GREEN


Meaning of GREEN in English

(~s, ~er, ~est)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

Green is the colour of grass or leaves.

...shiny red and ~ apples...

Yellow and ~ together make a pale ~.

COLOUR

2.

A place that is ~ is covered with grass, plants, and trees and not with houses or factories.

Cairo has only thirteen square centimetres of ~ space for each inhabitant.

ADJ

~ness

...the lush ~ness of the river valleys.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

Green issues and political movements relate to or are concerned with the protection of the environment.

The power of the Green movement in Germany has made that country a leader in the drive to recycle more waste materials.

ADJ: ADJ n

4.

If you say that someone or something is ~, you mean they harm the environment as little as possible.

...trying to persuade governments to adopt ~er policies...

ADJ

~ness

A Swiss company offers to help environmental investors by sending teams round factories to ascertain their ~ness.

N-UNCOUNT

5.

Greens are members of ~ political movements.

The Greens see themselves as a radical alternative to the two major British political parties.

N-COUNT: usu pl

6.

A ~ is a smooth, flat area of grass around a hole on a golf course.

...the 18th ~.

N-COUNT

7.

A ~ is an area of land covered with grass, especially in a town or in the middle of a village.

...the village ~.

N-COUNT

8.

Green is used in the names of places that contain or used to contain an area of grass.

...Bethnal Green.

N-IN-NAMES: n N

9.

You can refer to the cooked leaves of vegetables such as spinach or cabbage as ~s.

N-PLURAL

10.

If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they have had very little experience of life or a particular job.

He was a young lad, very ~, very immature.

ADJ

11.

If you say that someone is ~ with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.

PHRASE: v-link PHR

12.

If someone has ~ fingers, they are very good at gardening and their plants grow well. (BRIT; in AM, use a ~ thumb )

You don’t need ~ fingers to fill your home with lush leaves.

PHRASE

13.

to give someone the ~ light: see light

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