Green GREEN, a. 1. Properly, growing, flourishing, as plants;
hence, of the color of herbage and plants when growing, a color
composed of blue and yellow rays, one of blue and yellow rays, one of
the original prismatic colors; verdant. 2. New; fresh; recent; as
a green wound. The greenest usurpation. 3. Fresh; flourishing;
undecayed; as green old age. 4. Containing its natural juices; not
dry; not seasoned; as green wood; green timber. 5. Not roasted; half
raw. We say the meat is green, when half-roasted. [Rarely, if ever
used in America.] 6. Unripe; immature; not arrived to perfection;
as green fruit. Hence, 7. Immature in age; young; as green in age
or judgment. 8. Pale; sickly; wan; of a greenish pale color. GREEN, n. The color of growing plants; a color composed of blue
and yellow rays, which, mixed in different proportions, exhibit a variety
of shades; as apple green, meadow green, leek green, etc. 1. A grassy
plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage. O'er
the smooth enameled green. 2. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or
other plants; wreaths; usually in the plural. The fragrant greens
I seek, my brows to bind. 3. The leaves and stems of young plants
used in cookery or dressed for food in the spring; in the plural. GREEN, v.t. To make green. This is used by Thomson and by Barlow,
but is not an elegant word, nor indeed hardly legitimate, in the sense
in which these writers use it. "Spring greens the year." "God greens the
groves." The only legitimate sense of this verb, if used, would be, to
dye green, or to change to a green color. A plant growing in a dark room
is yellow; let this plant be carried into the open air,and the rays of
the sun will green it. This use would correspond with the use of whiten,
blacken, redden.
green
adj 1: of the color between blue and yellow in the color
spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green
tree"; "green fields"; "green paint" [syn: green,
greenish, light-green, dark-green]
2: concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the
political principles of the Green Party
3: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit";
"fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: green, unripe,
unripened, immature] [ant: mature, ripe]
4: looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green
around the gills"
5: naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she
had been gullible and in love" [syn: fleeceable, green,
gullible]
n 1: green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing
grass [syn: green, greenness, viridity]
2: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
3: United States labor leader who was president of the American
Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the
struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations
(1873-1952) [syn: Green, William Green]
4: an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
5: a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward
through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
[syn: Green, Green River]
6: an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a
golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the
bunker" [syn: green, putting green, putting surface]
7: any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten
as vegetables [syn: greens, green, leafy vegetable]
8: street names for ketamine [syn: K, jet, super acid,
special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C]
v 1: turn or become green; "The trees are greening"
Green I. biographical name
John Richard 1837-1883 English historian II. biographical name
Julien or Julian 1900-1998 French novelist III. biographical
name
William 1873-1952 American labor leader IV. geographical name1. river 730 miles (1175 kilometers) W United States
flowing from Wind River Range in W Wyoming S into Colorado River in SE Utah
2. city NE Ohio S of Akron population 22,817
green I. adjectiveEtymology: Middle English grene, from Old English grēne;
akin to Old English grōwan to grow Date: before 12th century
1. of the color green 2.a. covered by green growth or foliage <green fields>
b.of wintermild, clementc. consisting of
green plants and usually edible herbage <a green salad>
3. pleasantly alluring 4.youthful, vigorous5.
not ripened or matured ;immature <green apples>
<tender green grasses> 6.fresh, new7.a. marked by a pale, sickly, or nauseated appearance b.envious 1 — used especially in the phrase green with envy8.a. not fully processed or treated: as
(1) not aged <green liquor> (2) not dressed
or tanned <green hides> (3) freshly sawed ;
unseasoned
b. not in condition for a particular use 9.a. deficient in training, knowledge, or experience <green
recruits> b. deficient in sophistication and savoir faire ;naivec. not fully qualified for or experienced in a particular
function <a green horse>
10.a.often capitalized relating to or being an
environmentalist political movement b. concerned with or supporting
environmentalism c. tending to preserve environmental quality
(as by being recyclable, biodegradable, or nonpolluting)
• greenishadjective • greenishnessnoun
• greenlyadverb • greennessnounII. verbDate: before 12th century intransitive
verb
to become green transitive verb1. to make green 2.rejuvenate, revitalizeIII. nounDate: 13th century 1. a color whose hue
is somewhat less yellow than that of growing fresh grass or of the emerald or
is that of the part of the spectrum lying between blue and yellow 2.
