green
IPA: grˈin
noun
- 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.
- (politics, sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- (politics, sometimes capitalised) Islamist.
- (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- (Britain) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
- A green light used as a signal.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- A common English surname from Middle English.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
- A city in Summit County, Ohio, formerly a township.
- A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Green Township.
- (politics) A member of a Green Party or green party.
- (theater, informal) Short for green room. [In a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.]
- (Oxford University, informal, historical) Ellipsis of Green College, Oxford..
verb
- (transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
- To become or grow green in colour.
- (transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
- (intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
- (transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.
adjective
- Having green as its color.
- (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (figurative) Inexperienced.
- (figurative) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
- (figurative, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- (figurative, of people) Overcome with envy.
- (figurative) Environmentally friendly.
- (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
- (dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
- (film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- (wine) High or too high in acidity.
- (Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
- (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available for to read for free after an embargo period.
- (politics) Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.
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Examples of "green" in Sentences
- If x is green, it no longer follows that S ought to apply ˜green™ to
- x, whereas if x is not green it just follows that it is not the case that S ought to apply ˜green™ to
- ** those in @@color (red): red@@ are gases ** those in @@color (green): green@@ are liquids ** those in black are solids
- Says he, "'Do ye know, Sar Chawls, is the hoshun reely green at the line -- _green_ ye know, Sar Chawls, _reely_ green?'
- (ME1²²²), since it allows the subject to discharge her obligation by not meaning green by ˜green™ “ something that does seem to be in her power.
- Public officials and media commentators have used the term "green shoots" in recent months to suggest that small signs of improvement may signal our economic firestorm has finally burned itself out.
- "SB 279 will dramatically increase the ability of individual homeowners and property owners to join the green building movement and use alternative energy to ´green´ their homes," according to Senator Hancock.
- Rather than overwhelm you with a grossly inflated number of green search results, our double-vetted search engine provides instant, eco-weighted results based on what YOU'RE looking for not what some green washing' marketer wants to sell you.
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