green
/ɡɹiːn/
adjective/ɡɹiːn/
/ɡɹin/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · adjective
Having green as its color.
“The former flag of Libya is fully green.”
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Meaning 2 · adjective
(of people) Sickly, unwell.
“Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?”
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Meaning 3 · adjective
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
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Meaning 4 · adjective
(of people) Inexperienced.
“John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.”
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Meaning 5 · adjective
(of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
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Meaning 6 · adjective
(of people) Overcome with envy.
“He was green with envy.”
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Meaning 7 · adjective
Environmentally friendly.
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Meaning 8 · adjective
Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
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Meaning 9 · adjective
Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
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Meaning 10 · adjective
Not fully roasted; half raw.
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Meaning 11 · adjective
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.”
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Meaning 12 · adjective
High or too high in acidity.
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Meaning 13 · adjective
Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
“a green manhood; a green wound”
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Meaning 14 · adjective
Having a sexual connotation.
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Meaning 15 · adjective
Having a color charge of green.
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Meaning 16 · adjective
Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
“the green pound; the green lira”
How this word is used
- Everyday “The former flag of Libya is fully green.”
- General “Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?”
- General “John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.”
- General “He was green with envy.”
- General “That timber is still too green to be used.”
- General “a green manhood; a green wound”
- General “the green pound; the green lira”
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