green
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/ɡɹiːn/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Having green as its color.“The former flag of Libya is fully green.”
- (of people) Sickly, unwell.“Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?”
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (of people) Inexperienced.“John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.”
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.
- (sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
verb
- To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
- To become or grow green in colour.
- To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
- To become environmentally aware.
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Synonyms
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