English-Thai Dictionary

Greenwich mean time

N เวลามาตรฐาน โลก ตาม นาฬิกา ที่ กรีนิช  ใน อังกฤษ (คำย่อ คือ  GMT we-la-mad-tra-tan-lok-tam-na-li-ka-ti-kri-nid-nai-ang-krid

 

Greenwich time

N เวลามาตรฐาน โลก ตาม นาฬิกา ที่ กรีนิช  ประเทศอังกฤษ  we-la-mad-tra-tan-lok-tam-na-li-ka-ti-kri-nid-nai-ang-krid

 

green

ADJ มี สี เขียว  ซึ่ง เขียวชอุ่ม  greenish verid me-se-kiao

 

green

ADJ ยัง ไม่ สุก (ผลไม้  ดิบ  yang-mai-suk

 

green

N พื้นที่ ที่ มี หญ้า ปกคลุม  พื้นที่ สี เขียว  park preserve reserve puen-ti-ti-me-ya-pok-klum

 

green

N สี เขียว  se-kiao

 

green

VI กลายเป็น สี เขียว  klai-pen-se-kiao

 

green

VT กลายเป็น สี เขียว  klai-pen-se-kiao

 

green bean

N ถั่วเขียว  string bean tua-kiao

 

green card

N เอกสาร ที่ อนุมัติ ให้ ชาวต่างชาติ อาศัย และ ทำงาน ใน อเมริกา  กรีนการ์ด  eak-ka-san-ti-ar-nu-mad-hai-chao-tang-chad-ar-sai-lae-tam-ngan-nai-ar-me-ri-ka

 

green fingers

N มือขึ้น ใน การ ปลูก ต้นไม้ ให้ งอกงาม  mue-kuen-nai-kan-pluk-ton-mai-hai-ngok-ngam

 

green light

N การอนุญาต ให้ ผ่าน ไป ได้ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  permission permit refusal prohibition kan-ar-nu-yad-hai-pan-pai-dai

 

green light

N ไฟเขียว  สัญญาณ ไฟ เขียว (การจราจร  fai-kiao

 

green light

SL ไฟเขียว  การ ยอมรับ  การอนุมัติ  การ ยอมให้  fai-kiao

 

green salad

N สลัด ผัก  sa-lad-pak

 

green snake

N งู ปากจิ้งจก  ngu-pak-jing-jok

 

green tea

N ชา เขียว  cha-kiao

 

green vegetable

N ผัก ใบ เขียว  pak-bai-kiao

 

green-fingered

ADJ มือขึ้น ใน การ ปลูก ต้นไม้ ให้ งอกงาม  mue-kuen-nai-kan-pluk-ton-mai-hai-ngok-ngam

 

greenback

N ธนบัตร ของ สหรัฐอเมริกา  ta-na-bad-kong-sa-ha-rad-ar-me-ri-ka

 

greenback

SL แบ งค์ ดอลลาร์  baeng-don-la

 

greenery

N พืชผัก ที่ มี สี เขียว สด  พฤษ ชาติ  phued-pak-ti-me-se-kiao-sod

 

greeneyed

A ที่ อิจฉาริษยา  jealous envious distrustful ti-id-char-rid-sa-yar

 

greenfield

N พื้นที่ สี เขียว  puean-ti-se-kiao

 

greenfinch

N นก ฟินช์ช นิดหนึ่ง พบ ใน ยุโรป 

 

greenfish

N ปลา ที่ ผ่า แล้ว ใส่ เกลือ แต่ ยัง ไม่ ผ่าน กรรมวิธี ไม่ ให้ เน่า 

 

greenfly

N แมลง ตัวเล็ก ที่ ทำอันตราย ต่อ พืชพันธุ์  ma-laeng-tua-lek-ti-tam-an-ta-rai-tor-phued-pan

 

greengage

N ต้ม พลัม ที่ มี สี เขียว 

 

greengrocer

N คน ขาย ผัก ผลไม้ สด  grocer kon-kai-pak-pon-la-mai-sod

 

greengrocery

N ร้าน ขาย ผัก ผลไม้ สด  ran-kai-pak-pon-la-mai-sod

 

greenhorn

N คนอ่อนหัด  คน ด้อย ประสบการณ์  apprentice beginner expert kon-on-had

 

greenhouse

N เรือนกระจก สำหรับ เพาะปลูก พืช  glasshouse hothouse ruean-kra-jok-sam-rab-pow-pluk-pued

 

greenhouse effect

N ภาวะ เรือนกระจก  ภาวะ ที่ โลก มี อุณ หภูมิ สูง ขึ้น เนื่องจาก มลพิษ จาก สิ่งแวดล้อม  pa-wa-ruean-kra-jok

