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Green is defined as a color between blue and yellow on the color spectrum.
(noun)An example of green is the color of grass.
The definition of green is having the color between blue and yellow on the color spectrum or being good for the environment.
(adjective)- An example of something green is grass.
- An example of green used as an adjective is a green action, such as recycling.
To green is defined as to become the color between blue and yellow.
(verb)An example of to green is for dying grass to get its life back.
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See green in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- of the color that is characteristic of growing grass
- overspread with or characterized by green plants or foliage: a green field
- made of green-leaved vegetables: green salad
- keeping the green grass of summer; without snow; mild: a green December
- sickly or bilious, as from illness, fear, etc.
- flourishing; active: to keep someone's memory green
- of the time of one's youth: the green years
- not mature; unripe: green bananas
- not trained; inexperienced
- easily led or deceived; simple; naive
- not dried, seasoned, or cured; unprocessed: green lumber
- fresh; new
- of, relating to, or advocating ecological awareness, the preservation of natural resources, etc.: green politics
- designating or of a political party or movement having these goals
Origin: see green-eyed
Informal jealous
Origin: ME grene < OE, akin to Ger grün, Du groen: for IE base see grow
noun
- the color of growing grass; any color between blue and yellow in the spectrum: green can be produced by blending blue and yellow pigments
- any green pigment or dye
- anything colored green, as clothing
- green leaves, branches, etc., used for ornamentation
- green leafy plants or vegetables eaten cooked or raw, as spinach, lettuce, etc.
- an area of smooth turf set aside for special purposes: a village green
- an environmentalist; specif., a member of an environmentalist political party
- ☆ Slang money, esp. paper money: chiefly in and
- Golf the plot of carefully tended turf immediately surrounding each of the holes to facilitate putting
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to make or become green
Related Forms:
- greenish adjective
- greenishness noun
- greenly adverb
- greenness noun
- Green, Henry (pseud. of Henry Vincent Yorke) 1905-73; Eng. novelist
- Green, John Richard 1837-83; Eng. historian
- Green, Paul (Eliot) 1894-1981; U.S. playwright
- Green, William 1873-1952; U.S. labor leader
river flowing from W Wyo. south into the Colorado River in SE Utah: 730 mi (1,175 km)
See green in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
- Something green in color.
- greens Green growth or foliage, especially:a. The branches and leaves of plants used for decoration.b. Leafy plants or plant parts eaten as vegetables.
- A grassy lawn or plot, especially:a. A grassy area located usually at the center of a city or town and set aside for common use; a common.b. Sports A putting green.
- greens A green uniform: “a young . . . sergeant in dress greens” (Nelson DeMille).
- Slang Money.
- Green A supporter of a social and political movement that espouses global environmental protection, bioregionalism, social responsibility, and nonviolence.
- Of the color green.
- Abounding in or covered with green growth or foliage: the green woods.
- Made with green or leafy vegetables: a green salad.
- Characterized by mild or temperate weather: a green climate.
- Youthful; vigorous: at the green age of 18.
- Not mature or ripe; young: green tomatoes.
- Brand-new; fresh.
- Not yet fully processed, especially:a. Not aged: green wood.b. Not cured or tanned: green pelts.
- Lacking training or experience. See Synonyms at young.
- a. Lacking sophistication or worldly experience; naive.b. Easily duped or deceived; gullible.
- Having a sickly or unhealthy pallor indicative of nausea or jealousy, for example.
- a. Beneficial to the environment: green recycling policies.b. Favoring or supporting environmentalism: green legislators who strengthened pollution controls.
To make or become green.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English grene
Origin: , from Old English grēne; see ghrē- in Indo-European roots
Origin: . N., sense 7
Origin: translation of German (die) Grünen, (the) Greens
Origin: , from grün, green
.Related Forms:
- greenˈly adverb
- greenˈness noun
, William 1873-1952.
American labor leader who as president of the American Federation of Labor (1924-1952) led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations after the two unions split (1936).
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