■ adjective
1》 of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass.
2》 covered with grass or other vegetation.
3》 (of a plant or fruit) young or unripe.
↘(of food, wood, pottery, or leather) in its untreated or original state; not cured, seasoned, fired, etc.
4》 inexperienced or naive.
5》 pale and sickly-looking.
6》 (usu. Green ) concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle.
7》 (of a ski run) of the lowest level of difficulty.
■ noun
1》 ~ colour, pigment, or material.
↘~ foliage or growing plants.
2》 a piece of public grassy land, especially in the centre of a village.
↘an area of smooth, very short grass immediately surrounding a hole on a golf course.
3》 ( ~s ) ~ vegetables.
4》 (usu. Green ) a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party.
■ verb
1》 make or become ~.
2》 make less harmful to the environment.
Phrases
the ~-eyed monster jealousy personified. [from Shakespeare's Othello (III. 3. 166).]
~ with envy very envious or jealous.
Derivatives
~ish adjective
~ly adverb
~ness noun
~y adjective
Origin
OE grēne (adjective), grēnian (v.), of Gmc origin; related to grass and grow .