(~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