 

greenhouse gas

N แก๊ซ ที่ ทำให้เกิด ภาวะ เรือนกระจก  kaes-ti-tam-hai-koed-pa-wa-ruean-kra-jok

 

greenie

SL น้ำมูก  nam-mok

 

greenie

SL สั่งน้ำมูก  sang-nam-mok

 

greenie

SL เบียร์ (ยี่ห้อ  ไฮเน เก้ น  bia-hai-ne-ken

 

greening

N แอปเปิล ชนิด ที่ ยัง มี สี เขียว เมื่อ สุก แล้ว 

 

greenish

ADJ แกม เขียว  ค่อนข้าง เขียว  ออก สี เขียว  kam-kiao

 

greenlet

N นก เล็ก ตระกูล  Hylophilus มี ขน สี เขียว พบ ใน อเมริกาใต้ 

 

greenling

N ปลา ตระกูล  Hexagrammos มี หนาม 

 

greenmail

N การวางแผน ซื้อ หุ้น จำนวนมาก เพื่อ ผลักดัน ราคา ให้ สูง ขึ้น 

 

greenness

N ความ เขียว  ความ เยาว์ วัย ที่ ด้อย ประสบการณ์ 

 

greenroom

N ห้อง นั่ง พัก สำหรับ นักแสดง 

 

greensand

N หินทราย ที่ มี  glauconite ที่ ทำให้ เป็น สี เขียว 

 

greenskeeper

N ผู้ดูแล สนามกอล์ฟ  greenkeeper phu-du-lae-sa-nam-kof

 

greenstone

N หิน ที่ มี สี เขียว เข้ม จาก  cholrite และ สาร อื่นๆ 

 

greensward

N สนามหญ้า สี เขียว (คำ เก่า  grassy turf sa-nam-ya-se-kiao

 

greenwood

N ป่า เขียวชอุ่ม  ไม้ ที่ มี ใบ เขียว  pa-kiao-cha-um

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GREEN

a. 1. Properly, growing, flourishing, as plants; hence, of the color of herbage and plants when growing, a color composed of blue and yellow rays, one of blue and yellow rays, one of the original prismatic colors; verdant.
2. New; fresh; recent; as a green wound.
The greenest usurpation.
3. Fresh; flourishing; undecayed; as green old age.
4. Containing its natural juices; not dry; not seasoned; as green wood; green timber.
5. Not roasted; half raw.
We say the meat is green, when half-roasted.
[Rarely, if ever used in America. ]
6. Unripe; immature; not arrived to perfection; as green fruit. Hence,
7. Immature in age; young; as green in age or judgment.
8. Pale; sickly; wan; of a greenish pale color.

 

GREEN

n.The color of growing plants; a color composed of blue and yellow rays, which, mixed in different proportions, exhibit a variety of shades; as apple green, meadow green, leek green, etc. 1. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
O'er the smooth enameled green.
2. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; usually in the plural.
The fragrant greens I seek, my brows to bind.
3. The leaves and stems of young plants used in cookery or dressed for food in the spring; in the plural.

 

GREEN

v.t.To make green. This is used by Thomson and by Barlow, but is not an elegant word, nor indeed hardly legitimate, in the sense in which these writers use it. "Spring greens the year. " "God greens the groves." The only legitimate sense of this verb, if used, would be, to dye green, or to change to a green color. A plant growing in a dark room is yellow; let this plant be carried into the open air, and the rays of the sun will green it. This use would correspond with the use of whiten, blacken, redden.

 

GREENBROOM, GREENWEED

n.A plant of the genus Genista.

 

GREENCLOTH

n.A board or court of justice held in the counting house of the British king's household, composed of the lord steward and the officers under him. This court has the charge and cognizance of all matters of justice in the king's household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace of the verge, or jurisdiction of the court-royal, which extends every way two hundred yards from the gate of the palace.

 

GREEN-CROP

n.A crop of green vegetables, such as artificial grasses, turnips, etc.

 

GREEN-EARTH

n.A species of earth or mineral, so called; the mountain green of artists.

 

GREEN-EYED

a.Having green eyes; as green-eyed jealousy.

 

GREENFINCH

n.A bird of the genus Fringilla.

 

GREENFISH

n.A fish so called.

 

GREENGAGE

n.A species of plum.

 

GREEN-GROCER

n.A retailer of greens.

 

GREENHAIRED

a.Having green locks or hair.

 

GREENHOOD

n.A state of greenness.

 

GREENHORN

n.A raw youth.

 

GREEN-HOUSE

n.A house in which tender plants are sheltered from the weather, and preserved green during the winter or cold weather.

 

GREENISH

a.Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as a greenish yellow.

 

GREENISHNESS

n.The quality of being greenish.

 

GREENLY

adv. With a green color; newly; freshly; immaturely.

 

GREENNESS

n.The quality of being green; viridity; as the greenness of grass or of a meadow. 1. Immaturity; unripeness; in a literal or figurative sense; as the greenness of fruit; the greenness of youth.
2. Freshness; vigor.
3. Newness.

 

GREEN-SICKNESS

n.The chlorosis, a disease of maids, so called from the color it occasions in the face.

 

GREEN-STALL

n.A stall on which greens are exposed to sale.

 

GREENSTONE

n.[so called from a tinge of green in the color. ] A rock of the trap formation, consisting of hornblend and feldspar in the state of grains or small crystals.

 

GREEN-SWARD

n.Turf green with grass.

