1of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds:her flashing green eyesthe leaves are bright green
consisting of fresh green vegetables:a green salad
denoting a green light or flag used as a signal to proceed.
(of a ski run) of the lowest level of difficulty, as indicated by green markers on the run.
Physics denoting one of three colours of quark.
2covered with grass or other vegetation:proposals that would smother green fields with development
(usually Green) concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle:official Green candidates
(of a product or service) not harmful to the environment:traditional, modern, and green funerals
3(of a plant or fruit) young or unripe:green shoots
(of wood, food, or leather) in its original or untreated state; not seasoned, tanned, cured, or dried.
still strong or vigorous:clubs devoted to keeping green the memory of Sherlock Holmes
archaic (of a wound) fresh; not healed.
4(of a person) inexperienced or naive:a green recruit fresh from college
5(of a person or their complexion) pale and sickly-looking:‘Are you all right?—You look absolutely green’
არსებითი სახელი
Universal
1 [mass noun] green colour or pigment:major roads are marked in green
green clothes or material:two girls in red and green
green foliage or vegetation:that lovely canopy of green over Stratford Road
informal, dated low-grade cannabis:he got hold of some bad green
2a green thing, in particular:
(greens) green vegetables:eat up your greens
a green light.
the green ball in snooker.
informal, dated money:that’s a lot of green
3a piece of public grassy land, especially in the centre of a village:a house overlooking the green
an area of smooth, very short grass immediately surrounding a hole on a golf course:a 60 ft putt on the last green
4 (usually Green) a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party:the Greens' remarkable 15 per cent vote
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Universal
1make or become green in colour: [no object]:the roof was greening with lichen
2 [with object] make (an urban or desert area) more verdant by planting trees or other vegetation:they will continue greening the many treeless and dusty suburbs
3 [with object] make less harmful to the environment:tips on how to green your home
the green-eyed monster
jealousy personified.
[from Shakespeare's Othello ( iii. iii. 166)]
green on blue
Military denoting or relating to an attack made on one’s own side by forces regarded as neutral:green-on-blue episodes
[from the use of green to indicate neutral forces and blue to indicate friendly forces in military exercises]
green shoots (of recovery)
signs of growth or renewal, especially of economic recovery.
