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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | any of a group of colours, such as that of fresh grass, that lie between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum in the wavelength range 575--500 nanometres. Green is the complementary colour of magenta and with red and blue forms a set of primary coloursRelated: verdant |
| 2. | a dye or pigment of or producing these colours |
| 3. | something of the colour green |
| 4. | a small area of grassland, esp in the centre of a village |
| 5. | an area of ground used for a purpose: a putting green |
| 6. | (plural) |
| a. the edible leaves and stems of certain plants, eaten as a vegetable | |
| b. freshly cut branches of ornamental trees, shrubs, etc, used as a decoration | |
| 7. | (sometimes capital) a person, esp a politician, who supports environmentalist issues (see sense 13) |
| 8. | slang money |
| 9. | slang marijuana of low quality |
| 10. | slang (plural) sexual intercourse |
| —adj | |
| 11. | of the colour green |
| 12. | greenish in colour or having parts or marks that are greenish: a green monkey |
| 13. | (sometimes capital) concerned with or relating to conservation of the world's natural resources and improvement of the environment: green policies; the green consumer |
| 14. | vigorous; not faded: a green old age |
| 15. | envious or jealous |
| 16. | immature, unsophisticated, or gullible |
| 17. | characterized by foliage or green plants: a green wood; a green salad |
| 18. | fresh, raw, or unripe: green bananas |
| 19. | unhealthily pale in appearance: he was green after his boat trip |
| 20. | denoting a unit of account that is adjusted in accordance with fluctuations between the currencies of the EU nations and is used to make payments to agricultural producers within the EU: green pound |
| 21. | (of pottery) not fired |
| 22. | (of meat) not smoked or cured; unprocessed: green bacon |
| 23. | metallurgy (of a product, such as a sand mould or cermet) compacted but not yet fired; ready for firing |
| 24. | (of timber) freshly felled; not dried or seasoned |
| 25. | (of concrete) not having matured to design strength |
| —vb | |
| 26. | to make or become green |
| Related: verdant | |
| [Old English grēne; related to Old High German gruoni; see | |
| 'greenish | |
| —adj | |
| 'greenly | |
| —adv | |
| 'greenness | |
| —n | |
| 'greeny | |
| —adj | |
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