Sekirov Dictionary

green

/ˈɡɹiːn/

adjective 23
noun 15
verb 5
exclamation 1
forms 6
phrases 20

adjective23

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having the color of fresh grass and of leaves in summer
- He is wearing a green shirt.
- The former flag of Libya is fully green.
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(figurative) Environmentally friendly.
- The Earth is facing a climate crisis, but it’s also getting greener and leafier. According to new research, the rise is largely courtesy of China and India. — 2019
Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.
Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
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(figurative) Inexperienced.
- John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
(figurative) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
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(figurative) Overcome with envy.
- He was green with envy.
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
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Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- That timber is still too green to be used.
Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
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(old-fashioned) Not fully roasted; half raw.
- We say the meat is green when half roasted. — 1725
(historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
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(figurative) Sickly, unwell.
- Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?
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Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.
- Conditions all green! Standby...OK! It is time! — 2004
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(figurative) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
- a green wound
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Islamist.
- Some politicians tried to encourage this replacement of the red with a green menace. — 2006
Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
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Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available to read for free after an embargo period.
- Today most open access in medicine and biomedicine is gold, but in every other field it's mostly green. — 2013
Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
Having a color charge of green.
High or too high in acidity.
(Philippines, informal) Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.

noun15

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The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
- In a period of increasing industrialization and the palette of grey, brown, and black that came to dominate the modern city, greens provided a refreshing contrast, seemingly bringing the outdoors in. — 2015
Any substance or pigment of a green color.
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A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- I gave him my putter earlier this year in Oklahoma City. He was having trouble on the greens and I said, ‘Here, try this.’ He did, and he’s been going great guns ever since. — 1964
The surface upon which bowls is played.
(UK) A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
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A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- o'er the smooth enamelled green — 1634
A member of a Green Party or green party.
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A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- How have greens sought to map an ecologically and socially sustainable future for society? — 2013
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[in the plural] Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- In that soft Season vvhen descending Shovvers / Call forth the Greens, and vvake the rising Flovvers; […] — 1715
(US, slang) Money.
A green light used as a signal.
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(slang) Marijuana.
- You're better off smoking the green instead cause it don't blim-burn and it's better for your head. — 2003
One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
(informal) Ellipsis of green room.
One of the three color charges for quarks.

verb5

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To make or turn (something) green or greener.
- Great spring before greened all the year. — 1749
To become environmentally aware.
To make (something) environmentally friendly.
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To become or grow green in color.
- O rosetree planted in my grief, / And growing, on her tomb, / Her dust is greening in your leaf, / Her blood is in your bloom. — 1885
To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).

exclamation1

(slang) Used to indicate that the speaker wishes to commence (or to continue a previously stopped) sexual activity.

forms

greened · greening · greens · Greens · greener · greenest

Phrases with green

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