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green  (grn)
n.
1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
2. Something green in color.
3. greens Green growth or foliage, especially:
a. The branches and leaves of plants used for decoration.
b. Leafy plants or plant parts eaten as vegetables.
4. A grassy lawn or plot, especially:
a. A grassy area located usually at the center of a city or town and set aside for common use; a common.
b. Sports A putting green.
5. greens A green uniform: "a young . . . sergeant in dress greens" Nelson DeMille.
6. Slang Money.
7. Green A supporter of a social and political movement that espouses global environmental protection, bioregionalism, social responsibility, and nonviolence.
adj. green·er, green·est
1. Of the color green.
2. Abounding in or covered with green growth or foliage: the green woods.
3. Made with green or leafy vegetables: a green salad.
4. Characterized by mild or temperate weather: a green climate.
5. Youthful; vigorous: at the green age of 18.
6. Not mature or ripe; young: green tomatoes.
7. Brand-new; fresh.
8. Not yet fully processed, especially:
a. Not aged: green wood.
b. Not cured or tanned: green pelts.
9. Lacking training or experience. See Synonyms at young.
10.
a. Lacking sophistication or worldly experience; naive.
b. Easily duped or deceived; gullible.
11. Having a sickly or unhealthy pallor indicative of nausea or jealousy, for example.
12.
a. Beneficial to the environment: green recycling policies.
b. Favoring or supporting environmentalism: green legislators who strengthened pollution controls.
tr. & intr.v. greened, green·ing, greens
To make or become green.
Idiom:
green around/about the gills
Pale or sickly in appearance.

[Middle English grene, from Old English grne; see ghr- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 7 translation of German (die) Grünen, (the) Greens, from grün, green.]

greenly adv.
greenness n.

green
Adjective
1. of a colour between yellow and blue; of the colour of grass
2. covered with grass, plants, or trees: green fields
3. of or concerned with conservation and improvement of the environment: used in a political context: green issues
4. (of fruit) fresh, raw, or unripe
5. pale and sick-looking
6. inexperienced or gullible
7. green with envy very envious
Noun
1. a colour between yellow and blue
2. anything green, such as green clothing or green ink: printed in green
3. a small area of grassy land: the village green
4. an area of smooth turf kept for a special purpose: putting greens
5. greens the leaves and stems of certain plants, eaten as a vegetable: turnip greens
6. Green a person who supports environmentalist issues [Old English grēne]
greenish
greeny adj
greenness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.greengreen - green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
greenishness - the property of being somewhat green
sea green - the property of a moderate green color resembling the waters of the sea
sage green - the color of sage leaves
bottle green - dark to moderate or greyish green
chrome green - a brilliant green color
emerald - the green color of an emerald
olive green, olive-green - a color that is lighter and greener than olive
pea green, yellow green, yellowish green, chartreuse, Paris green - a shade of green tinged with yellow
blue green, bluish green, teal - a blue-green color or pigment; "they painted it a light shade of bluish green"
