hue and cry about some condition in protest or alarm …

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  • 43Hue and Cry (газета) — …

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  • 44hue — hue1 [hyo͞o] n. [ME hewe < OE heow, akin to Goth hiwi, appearance, form < IE * k̑i wo < base * k̑ei , (dark )colored > OE hæwen, blue, har, HOAR] 1. Obs. general appearance; aspect 2. color; esp., the distinctive characteristics of a… …

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  • 45Hue — Hue, n. [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.] A shouting or vociferation. [1913 Webster] {Hue and cry} (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 46hue — {{11}}hue (1) color, O.E. hiw color, form, appearance, beauty, earlier hiow, heow, from P.Gmc. *hiwam (Cf. O.N. hy bird s down, Swed. hy skin, complexion, Goth. hiwi form, appearance ), from PIE *kei , a color adjective of broad application (Cf.… …

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  • 47cry — cry1 W2S2 [kraı] v past tense and past participle cried present participle crying third person singular cries ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce tears)¦ 2¦(say loudly)¦ 3 cry over spilt milk 4 for crying out loud 5 cry foul 6¦(animal …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48hue — [[t]hju͟ː[/t]] hues 1) N COUNT A hue is a colour. [LITERARY] The same hue will look different in different light. ...a selection of tops in natural hues and fibres. Syn: shade 2) PHRASE If people raise a hue and cry about something, they protest… …

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  • 49cry — 1 /kraI/ verb past tense and past participle cried /kraId/ present participle crying 1 PRODUCE TEARS (I) to produce tears from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt: Don t cry, Laura. It s OK. | I always cry at weddings. (+… …

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  • 50cry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Loud call Nouns 1. cry, shout, call (see Verbs); vociferation, exclamation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry; Bronx cheer; plaint (see lamentation); stentor (see loudness); bark, ululation …

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