pue
/pjuː/
pue verb: to make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
Verb
pue (third-person singular simple present pues, present participle puing, simple past and past participle pued)
- To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
- The birds likewise with chirps and puing could / Cackling and chattering that of Jove beseech.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...
Proper noun capitalized: PUE
PUE
Noun capitalized: PUE
PUE (countable and uncountable, plural PUEs)
- Initialism of power usage effectiveness
- Starting around 2006, power-usage effectiveness (PUE) has been the metric of choice for the data-center industry. PUE is a ratio created by the Green Grid Association, a consortia of IT industry professionals dedicated to “accountable, effective, resource-efficient, end-to-end ICT ecosystems.”2015 December 16, Ingrid Burrington, “The Environmental Toll of a Netflix Binge”, in The Atlantic
- But China has big time ambitions around driving down the energy use of its data centers. According to one report, the power usage effectiveness (PUE) for data centers globally has fallen to about 1.56 on average and essentially plateaued. A press release on a Chinese government website last year...2025 October 29, Mike Pearl, “China Submerges a Data Center in the Ocean to Conserve Water. Is That Even a Good Idea? Data centers are water and power hogs, but does putting them in the ocean help?”...
Forms of pue
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | pues |
| present participle | puing |
| past participle | pued |
| past | pued |
| alternative form | pew |
| Noun | |
| plural | PUEs |
Words that rhyme with pue
Questions about pue
- What does pue mean?
- Pue means to make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
- What part of speech is pue?
- Pue can be a verb, a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pue?
- Pue is pronounced /pjuː/.
- What is the past tense of pue?
- The past tense of pue is pued.
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