jade green, jade - a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green
2.green - a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"
amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground - a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
populated area, urban area - a geographical area constituting a city or town
village green - a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land
3.Green - United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)
4.Green - an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
Green Party - an environmentalist political party
conservationist, environmentalist - someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
5.greenGreen - a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
Beehive State, Mormon State, Utah, UT - a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
Equality State, WY, Wyoming - a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east
6.greengreen - an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"
golf course, links course - course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf
land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"
7.greengreen - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
chop-suey greens - succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking
sprout - a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
beet green - young leaves of the beetroot
chard, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard - long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
salad green, salad greens - greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads
dandelion green - edible leaves of the common dandelion collected from the wild; used in salads and in making wine
lamb's-quarter, pigweed, wild spinach - leaves collected from the wild
wild spinach - leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach
turnip greens - tender leaves of young white turnips
common sorrel, sorrel - large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
French sorrel - greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads
spinach - dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
8.green - street names for ketamine
Ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride - a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP
Verb1.green - turn or become green; "The trees are greening"
discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Adj.1.green - of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint"
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
2.green - concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
3.greengreen - not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"
ripe, mature - fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"
4.green - looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green around the gills"
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
5.green - naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"
naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"

green
adjective 1. verdant, leafy, grassy
adjective 2. ecological, conservationist, environment-friendly, ecologically sound, eco-friendly, ozone-friendly, non-polluting
adjective 3. unripe, fresh, raw, immature
noun 7. (with capital) environmentalist, conservationist
noun 8. lawn, common, turf, sward, grassplot >> adjective verdant
Translations

