green

I UK [ɡriːn] / US [ɡrɪn] adjective
Word forms "green":
adjective green comparative greener superlative greenest
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1) something that is green is the same colour as grass. If something is similar to this colour, you can say that it is a greenish colour or a greeny colour

The first bright green leaves were showing.

green-blue eyes

2) a green area has a lot of grass, plants, or trees

The landscape was gradually getting greener.

a campaign to protect the city's green spaces

3) designed to protect the environment or to limit damage to the environment

greener farming methods

wind farms and other green energy schemes

a) used about people who care about the environment

Green campaigners are aiming to block development of the site.

b) used about places in which the environment is protected

He pledged to make Europe greener.

c) green issues are issues that affect the environment

d) Green relating to the Green Party

4) not yet ready to be eaten

green tomatoes

5) not experienced, especially because of being young

6) if someone looks green, their face is pale and they look ill

7) [usually before noun] made from the green leaves of vegetables

a green salad

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- be green with envy

- have green fingers

See:

grass I

Derived word:
greenness
noun uncountable
II UK [ɡriːn] / US [ɡrɪn] noun
Word forms "green":
singular green plural greens
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1) [countable/uncountable] the colour of grass

She was dressed in green.

2) [countable] a large area of grass, for example in a village, where people can walk, sit, or play games

They moved to a house overlooking the green.

a) in golf, the area of short grass around a hole

the 18th green

b) an area of grass where people play bowls (= a game in which you roll balls along the ground)

See:

putting green

3) Green

[countable] a member or supporter of the Green Party

4) greens

[plural] spoken the green leaves of vegetables, especially when they have been cooked

See:

spring greens

III UK / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "green":
present tense I/you/we/they green present participle greening past tense greened past participle greened

to change a place or activity in a way that protects the enviroment or limits damage to the enviroment

Universities are exploring ways of greening campuses and curricula.