/ɡɹiːn/, /ɡɹin/
OriginFrom Middle English grenen, from Old English grēnian (“to become green, flourish”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōnijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōnijōną, *grōnijaną (“to become green”), from the adjective (see above).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian gräinje, German Low German grönen, German grünen, Swedish gröna, Icelandic gróna.
- countable, uncountableThe color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
“In a period of increasing industrialization and the palette of grey, brown, and black that came to dominate the modern city, greens provided a refreshing contrast, seemingly bringing the outdoors in.”
“Red No. 3, red No. 40, blue No. 2 and green No. 3 all have been linked with cancer or tumors in animals. Other sources say red No. 40 and yellow No. 5 and No. 6 contain or may be contaminated with kno”
- capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountableA member of a green party; an environmentalist.
“How have greens sought to map an ecologically and socially sustainable future for society?”
- countable, uncountableA putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
“I gave him my putter earlier this year in Oklahoma City. He was having trouble on the greens and I said, ‘Here, try this.’ He did, and he’s been going great guns ever since.”
“There are eighteen holes but I dare any visitor to find more than, say, twelve fairways and seven or eight greens.”
- countable, uncountableThe surface upon which bowls is played.
- countable, uncountableOne of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- British, countable, uncountableA public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- countable, uncountableA grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
“o'er the smooth enamelled green”
- countable, in-plural, uncountableFresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
“In that ſoft Seaſon vvhen deſcending Shovvers / Call forth the Greens, and vvake the riſing Flovvers; […]”
- countable, uncountableAny substance or pigment of a green color.
- countable, uncountableA green light used as a signal.
“To the casual cockpit observer, landing-gear operation appears to be one of the most elementary tasks we have to perform. Either the switch is up and the lights are out, or it's down and there are thr”
- slang, uncountableMarijuana.
“You're better off smoking the green instead cause it don't blim-burn and it's better for your head.”
“They see me, hoes actin like they seen a king / With that mean lean, smokin on that finest Cali green”
- US, slang, uncountableMoney.
- countable, particle, uncountableOne of the three color charges for quarks.
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informalEllipsis of green room.
“Today, actors say off-handedly, 'See you on the green' or 'I'll be in the green room' without giving the expressions much thought. In Shakespeare's day, actors changed behind the stage in the 'tiring ”
- A member of a Green Party or green party.
- Of a green hue.
“He is wearing a green shirt.”
“The former flag of Libya is fully green.”
“The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges ove”
- figurativelySickly, unwell.
“Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?”
“to look so green and pale”
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- figurativelyInexperienced.
“John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.”
“I might be angry[…] with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my grey hairs.”
“He acted like a green racehorse, plunging over his jumps, tearing to the front of the field of riders.”
- capitalized, sometimesIslamist.
“In its most extreme formulation, this vision has devolved into a caricature of Islam as the "Green Peril" (green is the colour of Islam) advancing across the world stage, an image that echoes both the”
“Some politicians tried to encourage this replacement of the red with a green menace.”
“While Bill Clinton struggled during the 1990s to bring order to a chaotic world increasingly wracked by ethnic and religious conflict, critics detected signs that a new "green" threat - radical Islam ”
- figurativelyFull of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
“a green manhood”
“a green wound”
“as valid against such an old and beneficent government as against […] the greenest usurpation”
- figurativelyNaive or unaware of obvious facts.
- figurativelyOvercome with envy.
“He was green with envy.”
- figurativelyEnvironmentally friendly.
“green energy”
“Green New Deal”
“As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much ”
- capitalized, sometimesOf a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
- Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- datedOf bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
- datedNot fully roasted; half raw.
“We say the meat is green when half roasted.”
- historicalOf film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
“Following initial drying of film in a motion picture laboratory (after treatment in a hardening-fixing bath) the gelatin structure of an emulsion contracts and is permanently changed. The hardening ac”
“[…] attaching pre-photographed and pre-printed footage of a focusing chart to daily film footage without taking into consideration that such film may be worn or dried out and therefore, in its plane o”
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
“That timber is still too green to be used.”
“The wood yard was a series of vacant lots where some mysterious person piled cords and cords of wood, which smelled sweet and green and gave out cool breaths.”
- High or too high in acidity.
- Philippines, informalHaving a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.
- particleHaving a color charge of green.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
“the green pound”
“the green lira”
- Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available to read for free after an embargo period.
“Coordinate term: gold”
“Today most open access in medicine and biomedicine is gold, but in every other field it's mostly green.”
- Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
“The pressure required to obtain a given green density depends upon the metal powder material being pressed. Excessive pressures can present some complex problems such as punch and die fractures, slip ”
- Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.
“Conditions all green! Standby...OK! It is time!”
- not-comparableOf, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.
- transitiveTo make or turn (something) green or greener.
“Great spring before greened all the year.”
“Out of that tub had come the day before—Tess felt it with a dreadful sting of remorse - the very white frock upon her back which she had so carelessly greened about the skirt on the damping grass - wh”
- To become or grow green in color.
“O rosetree planted in my grief, / And growing, on her tomb, / Her dust is greening in your leaf, / Her blood is in your bloom.”
“by greening slope and singing flood”
- transitiveTo add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
“The newer 39-story, 1.5-million-square-foot tower occupies much of the original Shearson Garden, a larger parklet that briefly greened the construction site to be, and is remembered fondly by nearby T”
- intransitiveTo become environmentally aware.
- transitiveTo make (something) environmentally friendly.
“"The SNP like to talk the talk about net zero targets, but they can't walk the walk. We need a fares freeze for everyone if we want to get serious about greening the economy and a public railway run i”
- Used to indicate that the speaker wishes to commence (or to continue a previously stopped) sexual activity.
- countable, uncountableA common English surname from Middle English.
“When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in c”
- countable, uncountableA minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
- countable, uncountableA city in Summit County, Ohio, formerly a township.
- countable, uncountableA census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon.
- countable, uncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Green Township.
- countable, uncountableA hamlet in Denbigh community, Denbighshire (OS grid ref SJ0568).
- countable, uncountableA northern suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire (OS grid ref SM9801).
- countable, uncountableA settlement in Churchstoke community, Powys (OS grid ref SO2694).
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, historicalEllipsis of Green College, Oxford.
Formsgreens(plural) · greener(comparative) · greenest(superlative) · greens(present, singular, third-person) · greening(participle, present) · greened(participle, past) · greened(past) · Greens(plural) · Greene(alternative) · Grene(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary