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green

გამოთქმა: /griːn/

ზედსართავი

Universal
  • 1of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds:her flashing green eyes the 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

ზმნა

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.

green with envy

very envious or jealous.

greenish

adjective

greenly

adverb

greenness

Pronunciation: /ˈgriːnnɪs/

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