something of a green color 3. green vegetation: as
a.plural leafy parts of plants for use as decoration
b.plural(1) leafy herbs (as spinach, dandelions, or Swiss chard) that
are cooked as a vegetable ; potherbs (2) green vegetables
4. a grassy plain or plot: as a. a common or park in the
center of a town or village b.putting green5.money; especially greenbacks 6.often
capitalizedenvironmentalist; especially a member of an
activist political party focusing on environmental and social issues •
greenyadjective
green adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass, emeralds, etc. 2 a covered with leaves or grass. b mild and without snow (a green
Christmas). 3 (of fruit etc. or wood) unripe or unseasoned. 4 not dried, smoked, or tanned. 5 inexperienced, naïve, gullible. 6 a (of the complexion) pale, sickly-hued. b jealous,
envious. 7 young, flourishing. 8 not withered or worn out (a green old age). 9 vegetable (green food; green salad). 10 (also Green) concerned with or supporting protection of the
environment as a political principle. 11 archaic fresh; not healed (a green wound). --n. 1 a green colour or pigment. 2 green clothes or material (dressed in green). 3 a a piece of
public or common grassy land (village green). b a grassy area used for a special purpose (putting-green; bowling-green). c Golf a putting-green. d Golf a fairway. 4 (in pl.) green vegetables. 5
vigour, youth, virility (in the green). 6 a green light. 7 a green ball, piece, etc., in a game or sport. 8 (also Green) a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party. 9 (in
pl.) sl. sexual intercourse. 10 sl. low-grade marijuana. 11 sl. money. 12 green foliage or growing plants. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become green. 2 tr. sl. hoax; take
in. Phrases and idioms: green belt an area of open land round a city, designated for preservation. Green Beret colloq. a British or American commando. green card an international
insurance document for motorists. green cheese 1 cheese coloured green with sage. 2 whey cheese. 3 unripened cheese. Green Cloth (in full Board of Green Cloth) (in the UK) the Lord Steward's
department of the Royal Household. green crop a crop used as fodder in a green state rather than as hay etc. green drake the common mayfly. green earth a hydrous silicate of potassium, iron, and
other metals. green-eyed jealous. the green-eyed monster jealousy. green fat part of a turtle, highly regarded by gourmets. green-fee Golf a charge for playing one round on a course. green fingers
skill in growing plants. green goose a goose killed under four months old and eaten without stuffing. green in a person's eye a sign of gullibility (do you see any green in my eye?). green leek any
of several green-faced Australian parakeets. green light 1 a signal to proceed on a road, railway, etc. 2 colloq. permission to go ahead with a project. green linnet = GREENFINCH. green manure
growing plants ploughed into the soil as fertilizer. green meat grass and green vegetables as food. Green Paper (in the UK) a preliminary report of Government proposals, for discussion. green plover
a lapwing. green pound the exchange rate for the pound for payments for agricultural produce in the EEC. green revolution greatly increased crop production in underdeveloped countries. green-room a
room in a theatre for actors and actresses who are off stage. green-stick fracture a bone-fracture, esp. in children, in which one side of the bone is broken and one only bent. green tea tea made
from steam-dried, not fermented, leaves. green thumb = green fingers. green turtle a green-shelled sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, highly regarded as food. green vitriol ferrous sulphate
crystals. Derivatives: greenish adj. greenly adv. greenness n. Etymology: OE grene (adj. & n.), grenian (v.), f. Gmc, rel. to GROW
green
(greens, greener, greenest)Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1. Green is the colour of grass or leaves.
...shiny red and green apples...Yellow and green together make a pale green.COLOUR
2. A place that is green is covered with grass, plants, and trees and not with houses
or factories.
Cairo has only thirteen square centimetres of green space for each inhabitant.ADJ
• greenness...the lush greenness of the river valleys.N-UNCOUNT
3. Green issues and political movements relate to or are concerned with the protection
of the environment.
The power of the Green movement in Germany has made that country a leader in the drive
to recycle more waste materials.ADJ: ADJ n
4. If you say that someone or something is green, you mean they harm the environment
as little as possible.