green [griːn] adjverde (= inexperienced); novato
nverde m (= stretch of grass); césped m [of golf course] → campo, "green" m;
the Green party (POL) → el partido verde;
greens nplverduras fpl;
to have green fingers (fig) → tener buena mano para las plantas
green [griːn] adjvert(e) (= inexperienced); (bien) jeune, naïf/ïve (= ecological) [product etc] → écologique
n (= colour) → vert m;
(on golf course) → green m (= stretch of grass); pelouse f;
(also: village green) → place f du village;
greens npl (= vegetables) → légumes verts;
to have green fingers or (US) a green thumb (fig); avoir le pouce vert;
Green (Pol) → écologiste m/f;
the Green Party → le parti écologiste
green [griːn] adj (also ecological) → grün
n (also Golf) → Grün nt;
(stretch of grass) → Rasen m, Grünfläche f;
(also: village green) → Dorfwiese f, Anger m;
greens npl (vegetables) → Grüngemüse nt;
(Pol): the Greensdie Grünen pl;
to have green fingers, to have a green thumb (US) → eine Hand für Pflanzen haben;
to give sb the green light → jdm grünes Licht geben
green [griːn] adj (also POL) → verde (= inexperienced); inesperto/a, ingenuo/a
nverde m (= stretch of grass); prato;
(also: village green) → piazza del paese; [of golf course] → green m inv;
greens npl (= vegetables) → verdura;
to have green fingers or (US) a green thumb (fig) → avere il pollice verde;
the Green Party (BRIT ) (POL) → i Verdi

green
adj green [griːn]
1 of the colour of growing grass or the leaves of most plants a green hat.groenأخْضَرзеленzelenýgrøngrünπράσινοςverderohelineسبزvihreävertיָרוֹקहराzelenzöldhijaugrænnverde녹색의žaliaszaļšhijaugroengrønnzielonyverdeverdeзелёныйzelenýzelenzelengrönที่มีสีเขียวyeşil綠色的зеленийسبز، ہراmàu xanh lá cây绿
2 not ripe green bananas.groen, onrypغَير ناضِج، فَجне дозрялzelený, nezralýgrøn; umodenunreifάγουροςverdetooresنرسیدهraakavertלא בָּשֵלकच्चाzelen, nezreozöld, éretlenmentahóþroskaðurverde熟していない익지 않은žaliasnenogatavojiesmentahgroen, onrijpumoden, grønnzielonyverdeverde, necoptнезрелыйzelenýzelenzelenomogenยังไม่สุกham未熟的нестиглий, неспілийکچاnon; xanh
3 without experience Only someone as green as you would believe a story like that.groen, onervareغَض، بِدون تَجْرِبَهнеопитенnezkušenýgrøn; umoden; uerfarenunerfahrenάπειρος, άμαθοςverde, novato; crédulorohelineبی تجربهkokematoninexpérimenté“יָרוֹק”, טִירוֹןअनाड़ी, अनुभवहीनneiskusantapasztalatlantak berpengalamangrænn, reynslulaus, barnalegurinesperto, ingenuo未経験の경험이 없는žaliasnepieredzējismentah; tiada pengalamannieuwuerfaren, grønn, uøvdzielonyverdefără experienţăнеопытныйneskúsenýzelenneiskusangrönอ่อนด้วยประสบการณ์deneyimsiz無經驗的недосвідченийبغیر تجربہ کےnon nớt
4 looking as if one is about to be sick; very pale He was green with envy (= very jealous).groen van jaloesieحَسود، غَيور جداпозеленялzelenýgrøngrün,gelbκιτρινοπράσινος, χλομόςverdekahvatu, näost rohelineرنگ پریدهvihreävert“יָרוֹק”, חִיווֵרकमजोर सा दिखनाzelen, blijedsápadt zöldeshijau, pucat sekalifölur, grænnverde青ざめた창백한pažaliavęszaļš aiz skaudībaspucatgroen (scheel) zien van afgunstgrønnblek, grønn (av misunnelse)zielonyverdeverde (la faţă)зелёныйzelenýzelenzelengrönเหมือนจะไม่สบายsoluk, rengi atmış蒼白的хворобливийپیلا پڑنا یا بیمار دکھناnhợt nhạt
n
1 the colour of grass or the leaves of plants the green of the trees in summer.groenاللون الأخْضَرзелен цвятzelená (barva), zeleňgrønne farve; grønheddas Grünτο πράσινο χρώμαverde, verdorrohelusرنگ سبزvehreysvertצֶבָע יָרוֹקहरियालीzelenilozöldkehijauangræna; grænn liturverde녹색žalumazaļumshijaugroengrønt, grønnfargezieleńverdever­deaţăзелёный цветzeleňzelena barvazelengrönskaเขียวชอุ่มyeşil renk綠色зеленьگھاس ، پتوں اور پودوں کا رنگmàu xanh lục绿
