green

1. 1

   The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.countableuncountable

   • 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 known carcinogens.
2. 2

   A member of a green party; an environmentalist.capitalizedcountablesometimes

   • How have greens sought to map an ecologically and socially sustainable future for society?
3. 3

   A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.countableuncountable

   • 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.
4. 4

   The surface upon which bowls is played.countableuncountable

5. 5

   One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.countableuncountable

6. 6

   A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.UKcountableuncountable

7. 7

   A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.countableuncountable

   • o'er the smooth enamelled green
8. 8

   Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.countablein-pluraluncountable

   • In that ſoft Seaſon vvhen deſcending Shovvers / Call forth the Greens, and vvake the riſing Flovvers; […]
9. 9

   Any substance or pigment of a green color.countableuncountable

10. 10

    A green light used as a signal.countableuncountable

    • 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 three greens.

syn. army green · bottle green · British racing green · eau de nil · emerald · emerald green · fern · forest green · grass-green · green · honeydew · hunter green

1. 1

   Of a green hue.

   • He is wearing a green shirt.
   • The former flag of Libya is fully green.
2. 2

   Sickly, unwell.figuratively

   • Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?
3. 3

   Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

4. 4

   Inexperienced.figuratively

   • John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
5. 5

   Islamist.capitalizedsometimes

   • Some politicians tried to encourage this replacement of the red with a green menace.
6. 6

   Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.figuratively

   • a green manhood
   • a green wound
7. 7

   Naive or unaware of obvious facts.figuratively

8. 8

   Overcome with envy.figuratively

   • He was green with envy.
9. 9

   Environmentally friendly.figuratively

   • green energy
   • Green New Deal
10. 10

    Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.capitalizedsometimes

1. 1

   To make or turn (something) green or greener.transitive

   • Great spring before greened all the year.
2. 2

   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
3. 3

   To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).transitive

   • 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 Tribecans.
4. 4

   To become environmentally aware.intransitive

5. 5

   To make (something) environmentally friendly.transitive

   • "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 in the public interest."

1. 1

   Used to indicate that the speaker wishes to commence (or to continue a previously stopped) sexual activity.