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2009 Sep 22

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adjective, concerned with or relating to conservation of the world's natural resources and improvement of the environment

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green by Collins

  1. 1) noun, any of a group of colours, such as that of fresh grass, that lie between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum in the wavelength range 575--500 nanometres. Green is the complementary colour of magenta and with red and blue forms a set of primary colours. Related adj verdant
  2. 2) noun, a dye or pigment of or producing these colours
  3. 3) noun, something of the colour green
  4. 4) noun, a small area of grassland, esp in the centre of a village
  5. 5) noun, an area of ground used for a purpose
  6. 6) noun, a) the edible leaves and stems of certain plants, eaten as a vegetable b) freshly cut branches of ornamental trees, shrubs, etc, used as a decoration
  7. 7) noun, a person, esp a politician, who supports environmentalist issues (see sense 13)
  8. 8) noun, slang money
  9. 9) noun, slang marijuana of low quality
  10. 10) noun, slang sexual intercourse
  11. 11) adjective, of the colour green
  12. 12) adjective, greenish in colour or having parts or marks that are greenish
  13. 13) adjective, concerned with or relating to conservation of the world's natural resources and improvement of the environment
  14. 14) adjective, vigorous; not faded
  15. 15) adjective, envious or jealous
  16. 16) adjective, immature, unsophisticated, or gullible
  17. 17) adjective, characterized by foliage or green plants
  18. 18) adjective, fresh, raw, or unripe
  19. 19) adjective, unhealthily pale in appearance
  20. 20) adjective, denoting a unit of account that is adjusted in accordance with fluctuations between the currencies of the EU nations and is used to make payments to agricultural producers within the EU
  21. 21) adjective, (of pottery) not fired
  22. 22) adjective, (of meat) not smoked or cured; unprocessed
  23. 23) adjective, metallurgy (of a product, such as a sand mould or cermet) compacted but not yet fired; ready for firing
  24. 24) adjective, (of timber) freshly felled; not dried or seasoned
  25. 25) adjective, (of concrete) not having matured to design strength
  26. 26) verb, to make or become green

Etymology

Old English grēne; related to Old High German gruoni; see grow

Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008

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innocent, gullible, environmentalist, conservationist, lawn, common, turf, sward, verdant, leafy, grassy, ecological, ozone-friendly, unripe, fresh, raw, immature, inexperience, new, naive, ignorant, callow, unsophisticated, credulous, ingenuous, jealous, grudge, resentful, envious, covetous, nauseous, ill, sick, pale, unhealthy, wan

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