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adjective
1.
of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
2.
covered with herbage or foliage; verdant: green fields.
3.
characterized by the presence of verdure.
4.
made of green vegetables, as lettuce, spinach, endive, or chicory: a green salad.
5.
EXPANDnot fully developed or perfected in growth or condition; unripe; not properly aged: This peach is still green.
6.
unseasoned; not dried or cured: green lumber.
7.
immature in age or judgment; untrained; inexperienced: a green worker.
8.
simple; unsophisticated; gullible; easily fooled.
9.
fresh, recent, or new: an insult still green in his mind.
10.
having a sickly appearance; pale; wan: green with fear; green with envy.
11.
full of life and vigor; young: a man ripe in years but green in heart.
12.
environmentally sound or beneficial: green computers.
13.
(of wine) having a flavor that is raw, harsh, and acid, due especially to a lack of maturity.
14.
freshly slaughtered or still raw: green meat.
15.
not fired, as bricks or pottery.
16.
(of cement or mortar) freshly set and not completely hardened.
17.
COLLAPSEFoundry.
a.
(of sand) sufficiently moist to form a compact lining for a mold without further treatment.
b.
(of a casting) as it comes from the mold.
c.
(of a powder, in powder metallurgy) unsintered.
noun
18.
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
19.
Art. a secondary color that has been formed by the mixture of blue and yellow pigments.
20.
green coloring matter, as paint or dye.
21.
green material or clothing: to be dressed in green.
22.
EXPANDgreens,
a.
fresh leaves or branches of trees, shrubs, etc., used for decoration; wreaths.
b.
the leaves and stems of plants, as spinach, lettuce, or cabbage, used for food.
c.
a blue-green uniform of the U.S. Army.
23.
grassy land; a plot of grassy ground.
24.
a piece of grassy ground constituting a town or village common.
25.
Also called putting green. Golf. the area of closely cropped grass surrounding each hole.
27.
a shooting range for archery.
28.
Informal. green light (def. 1).
29.
Slang. money; greenbacks (usually preceded by the): I'd like to buy a new car but I don't have the green.
30.
COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) a member of the Green party (in Germany).
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
Idiom31.
to become or make green.
32.
Informal. to restore the vitality of: Younger executives are greening corporate managements.
33.
read the green, to inspect a golf green, analyzing its slope and surface, so as to determine the difficulties to be encountered when putting.
Related forms
green·age, noun
green·ly, adverb
non·green, adjective
out·green, verb (used with object)
un·greened, adjective
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noun
1.
Henrietta Howland Robinson (“Hetty”), 1835–1916, U.S. financier.
2.
Henry (Henry Vincent Yorke), 1905–73, English novelist.
3.
John Richard, 1837–83, English historian.
4.
Julian, 1900–1998, French writer, born in U.S.
5.
EXPANDPaul Eliot, 1894–1981, U.S. playwright, novelist, and teacher.
6.
William, 1873–1952, U.S. labor leader: president of the A.F.L. 1924–52.
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COLLAPSEa river flowing S from W Wyoming to join the Colorado River in SE Utah. 730 miles (1175 km) long.
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Word Origin & History
green
O.E. grene, earlier groeni, related to O.E. growan "to grow," from W.Gmc. *gronja- (cf. O.Fris. grene, O.N. grænn, Dan. grøn, Du. groen, Ger. grün), from PIE base *gro- "grow," through sense of "color of living plants." The color of jealousy at least since Shakespeare (1596); "Greensleeves,"
EXPANDballad of an inconstant lady-love, is from 1580. Meaning of "a field, grassy place" was in O.E. Sense of "of tender age, youthful" is from 1412; hence "gullible" (1605). Greenhorn (containing the sense of "new, fresh, recent") was first "young horned animal" (1455), then "recently enlisted soldier" (1650), then "any inexperienced person" (1682). Green light in figurative sense of "permission" is from 1937. Green and red as signals on railways first attested 1883, as nighttime substitutes for semaphore flags. Green beret originally "British commando" is from 1949. Green room "room for actors when not on stage" is from 1701; presumably a well-known one was painted green.
greens
"vegetables," 1725, from green. Greens "ecology political party," first recorded 1978, from Ger. die Grünen (West Germany), an outgrowth of Grüne Aktion Zukunft "Green Campaign for the Future," a mainly anti-nuclear power movement, and/or grüne Listen "green lists" (of environmental candidates).
Green (adj.) in the sense of "environmental" is attested from 1972; Greenpeace, the international conservation and environmental protection group, is from 1971.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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green definitionand green folding; green paper; green stuff
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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