...trying to persuade governments to adopt greener policies...ADJ
• greennessA Swiss company offers to help environmental investors by sending teams round factories
to ascertain their greenness.N-UNCOUNT
5. Greens are members of green political movements.
The Greens see themselves as a radical alternative to the two major British political
parties.N-COUNT: usu pl
6. A green is a smooth, flat area of grass around a hole on a golf course.
...the 18th green.N-COUNT
7. A green is an area of land covered with grass, especially in a town or in the middle
of a village.
...the village green.N-COUNT
8. Green is used in the names of places that contain or used to contain an area of grass.
...Bethnal Green.N-IN-NAMES: n N
9. You can refer to the cooked leaves of vegetables such as spinach or cabbage as greens.
N-PLURAL
10. If you say that someone is green, you mean that they have had very little experience
of life or a particular job.
He was a young lad, very green, very immature.ADJ
11. If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
12. If someone has green fingers, they are very good at gardening and their plants grow
well. (BRIT; in AM, use a green thumb)
You don't need green fingers to fill your home with lush leaves.PHRASE
13.
to give someone the green light: seelight
green
ɡri:n adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 of the colour between blue and yellow
in the spectrum; coloured like grass, emeralds, etc. 2 a covered with leaves or
grass. b mild and without snow (a green Christmas). 3 (of fruit etc. or wood)
unripe or unseasoned. 4 not dried, smoked, or tanned. 5 inexperienced, naìve,
gullible. 6 a (of the complexion) pale, sickly-hued. b jealous, envious. 7
young, flourishing. 8 not withered or worn out (a green old age). 9 vegetable
(green food; green salad). 10 (also Green) concerned with or supporting
protection of the environment as a political principle. 11 archaic fresh;
not healed (a green wound). --n. 1 a green colour or pigment. 2 green clothes
or material (dressed in green). 3 a a piece of public or common grassy land
(village green). b a grassy area used for a special purpose (putting-green;
bowling-green). c Golf a putting-green. d Golf a fairway. 4 (in pl.) green
vegetables. 5 vigour, youth, virility (in the green). 6 a green light. 7
a green ball, piece, etc., in a game or sport. 8 (also Green) a member
or supporter of an environmentalist group or party. 9 (in pl.) sl. sexual
intercourse. 10 sl. low-grade marijuana. 11 sl. money. 12 green foliage or
growing plants. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become green. 2 tr. sl. hoax;
take in. øgreen belt an area of open land round a city, designated for
preservation. Green Beret colloq. a British or American commando. green card
an international insurance document for motorists. green cheese 1 cheese
coloured green with sage. 2 whey cheese. 3 unripened cheese. Green Cloth (in
full Board of Green Cloth) (in the UK) the Lord Steward's department of the
Royal Household. green crop a crop used as fodder in a green state rather than
as hay etc. green drake the common mayfly. green earth a hydrous silicate of
potassium, iron, and other metals. green-eyed jealous. the green-eyed monster
jealousy. green fat part of a turtle, highly regarded by gourmets. green-fee
Golf a charge for playing one round on a course. green fingers skill in growing
plants. green goose a goose killed under four months old and eaten without
stuffing. green in a person's eye a sign of gullibility (do you see any green
in my eye?). green leek any of several green-faced Australian parakeets. green
light 1 a signal to proceed on a road, railway, etc. 2 colloq. permission to
go ahead with a project. green linnet = GREENFINCH. green manure growing plants
ploughed into the soil as fertilizer. green meat grass and green vegetables as
food. Green Paper (in the UK) a preliminary report of Government proposals,
for discussion. green plover a lapwing. green pound the exchange rate for
the pound for payments for agricultural produce in the EEC. green revolution
greatly increased crop production in underdeveloped countries. green-room
a room in a theatre for actors and actresses who are off stage. green-stick
fracture a bone-fracture, esp. in children, in which one side of the bone is
broken and one only bent. green tea tea made from steam-dried, not fermented,
leaves. green thumb = green fingers. green turtle a green-shelled sea turtle,
Chelonia mydas, highly regarded as food. green vitriol ferrous sulphate
crystals. øøgreenish adj. greenly adv. greenness n. [OE grene (adj. &
n.), grenian (v.), f. Gmc, rel. to GROW]
GREEN
Doctor Green; i.e. grass: a physician, or rather
medicine, found very successful in curing most disorders
to which horses are liable. My horse is not well, I shall
send him to Doctor Green.
