green

green1 [ grin ] adjective ***

▸ 1 like grass in color

▸ 2 made of green leaves

▸ 3 not ready to be eaten

▸ 4 protecting environment

▸ 5 not experienced

▸ 6 when someone looks sick

▸ 7 with lots of plants

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) something that is green is the same color as grass. If something is similar to this color, you can say that it is greenish or a greenish color:

The first bright green leaves were showing.

green-blue eyes

2. ) usually before noun made from the green leaves of vegetables:

a green salad

3. ) not yet ready to be eaten:

green tomatoes

4. ) designed to protect the environment or limit damage to the environment:

greener farming methods

wind farms and other green energy projects

a ) used about people who care about the environment:

Green campaigners are aiming to block development of the site.

b ) green issues are issues that affect the environment

c ) Green relating to the GREEN PARTY

d ) used about places in which the environment is protected:

He pledged to make Europe greener.

5. ) not experienced, especially because of being young

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

7. ) a green area has a lot of grass, plants, or trees:

a campaign to protect the city's green spaces

The landscape was gradually getting greener.

be green with envy

to feel very unhappy because you wish you had something that someone else has

have a green thumb AMERICAN

to be good at growing plants

╾ green|ness noun uncount

=> GRASS1

green

green 2 [ grin ] noun **

▸ 1 color of grass

▸ 2 green leaves (for food)

▸ 3 area of grass

▸ 4 supporter of Green Party

▸ 5 money

1. ) count or uncount the color of grass:

She was dressed in green.

2. ) greens plural SPOKEN the green leaves of vegetables, especially when they have been cooked

a ) AMERICAN fresh leaves and branches of EVERGREEN trees used for decoration, especially at Christmas

3. ) count in golf, the area of short grass around a hole:

the 18th green

a ) a large area of grass, for example in a town, where people can walk, sit, or play games:

They moved to a house overlooking the green.

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

=> PUTTING GREEN

4. ) Green count a member or supporter of the GREEN PARTY

5. ) uncount AMERICAN INFORMAL money