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Green

ɡriːn

Green definitions
adjective
green greener greenest
  1. of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds

    "her flashing green eyes"

    • consisting of fresh green vegetables

      "a green salad"

    • denoting a green light or flag used as a signal to proceed
    • (of a ski run) of the lowest level of difficulty, as indicated by green markers on the run
    • denoting one of three colours of quark
  2. covered with grass or other vegetation

    "proposals that would smother green fields with development"

    • concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle

      "official Green candidates"

    • (of a product or service) not harmful to the environment

      "traditional, modern, and green funerals"

  3. (of a plant or fruit) young or unripe

    "green shoots"

    unripe not ripe immature
    • (of wood, food, or leather) in its original or untreated state; not seasoned, tanned, cured, or dried
    • still strong or vigorous

      "clubs devoted to keeping green the memory of Sherlock Holmes"

    • (of a wound) fresh; not healed
  4. (of a person) inexperienced or naive

    "a green recruit fresh from college"

  5. (of a person or their complexion) pale and sickly-looking

    "‘Are you all right?—You look absolutely green’"

noun
green greens
  1. green colour or pigment

    "major roads are marked in green"

    • green clothes or material

      "two girls in red and green"

    • green foliage or vegetation

      "that lovely canopy of green over Stratford Road"

    • green vegetables

      "eat up your greens"

    • a green light
    • the green ball in snooker
    • money

      "that's a lot of green"

    • low-grade cannabis

      "he got hold of some bad green"

  2. a piece of public grassy land, especially in the centre of a village

    "a house overlooking the green"

    • an area of smooth, very short grass immediately surrounding a hole on a golf course

      "a 60 ft putt on the last green"

  3. a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party

    "the Greens' remarkable 15 per cent vote"

verb
green greened greening greens
  1. make or become green in colour

    "the roof was greening with lichen"

    • make (an urban or desert area) more verdant by planting trees or other vegetation

      "they will continue greening the many treeless and dusty suburbs"

  2. make less harmful to the environment

    "tips on how to green your home"