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green (ɡriːn
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Definitions
noun
- any of a group of colours, such as that of fresh grass, that lie between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum in the wavelength range 575–500 nanometres. Green is the complementary colour of magenta and with red and blue forms a set of primary colours related adjective verdant
- a dye or pigment of or producing these colours
- something of the colour green
- a small area of grassland, esp in the centre of a village
- an area of ground used for a purpose ⇒
a putting green
- plural
- the edible leaves and stems of certain plants, eaten as a vegetable
- freshly cut branches of ornamental trees, shrubs, etc, used as a decoration
- sometimes capital a person, esp a politician, who supports environmentalist issues (see sense 13)
- (slang) money
- (slang) marijuana of low quality
- plural (slang) sexual intercourse
adjective
- of the colour green
- greenish in colour or having parts or marks that are greenish ⇒
a green monkey
- sometimes capital concerned with or relating to conservation of the world's natural resources and improvement
of the environment ⇒
green policies
,the green consumer
- vigorous; not faded ⇒
a green old age
- envious or jealous
- immature, unsophisticated, or gullible
- characterized by foliage or green plants ⇒
a green wood
,a green salad
- fresh, raw, or unripe ⇒
green bananas
- unhealthily pale in appearance ⇒
he was green after his boat trip
- denoting a unit of account that is adjusted in accordance with fluctuations between
the currencies of the EU nations and is used to make payments to agricultural producers
within the EU ⇒
green pound
- (of pottery) not fired
- (of meat) not smoked or cured; unprocessed ⇒
green bacon
- (metallurgy) (of a product, such as a sand mould or cermet) compacted but not yet fired; ready for firing
- (of timber) freshly felled; not dried or seasoned
- (of concrete) not having matured to design strength
verb
- to make or become green
Derived Forms
ˈgreenish adjectiveˈgreenly adverb
ˈgreenness noun
ˈgreeny adjective
Word Origin
Old English grēne; related to Old High German gruoni; see growExample Sentences Including 'greening'
And the greening of the North was merely a recipe for exporting the environmental crisis to the third world.Dreams of Innocence
In near silence they drove through the greening Shropshire countryside.INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3 (2002)
It was not too long ago that we used to hear predictions about the ` greening " of America.A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
Regrowth is remarkably fast; greening follows the first rains.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
The age of eco-tourism arrived with a bang in Killarney with the " greening " of the town's largest lake five years ago.Irish Times (2002)
There must be something basic about finding water and greening the desert?New Scientist (2004)
They were carefully transplanted, symbolically outside the perimeter of the airport as part of a one-million tree ` greening " program.Misc (1995)
This was always going to be difficult, for the greening of the North patently was the name of London's ultimate game.Belfast Telegraph (2003)
Wasn't he, with his ethical niceties about plants and animals and the wild, really making a plea for the greening of the North?Dreams of Innocence
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