green

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Pronunciation
/ɡɹiːn/
/ɡɹin/
/ɡɹiːn/
/ɡɹin/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.

2 Definition

(sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

3 Definition

A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.

4 Definition

(bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.

5 Definition

One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.

6 Definition

A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.

7 Definition

A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.

8 Definition

(chiefly in plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.

9 Definition

Any substance or pigment of a green colour.

10 Definition

Marijuana.

11 Definition

Money.

12 Definition

One of the three color charges for quarks.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.

2 Definition

To become or grow green in colour.

3 Definition

To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).

4 Definition

To become environmentally aware.

5 Definition

To make (something) environmentally friendly.

Adjective
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

Having green as its color.

Example Sentences
  • The former flag of Libya is fully green.
2 Definition

(of people) Sickly, unwell.

Example Sentences
  • Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?
3 Definition

Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

4 Definition

(of people) Inexperienced.

Example Sentences
  • John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
5 Definition

(of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.

6 Definition

(of people) Overcome with envy.

Example Sentences
  • He was green with envy.
7 Definition

Environmentally friendly.

8 Definition

Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.

9 Definition

Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.

10 Definition

Not fully roasted; half raw.

11 Definition

Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.

Example Sentences
  • That timber is still too green to be used.
12 Definition

High or too high in acidity.

13 Definition

Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.

Example Sentences
  • a green manhood;   a green wound
14 Definition

Having a sexual connotation.

15 Definition

Having a color charge of green.

16 Definition

Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.

Example Sentences
  • the green pound; the green lira