Green Definition

grēn
greened, greenest, greening, greens, greener
noun
greens
The color of growing grass; any color between blue and yellow in the spectrum: green can be produced by blending blue and yellow pigments.
Webster's New World
Any green pigment or dye.
Webster's New World
Green leaves, branches, etc., used for ornamentation.
Webster's New World
Anything colored green, as clothing.
Webster's New World
A grassy lawn or plot, especially:
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
greenest, greener
Of the color that is characteristic of growing grass.
Webster's New World
Overspread with or characterized by green plants or foliage.
A green field.
Webster's New World
Made of green-leaved vegetables.
Green salad.
Webster's New World
Characterized by mild or temperate weather.
A green climate.
American Heritage
Keeping the green grass of summer; without snow; mild.
A green December.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
verb
To become green.
The rains came, and the grass greened.
American Heritage
To make or become green.
Webster's New World
To design or organize so as to be beneficial or less harmful to the environment, especially in reducing the amount of pollution created.
Efforts to green the economy.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • patinize
pronoun

A common English surname​.

Wiktionary

(law) Abbreviation of Greenland.

Wiktionary
idiom
green around
  • Pale or sickly in appearance.
American Heritage
green with envy
  • very envious
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Green

Noun

Singular:
green
Plural:
greens

Adjective

Base Form:
green
Comparative:
greener
Superlative:
greenest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Green

Origin of Green

  • From Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz (compare West Frisian grien, Dutch groen, Low German grön, green, greun, German grün, Swedish grön Danish grøn), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrōni- (compare Old Church Slavonic грань (granĭ, “branch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁ (“to grow”). More at grow.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English grene from Old English grēne ghrē- in Indo-European roots N., sense 7 translation of German (die) Grünen (the) Greens from grün green

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Either a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour.

    From Wiktionary

Green Sentence Examples

  • A large green book caught her attention.

  • His green eyes were distant.

  • Are you sure his name is Green; not Greely?

  • The two women adjourned to the front porch to cut green beans and shuck corn.

  • After leaving the church, amid handshakes and greetings from town friends, the couple was surprised to meet Pumpkin Green.

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