2 something (eg paint) green in colour I've used up all my green.groenدهان أخْضَرзеленоzelená (barva)grønne farvedas Grünυλικό πράσινου χρώματος (π.χ. μπογιά)verderoheline (värv)هر چیز سبزvihreä värivertיָרוֹקहरे रंग की कोई चीजzelena bojazöldwarna hijaugrænn liturverde緑色녹색의 안료žalia spalva, žali dažaizaļa krāsawarna hijaugroene verfgrønt, grønnfargezieleńverde(culoarea) verdeзелёноеzeleňzelena barvazelena bojagrön färgสีเขียวyeşil renk綠色顏料зелений колірسبز رنگ کی کوئی شےvật màu xanh lá cây绿
3 an area of grass a village green.grasveldمنطِقَه خَضْراءполянаtrávníkgrønning; fælleddie Grünflächeπρασινάδα, πάρκοcéspedrohuplatsپوشیده از چمنruohokenttäpelouseמִדשָאָהहरित क्षेत्रtravnjak, zelena površinapázsitpadang rumputgrasflöt, grænt svæðiverde pubblico共有草地녹지pievamaurspadanggrasveldgrøntarealer, parkbłoniarelvadopajişteлужайкаtrávnikzelenicazelenilogrönområde, allmänningพื้นที่ที่มีหญ้าปกคลุมyeşil alan草地,綠地зелена лукаگھاس سے بھرا کوئی علاقہđồng cỏ绿
4 an area of grass on a golf course with a small hole in the centre. setperkمَخْضَرَه، منطقة خَضْراء في مَلعب الغولفигрище за голфtrávníkgreender Rasenplatzπράσινο μέρος γηπέδου γκολφgreengriinچمن صاف دور سوراخviheriövertמִגרָש דֶּשֶׁאगोल्फ कोर्स में हरित क्षेत्र जिसके केन्द्र में एक छोटा सा छेद होता हैtravnati golf terengolfpálya (lyuk körüli része)padang rumput(golf)flötcampoゴルフコース(퍼팅) 그린pievelėzālienspadang golfgolfbaangreenpolerelvadoteren de golfплощадка вокруг лункиtrávniktravnati del igrišča za golfzelenilogreenบริเวณที่พัตกอล์ฟdüz çimen高爾夫球場上球洞四周草地зелена галявинаگولف کے میدان میں کوئی گھاس والا علاقہ جہاں گیند کو ڈالنے کا سوراخ ہوđồi cỏ
5 concerned with the protection of the environment green issues; a green political party.groen, omgewingsakeمُتَعَلِّق بحماية البيئَهприроденzelený, environmentální, ekologickýde grønnedie Grünenοικολογικόςverderohelisedمربوط به حفاظت محیط زیستמִפלֶגֶת הַירוקִים, יְדִידוּתִי לַסבִיבָהपर्यावरण के प्रति चिंतितekološkihijau, lingkungan hidupverdežaliųjųzaļo-; zaļā-alam sekitarmilieu-; de groenenmiljø-, grønnekologiczny``зелёные́́ (политическая партия)zelený, environmentálny, ekologickýzelen, naravovarstvenčlan pokreta Zelenihgrön, miljö-การดูแลด้านสิ่งแวดล้อมçevreci綠色和平主義者екологічнийماحول کی حفاظت سے متعلقvì môi trường绿
adj ˈgreenish
close to green a greenish dress.groenagtige, groenerigeمائِل إلى الخَضْرَهзеленикавnazelenalý, zelenavýgrønliggrünlichπρασινωπόςverdosorohekasنسبتاً سبزvihertäväverdâtreיְרקרַקकुछ-कुछ हराzelenkastzöldeskehijauangrænleiturverdastro, verdognolo緑色がかった푸르스름한žalsvaszaļganskehijau-hijauangroenig, groenachtiggrønnaktigzielonkawyesverdeadoverzuiзеленоватыйzelenkavýzelenkastzelenkastgrönaktigมีสีค่อนข้างเขียวyeşilimsi略呈綠色的зеленуватийسبز رنگ کی طرحhơi xanh lá cây绿
n pl greens
green vegetables Children are often told that they must eat their greens.blaargroenteخَضْرَه، خُضْراواتзеленчуциzeleninagrøntsagergrünes Gemüseλαχανικάverdurasaedviliسبزیvihanneksetlégumes vertsיְרָקוֹת יְרוּקִיםहरी सब्जीzeleno povrćezöldség(félék)sayurangrænmetiverdura青菜야채류žalėsiai, žalumynaizaļumi; dārzeņisayur-sayurangroentengrønnsakerzieleninaverdurasverdeţuriовощиzeleninazelena zelenjavazelenišgrönsakerผักใบเขียวyeşil sebzeler蔬菜зеленьہری سبزیاںrau
n ˈgreenfly
