green

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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. (capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable)A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

   “How have greens sought to map an ecologically and socially sustainable future for society?”

3. (countable, uncountable)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.”

4. (countable, uncountable)The surface upon which bowls is played.
5. (countable, uncountable)One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
6. (British, countable, uncountable)A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
7. (countable, uncountable)A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.

   “o'er the smooth enamelled green”

8. (countable, in-plural, uncountable)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; […]”

9. (countable, uncountable)Any substance or pigment of a green color.
10. (countable, uncountable)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.”

11. (slang, uncountable)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”

12. (US, slang, uncountable)Money.
13. (countable, particle, uncountable)One of the three color charges for quarks.
14. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable)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', […]”

15. A member of a Green Party or green party.

adj

1. Of a green hue.

   “He is wearing a green shirt.”

   “The former flag of Libya is fully green.”

   “The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].”

2. (figuratively)Sickly, unwell.

   “Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?”

   “to look so green and pale”

3. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
4. (figuratively)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.”

5. (capitalized, sometimes)Islamist.

   “In its most extreme formulation, this vision has devolved into a caricature of Islam as the "Green Peril" (green is the colour of Islam) advancing across the world stage, an image that echoes both the "Red Menace" of Cold War discourse and anti-Asian polemics about the "Yellow Peril".”

   “Some politicians tried to encourage this replacement of the red with a green menace.”

   “While Bill Clinton struggled during the 1990s to bring order to a chaotic world increasingly wracked by ethnic and religious conflict, critics detected signs that a new "green" threat - radical Islam - was supplanting the earlier "red threat" - international communism - that had kept every president from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan awake at night.”

6. (figuratively)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”

   “"How old was I when you first took me in a boat?" "Five and you were nearly a man when I brought the fish in too green and he nearly tore the boat to pieces. Can you remember?"”

7. (figuratively)Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
8. (figuratively)Overcome with envy.

   “He was green with envy.”

9. (figuratively)Environmentally friendly.

   “green energy”

   “Green New Deal”

   “As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.”

   “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.”

   “Oatly said it hoped Blackstone’s investment would inspire other private equity firms “to steer their collective worth of $4 trillion into green investments.””

10. (capitalized, sometimes)Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
11. Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
12. (dated)Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
13. (dated)Not fully roasted; half raw.

    “We say the meat is green when half roasted.”

14. (historical)Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.

    “Following initial drying of film in a motion picture laboratory (after treatment in a hardening-fixing bath) the gelatin structure of an emulsion contracts and is permanently changed. The hardening action still continues for a time as a further small amount of residual moisture is given up. While traces of excess moisture remain, the emulsion is "green," relatively soft, […]”

    “[…] attaching pre-photographed and pre-printed footage of a focusing chart to daily film footage without taking into consideration that such film may be worn or dried out and therefore, in its plane of best focus, would not be identical to that of the green film of the daily rushes.”

15. 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.”

16. High or too high in acidity.
17. (Philippines, informal)Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.
18. (particle)Having a color charge of green.
19. Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.

    “the green pound”

    “the green lira”

20. 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.”

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

    “The pressure required to obtain a given green density depends upon the metal powder material being pressed. Excessive pressures can present some complex problems such as punch and die fractures, slip cracks and cleavage fractures in the green part. Although high pressures are required for pressing high density shapes they should not be excessive.”

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

    “Conditions all green! Standby...OK! It is time!”

23. (not-comparable)Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.

verb

1. (transitive)To make or turn (something) green or greener.

   “Great spring before greened all the year.”

   “Out of that tub had come the day before—Tess felt it with a dreadful sting of remorse - the very white frock upon her back which she had so carelessly greened about the skirt on the damping grass - which had been wrung up and ironed by her mother's own hands.”

2. 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”

3. (transitive)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.”

4. (intransitive)To become environmentally aware.
5. (transitive)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."”

intj

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

name

1. (countable, uncountable)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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
3. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
4. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
5. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
6. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
7. (countable, uncountable)A place in Wales:
8. (countable, uncountable)A place in Wales:
9. (countable, uncountable)A place in Wales:
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, historical, informal, uncountable)Ellipsis of Green College, Oxford.