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greening
[ gree-ning ]
noun
- any variety of apple whose skin is green when ripe.
- the return or revival of youthful characteristics:
the greening of America.
greening
/ ˈɡriːnɪŋ /
noun
- the process of making or becoming more aware of environmental considerations
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Word History and Origins
Origin of greening1
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Example Sentences
There are some obvious reasons for the greening of the car fleet.
But in this age of the greening of the U.S. auto fleet, so does smart engineering and pinching pennies.
As temperatures rise, the Sahara and other dry areas are greening on the edges.
Greening (furiously to Head Cook): How did you come to engage such a scurvy-looking fellow?
Sweeting stands before Greening, holding out her dress while Greening reaches down pepper-pot from dresser.
Blossom and greenness are everywhere; even the brown paths of the plough and harrow are greening with springing grain.
One of the six is still in cultivation, and known as the Illinois Greening.
One of Arizona's most wonderful phenomena is the sudden greening of the sandy stretches after a heavy rain.
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