green

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The color of grass and leaves

   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.
   • Red No. 3, red No. 40, blue No. 2 and green No. 3 all have been linked with cancer or tumors in animals. Other sources say red No. 40 and yellow No. 5 and No. 6 contain or may be contaminated with known carcinogens.
2. 2

   A member of a green party

   A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

   • How have greens sought to map an ecologically and socially sustainable future for society?
3. 3

   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.
   • There are eighteen holes but I dare any visitor to find more than, say, twelve fairways and seven or eight greens.
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   1. 4

      The surface upon which bowls is played.

   2. 5

      One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.

   3. 6

      A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.

   4. 7

      A grassy plain

      A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.

      • o'er the smooth enamelled green
   5. 8

      Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants

      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; […]
   6. 9

      Any substance or pigment of a green color.

   7. 10

      A green light used as a signal.

      • To the casual cockpit observer, landing-gear operation appears to be one of the most elementary tasks we have to perform. Either the switch is up and the lights are out, or it's down and there are three greens.
   8. 11

      Marijuana.

      • You're better off smoking the green instead cause it don't blim-burn and it's better for your head.
      • They see me, hoes actin like they seen a king / With that mean lean, smokin on that finest Cali green
   9. 12

      Money.

   10. 13

       One of the three color charges for quarks.

   11. 14

       Ellipsis of green room.

       • Today, actors say off-handedly, 'See you on the green' or 'I'll be in the green room' without giving the expressions much thought. In Shakespeare's day, actors changed behind the stage in the 'tiring house', […]
   12. 15

       Of a green hue.

       • He is wearing a green shirt.
       • The former flag of Libya is fully green.
   13. 16

       Sickly, unwell.

       • Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?
       • to look so green and pale
   14. 17

       Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

   15. 18

       Inexperienced.

       • John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
       • I might be angry[…] with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my grey hairs.
       • He acted like a green racehorse, plunging over his jumps, tearing to the front of the field of riders.
   16. 19

       Islamist.

       • Some politicians tried to encourage this replacement of the red with a green menace.
   17. 20

       Full of life and vigour

       Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.

       • a green manhood
       • a green wound
       • as valid against such an old and beneficent government as against […] the greenest usurpation
   18. 21

       Naive or unaware of obvious facts.

   19. 22

       Overcome with envy.

       • He was green with envy.
   20. 23

       Environmentally friendly.

       • green energy
       • Green New Deal
   21. 24

       Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.

   22. 25

       Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant…

       Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.

   23. 26

       Of bacon or similar smallgoods

       Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.

   24. 27

       Not fully roasted

       Not fully roasted; half raw.

       • We say the meat is green when half roasted.
   25. 28

       Of film

       Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.

   26. 29

       Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried

       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.
       • The wood yard was a series of vacant lots where some mysterious person piled cords and cords of wood, which smelled sweet and green and gave out cool breaths.
   27. 30

       High or too high in acidity.

   28. 31

       Having a sexual connotation

       Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.

   29. 32

       Having a color charge of green.

   30. 33

       Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.

       • the green pound
       • the green lira
   31. 34

       Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only…

       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.

       • Coordinate term: gold
       • Today most open access in medicine and biomedicine is gold, but in every other field it's mostly green.
   32. 35

       Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone…

       Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.

   33. 36

       Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.

       • Conditions all green! Standby...OK! It is time!
   34. 37

       To make or turn (something) green or greener.

       • Great spring before greened all the year.
   35. 38

       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.
       • by greening slope and singing flood
   36. 39

       To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).

       • The newer 39-story, 1.5-million-square-foot tower occupies much of the original Shearson Garden, a larger parklet that briefly greened the construction site to be, and is remembered fondly by nearby Tribecans.
   37. 40

       To become environmentally aware.

   38. 41

       To make (something) environmentally friendly.

       • "The SNP like to talk the talk about net zero targets, but they can't walk the walk. We need a fares freeze for everyone if we want to get serious about greening the economy and a public railway run in the public interest."
   39. 42

       Used to indicate that the speaker wishes to commence (or to continue a previously…

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

   40. 43

       A common English surname from Middle English.

       • When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in collaboration with Ben Green of Oxford.
   41. 44

       A number of places in the United States

       A number of places in the United States:

   42. 45

       A place in Wales

       A place in Wales:

   43. 46

       Ellipsis of Green College, Oxford.

   44. 47

       Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.

   45. 48

       A member of a Green Party or green party.

The neighborhood

• synonymarmy green
• synonymbottle green
• synonymBritish racing green
• synonymeau de nil
• synonymemerald
• synonymemerald green
• synonymforest green
• synonymgrass-green
• synonymgreen
• synonymhoneydew
• synonymhunter green
• synonymkelly green
• neighborgreens
• neighborwintergreen
• neighborchlorophyl
• neighborgrass
• neighborleaves
• neighborlime
• neighborpine
• neighborplant
• neighborshamrock
• neighborenvy
• neighborgullible
• neighborill