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green

/ɡɹiːn/

adjective

Meaning

  • Having green as its color.

    "The former flag of Libya is fully green."

  • (of people) Sickly, unwell.

    "Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?"

  • Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

  • (of people) Inexperienced.

    "John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week."

  • (of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.

  • (of people) Overcome with envy.

    "He was green with envy."

  • Environmentally friendly.

  • Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.

  • Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.

  • Not fully roasted; half raw.

  • 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."

  • High or too high in acidity.

  • Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.

    "a green manhood;   a green wound"

  • Having a sexual connotation.

  • Having a color charge of green.

  • Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.

    "the green pound; the green lira"

Synonyms

verdant,
vert,
raw,
unprocessed,
unsmoked,
tart