green

adjective

1》 of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass.

2》 covered with grass or other vegetation.

3》 (of a plant or fruit) young or unripe.

    ↘(of food, wood, pottery, or leather) in its untreated or original state; not cured, seasoned, fired, etc.

4》 inexperienced or naive.

5》 pale and sickly-looking.

6》 (usu. Green) concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle.

7》 (of a ski run) of the lowest level of difficulty.

noun

1》 green colour, pigment, or material.

    ↘green foliage or growing plants.

2》 a piece of public grassy land, especially in the centre of a village.

    ↘an area of smooth, very short grass immediately surrounding a hole on a golf course.

3》 (greens) green vegetables.

4》 (usu. Green) a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party.

verb

1》 make or become green.

2》 make less harmful to the environment.

Phrases

the green-eyed monster jealousy personified. [from Shakespeare's Othello (III. 3. 166).]

green with envy very envious or jealous.

Derivatives

greenish adjective

greenly adverb

greenness noun

greeny adjective

Origin

OE grēne (adjective), grēnian (v.), of Gmc origin; related to grass and grow.