Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bluing

2 senses of bluing

Sense 1
bluing, blueing, blue -- (used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge)
       => dye, dyestuff -- (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Sense 2
bluing, blueing -- (a process that makes something blue (or bluish))
       => chemical process, chemical change, chemical action -- ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blue

1 sense of blue

Sense 1
blue -- (turn blue)
       => discolor, discolour, colour, color -- (change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored")