green
green Lexical Profile
green Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Of the color between blue and yellow in the spectrum; colored like growing grass or leaves.
"She painted her bedroom a bright, cheerful green."
Relating to or supporting the protection of the environment and ecological sustainability.
"The company implemented several green initiatives to drastically reduce its carbon footprint."
Lacking experience, naive, or easily deceived.
"The new interns are still a bit green, but they are eager to learn the ropes of the industry."
• noun
A color between blue and yellow in the spectrum; the color of growing grass.
"Green is universally recognized as the color of nature and vitality."
Green leafy vegetables used for food (often used in the plural).
"The doctor advised him to eat more leafy greens like spinach and kale to improve his health."
A piece of grassy public land in the center of a village, or the smooth grassy area around the hole on a golf course.
"The villagers gathered on the village green to celebrate the annual summer festival."
• verb
To make or become green.
"The heavy spring rains quickly greened the dry, barren hillsides."
To make something less harmful to the environment.
"The city council plans to green the urban infrastructure by installing solar panels and planting thousands of trees."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'grēne', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'groen', German 'grün', and sharing an ancient linguistic root with the word 'grow'.
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