GREEN
Young, inexperienced, unacquainted; ignorant. How
green the cull was not to stag how the old file planted the
books. How ignorant the booby was not to perceive
how the old sharper placed the cards in such a manner
as to insure the game.
Green \Green\, a. [Compar. Greener; superl. Greenest.] [OE.
grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
grow. See Grow.]
1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
2. Having a sickly color; wan.
To look so green and pale. --Shak.
3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
as, a green manhood; a green wound.
As valid against such an old and beneficent
government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
--Burke.
4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
Watts.
6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
I might be angry with the officious zeal which
supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
gray hairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
United States; -- called also cat brier.
Green con (Zo["o]l.), the pollock.
Green crab (Zo["o]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
named joe-rocker.
Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or
unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
crop, etc.
Green diallage. (Min.)
(a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
(b) Smaragdite.
Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
({Aris[ae]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
-- called also dragon root.
Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green.
Green ebony.
(a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
work, and in dyeing.
(b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
to which the color of the flame is due.
Green fly (Zo["o]l.), any green species of plant lice or
aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary.
Green gland (Zo["o]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae].
Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.]
Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
the West Indies and in South America, used for
shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is
the Colubrina ferruginosa.
Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite.
Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
-- called also green sloke.
Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite.
Green linnet (Zo["o]l.), the greenfinch.
Green looper (Zo["o]l.), the cankerworm.
Green marble (Min.), serpentine.
Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
See Greengill.
Green monkey (Zo["o]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
Indies early in the last century, and has become very
abundant there.
Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
of platinum.
Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
vessel's deck.
Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis.
Green snake (Zo["o]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
({Cyclophis vernalis}, and C. [ae]stivus). They are
bright green in color.
Green turtle (Zo["o]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
Turtle.
Green vitriol.
(a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
(b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and sulphate
of iron}.
Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
yet baked.
Green woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), a common European woodpecker
({Picus viridis}); -- called also yaffle.
Green \Green\ (gren), n.
1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
verdant herbage; as, the village green.
O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton.
3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
In that soft season when descending showers Call
forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
--Pope.
4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
green; -- called also Helvetia green.
Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin.
Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling
emerald green in composition.
Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper.
Chrome green. See under Chrome.
Emerald green. (Chem.)
(a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green,
acid green, malachite green, Victoria green,
solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double
chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
(b) See Paris green (below).
Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the
French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially
of a basic hydrate of chromium.
Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
luster; -- called also light-green.
Mineral green. See under Mineral.
Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a.
Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting
of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a
pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial
green}, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis
green}.
Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting
essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments
called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green,
nereid green, or emerald green.
Green, KS (city, FIPS 28425)
Location: 39.43027 N, 96.99997 W
Population (1990): 150 (64 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67447
Green, OH (village, FIPS 31664)
Location: 40.94765 N, 81.48648 W
Population (1990): 3553 (1236 housing units)
Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green, OR (CDP, FIPS 30750)
Location: 43.14921 N, 123.38222 W
Population (1990): 5076 (1807 housing units)
Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
green
I. a.1. Verdant, virid (rare).
2. Flourishing, blooming, fresh, undecayed.
3. New, recent.
4. Unripe, not fully grown, immature.
5. Inexperienced, unskilful, inexpert, ignorant, raw, verdant.
6. Unseasoned, not dry.
II. n.1. Color mixed of blue and yellow.
2. Lawn, grass-plot, grassy plain, greensward.
green
ɡri:n adj.
1 verdant, grassy, fresh, leafy; rural, country-like: Plans call for a green belt to be
created around every major city.
2 immature, unripe, unripened; naìve, callow, untested, untrained, unversed, inexperienced,
new, raw, unseasoned, unsophisticated, gullible, amateur, unskilled, unskilful, amateurish,
non-professional, inexpert, Colloq wet behind the ears: This banana is still too green to
eat. Isn't Piers a bit green to be given so much responsibility?
3 environmental, conservationist: The green activists appear to be gaining influence in
governmental circles. --n.
4 lawn, sward, common, grassland: Let us meet on the village green at noon.
5 environmentalist, conservationist, preservationist: The greens are opposed to draining
the marshes.
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