a type of small, green insect The leaves of this rose tree have been eaten by greenfly.groen plantluisقَمْلَة نَباتзелена листка въшкаmšicebladlusdie grüne Blattlausμελίγκραpulgónlehetäiشتهkirvapuceronכְּנִימַת עָלִיםएक कीड़ाušenjaklevéltetűlalat hijaublaðlúsafide verdeあぶらむし진딧물amaraslaputskutu daunbladluisbladlusmszycapulgãopăduche-de-plantăтляvoškalistna ušlisna vašbladlusแมลงตัวเล็กที่ทำอันตรายต่อพืชพันธุ์yaprak biti蚜虫попелиця, тляایک چھوٹا سا سبز حشرہcôn trùng phá hoại cây cối蚜虫
n ˈgreengage [-geidʒ]
a greenish-yellow type of plum. groenpruimإجاص أخْضَر، خَوخсорт сливаrynglereineclaudeblommedie Reineclaudeπράσινο δαμάσκηνοciruela claudiarenkloodآلوی گرین گیجviherluumureine-claudeשְׁזִיף יָרוֹקएक प्लमšljiva bistricaringlóbuah plum hijauplómuafbrigðisusina regina Claudia西洋すもも서양 자두의 일종renklodasrenklode (plūmju šķirne)sejenis buah plum yang berwarna kuning kehijauanreine-claudereineclaudeplommerenklodarainha-cláudiarenglotăренклодringlotaringloringlovrenkloลูกพลัมชนิดหนึ่งสีเขียวอมเหลืองfrenk eriği, can eriği青梅ренклодایک قسم کا سبز زرد آلوچہmận lục
n ˈgreengrocer
a person who sells fruit and vegetables. groentehandelaarبائِع الخُضْراواتзарзаватчияzelinářgrønthandlerder/die Obst- und Gemüsehändler(in)μανάβηςverduleroaedviljamüüjaسبزی فروشvihanneskauppiasmarchand/-ande de légumesיַרקָן, ירקָנִיתसब्जीफरोशpovrćarzöldség- és gyümölcsárustukang sayurgrænmetis– og ávaxtasalifruttivendolo; erbivendolo八百屋청과물 상인daržovių ir vaisių pardavėjasdārzeņu/augļu tirgotājspenjual sayurgroenteboer, groentemangrønnsakhandlerkupiec warzywnyhortaliceirovânzător de zarzavaturiзеленщикzeleninárbranjevecpiljargrönsaksaffärพ่อค้าขายผักและผลไม้สดmanav蔬菜水果商продавець овочівسبزی فروشngười bán rau quả
n ˈgreenhouse
a building usually of glass, in which plants are grown. kweekhuisدَفيئَهоранжерияskleníkdrivhusdas Gewächshausθερμοκήπιοinvernáculo, invernaderokasvuhooneگلخانهkasvihuoneserreחֲמָמָהछोटे पेड़ों को हरा रखने का घरstakleniküvegházrumah kacagróðurhússerra温室온실šiltnamissiltumnīcarumah hijaubroeikasdrivhusinspektestufaserăтеплицаskleníkrastlinjakstaklena baštaväxthusเรือนกระจกปลูกพืชlimonluk, sera溫室теплиця, оранжереяشیشے کا پود گھر جس میں پودوں کی پرورش کیا جاتا ہےnhà kính
n ˈgreenhouse effect
(singular) the gradual heating of the atmosphere caused by air pollution which traps energy from the sun. kweekhuiseffekتَأثير الدَّفيئَهпарников ефектskleníkový efektdrivhuseffektder Treibhauseffektτο φαινόμενο του θερμοκηπίουefecto invernaderokasvuhooneefektاثر گلخانه ایאֶפֶקט הַחֲמָמָהग्रीनहाउस प्रभावefekt staklenikaüvegházhatásefek rumah kacaeffetto serra温室効果ðiltnamio efektassiltumnīcas efektskesan rumah hijaubroeikaseffectdrivhuseffektefekt cieplarnianyпарниковый эффектskleníkový efektučinek tople gredeefekat staklene bašteväxthuseffektปฏิกิริยาเรือนกระจกser etkisi溫室效應парниковий ефектخضراخانہ اثرhiệu ứng nhà kính
the green light
permission to begin We can't start until he gives us the green light.groen ligالضَّوء الأخْضَر، إذن بالبَدْءразрешениеzelenádet grønne lysgrünes Lichtάδεια, έγκριση, το πράσινο φωςluz verderoheline tuliچراغ سبز؛ اجازه شروعvihreä valofeu vertלָתֵת אוֹר יָרוֹקकार्य प्रारंभ करने का संकेतzeleno svjetlozöld útlampu hijaugrænt ljós, leyfi, heimildluce verde, via libera許可공식 허가žalia šviesazaļā gaismakebenaranhet groene lichtgrønt lys, klarsignalzielone światłoluz verdeapro­bareзелёная улицаzelenázelena lučodobrenjegrönt ljus, klarsignalสัญญาณไฟเขียวizin, müsade開綠燈зелене світлоکسی کام کی اجازتsự cho phép绿

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