green
adjective
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Definition of green
(Entry 1 of 6)
1
: of the color green
2a
: covered by green growth or foliage
green fields
c
: consisting of green plants and usually edible herbage
a green salad
3
: pleasantly alluring
5
: not ripened or matured
green apples
7a
: marked by a pale, sickly, or nauseated appearance
b
: envious sense 1
—used especially in the phrase green with envy
8a
: not fully processed or treated: such as
(1)
: not aged
green liquor
(2)
: not dressed or tanned
green hides
(3)
: freshly sawed
green lumber
b
: not in condition for a particular use
9a
: deficient in training, knowledge, or experience
green recruits
b
: deficient in sophistication and savoir faire : naive
was green and credulous
c
: not fully qualified for or experienced in a particular function
10a
often capitalized
: relating to or being an environmentalist political movement
b
: concerned with or supporting environmentalism
green consumers who practice recycling
c
: tending to preserve environmental quality (as by being recyclable, biodegradable, or nonpolluting)
greener energy solutions
green around the gills
: pale or sickly in appearance
green
verb
greened;
greening;
greens
Definition of green (Entry 2 of 6)
: to become green
green
nounDefinition of green (Entry 3 of 6)
1
: a color whose hue is somewhat less yellow than that of growing fresh grass or of the emerald or is that of the part of the spectrum lying between blue and yellow
2
: something of a green color
3
: green vegetation: such as
a
greens plural
: leafy parts of plants for use as decoration
b greens plural
(1)
: leafy herbs (such as spinach, dandelions, or Swiss chard) that are cooked as a vegetable
(2)
: green vegetables
4
: a grassy plain or plot: such as
a
: a common or park in the center of a town or village
b
: putting green
6
often capitalized
: environmentalist
especially
: a member of an activist political party focusing on environmental and social issues
7
physics
: one of the three colors (see color entry 1 sense 15) that quarks have in the theory of quantum chromodynamics
Whereas there is just one kind of electric charge, however, there are three kinds of color charge, usually called red, blue and green. (The names, of course, have nothing to do with colors in the everyday sense.)— Elliott D. Bloom and Gary J. Feldman
Green
biographical name (1)Definition of Green (Entry 4 of 6)
Julien or Julian 1900–1998 French novelist
Green
biographical name (2)Definition of Green (Entry 5 of 6)
William 1873–1952 American labor leader
Green
geographical name
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Definition of Green (Entry 6 of 6)
1
river 730 miles (1175 kilometers) long in the western U.S. flowing from the Wind River Range in western Wyoming south into the Colorado River in southeastern Utah
2
city in northeastern Ohio south of Akron population 22,817
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greenish
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