green


Definition: Meaning of, green in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɡriːn /

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green greener greenest
  1. colour having the colour of grass or leaves
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  2. grassy covered with grass, trees, bushes etc
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  3. fruit/plant not yet ready to be eaten, or very young
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  4. environment also Green [only before noun] connected with the environment or its protection
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  5. environment harming the environment as little as possible
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  6. without experience informal young and lacking experience [=  naive]
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  7. ill informal looking pale and unhealthy because you are ill
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  8. green with envy wishing very much that you had something that someone else has
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  9. the green-eyed monster literary JEALOUSY - often used humorously
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  10. have green fingers British English American English to be good at making plants grow
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  11. the green stuff American English informal money
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green greens
  1. [uncountable and countable] the colour of grass and leaves
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  2. greens [plural] informal vegetables with large green leaves
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  3. [countable] a level area of grass, especially in the middle of a village
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  4. [countable] a smooth flat area of grass around each hole on a GOLF COURSE
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  5. Green [countable] someone who belongs to or supports a political party which thinks the protection of the environment is very important
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Present Participle Third Person Singular
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  1. to fill an area with growing plants in order to make it more attractive
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  2. to make a person or organization realize the importance of environmental problems
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Green


Definition: Meaning of, Green in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / griːn /

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  1. an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
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  2. 1873-1952 united States labour leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations
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  3. a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
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Green used in phrases

  • African green monkey (noun)
    1. common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail
  • American green toad (noun)
    1. small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes
  • Anne of Green Gables
    1. a children's novel by L. M. MONTGOMERY about a girl called Anne Shirley who is ADOPT ed by an older lady and her brother and goes to live on Prince Edward Island in Canada, during the late 1800s
  • Bowling Green (noun)
    1. a town in southern Kentucky
  • Christmas green (noun)
    1. any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches
  • Eurasian green toad (noun)
    1. eurasian toad with variable chiefly green colouring
  • Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir
  • Goose Green
    1. a place in the Falklands where British soldiers fought with Argentinians in May 1982, and where many soldiers were killed
  • Green Bay (noun)
    1. a city of eastern Wisconsin on an arm of Lake Michigan
  • Green Beret (noun)
    1. a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces
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