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green

UK/ɡɹiːn/ US/ˈɡɹiːn/ common informal slang uk us
adjective (5) noun (8) verb (1)

adjective

1.

similar to the color of fresh grass

  • “a green tree”
  • “green fields”
  • “green paint”
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2.

concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party

3.

not fully developed or mature; not ripe

  • “unripe fruit”
  • “fried green tomatoes”
  • “green wood”
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4.

looking pale and unhealthy

  • “you”
  • “;”
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5.

naive and easily deceived or tricked

  • “at that early age she had been gullible and in love”
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noun

1.

the property of being green; resembling the color of growing grass

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2.

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

  • “they went for a walk in the park”
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3.

United States labor 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 (1873-1952)

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4.

an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party

5.

a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River

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6.

an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course

  • “the ball rolled across the green and into the trap”
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7.

any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

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verb

1.

turn or become green

  • “The trees are greening”

Origin

From Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Phrases

  • Acocks Green Place names which include "Green"
  • Adderley Green Place names which include "Green"
  • American green tree frog
  • Ash Green Place names which include "Green"
  • Australian green tree frog
  • Ayot Green Place names which include "Green"
  • baggy green cap
  • Balkan green lizard
  • Bannister Green Place names which include "Green"
  • Barns Green Place names which include "Green"
  • Barnt Green Place names which include "Green"
  • blue-green alga

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