 

GREEN-WEED

n.Dyer's weed.

 

GREENWOOD

n.Wood when green, as in summer.

 

GREENWOOD

a.Pertaining to a greenwood; as a greenwood shade.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GREEN

Green, a. [Compar. Greener (; superl. Greenest.] Etym: [OE. grene, AS. grne; akin to D. groen, OS. grni, OHG. gruoni, G. grn, Dan. & Sw. grn, Icel. grnn; fr. the root of E. grow. See Grow. ]

 

1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.

 

2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. Shak.

 

3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against. .. the greenest usurpation. Burke.

 

4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.

 

5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. L. Watts.

 

6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. Sir W. Scott.

 

7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. Shak. Green brier (Bot. ), a thorny climbing shrub (Emilaz rotundifolia ) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; --called also cat brier. -- Green con (Zoöl.), the pollock. -- Green crab (Zoöl.), an edible, shore crab (Carcinus menas ) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named joe-rocker. -- Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. -- Green diallage. (Min. ) (a ) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b ) Smaragdite. -- Green dragon (Bot. ), a North American herbaceous plant (Arisæma Dracontium ), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also dragon root. -- Green earth (Min. ), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green. -- Green ebony. (a ) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia ), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b ) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony. -- Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate ), to which the color of the flame is due. -- Green fly (Zoöl.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. -- Green gage, (Bot. ) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary. -- Green gland (Zoöl.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antennæ. -- Green hand, a novice. [Colloq. ] -- Green heart (Bot. ), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodioei, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa. -- Green iron ore (Min. ) dufrenite. -- Green laver (Bot. ), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima ); -- called also green sloke. -- Green lead ore (Min. ), pyromorphite. -- Green linnet (Zoöl.), the greenfinch. -- Green looper (Zoöl.), the cankerworm. -- Green marble (Min. ), serpentine. -- Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See Greengill. -- Green monkey (Zoöl.) a West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus ), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. -- Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem. ), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. -- Green sand (Founding ) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. -- Green sea (Naut. ), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. -- Green sickness (Med. ), chlorosis. -- Green snake (Zoöl.), one of two harmless American snakes (Cyclophis vernalis, and C. æstivus ). They are bright green in color. -- Green turtle (Zoöl.), an edible marine turtle. See Turtle. -- Green vitriol. (a ) (Chem. ) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b ) (Min. ) Same as copperas, melanterite and sulphate of iron. -- Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. -- Green woodpecker (Zoöl.), a common European woodpecker (Picus viridis ); -- called also yaffle.

 

GREEN

GREEN Green (gren ), n.

 

1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.

 

2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. O'er the smooth enameled green. Milton.

 

3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural. In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. Pope.

 

4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc. , which in their green state are boiled for food.

 

5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. Alkali green (Chem. ), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also Helvetia green. -- Berlin green. (Chem. ) See under Berlin. -- Brilliant green (Chem. ), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. -- Brunswick green an oxychloride of copper. -- Chrome green. See under Chrome. -- Emerald green. (Chem. ) (a ) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; - - called also aldehyde green, acid green, malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b ) See Paris green (below ). -- Gaignet's green (Chem. ) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. -- Methyl green (Chem. ), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green. -- Mineral green. See under Mineral. -- Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a. -- Paris green (Chem. ), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc. , but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial green, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis green. -- Scheele's green (Chem. ), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald green.

 

GREEN

Green, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greened (great ): p. pr. & vb. n.Greening. ]

 

Defn: To make green. Great spring before Greened all the year. Thomson.

 

GREEN

GREEN Green, v. i.

 

Defn: To become or grow green. Tennyson. By greening slope and singing flood. Whittier.

 

GREENBACK

GREENBACK Green "back ", n.

 

Defn: One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.

 

GREENBACKER

GREENBACKER Green "back "er, n.

 

Defn: One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments. [Colloq. U. S.]

 

GREENBONE

Green "bone, n. Etym: [So named because the bones are green when boiled. ] (Zoöl.) (a ) Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus ). (b ) The European eelpout.

 

GREEN-BROOM

GREEN-BROOM Green "-broom `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria ); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.

 

GREENCLOTH

GREENCLOTH Green "cloth ` (-klôth `; 115 ), n.

 

Defn: A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gatees.

 

GREENERY

GREENERY Green "er *y, n.

 

Defn: Green plants; verdure. A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered in greenery. J. Ingelow.

 

GREEN-EYED

GREEN-EYED Green "-eyed, a.

 

1. Having green eyes.

 

2. Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts. "Green-eyed jealousy. " Shak.

 

GREENFINCH

GREENFINCH Green "finch `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

1. A European finch (Ligurinus chloris ); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

 

2. The Texas sparrow (Embernagra rufivirgata ), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.

 

GREENFISH

GREENFISH Green "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: See Bluefish, and Pollock.

 

GREENGAGE

GREENGAGE Green "gage `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.

 

GREENGILL

GREENGILL Green "gill `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

 

GREENGROCER

GREENGROCER Green "gro `cer, n.

 

Defn: A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.

 

GREENHEAD

GREENHEAD Green "head `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The mallard. (b ) The striped bass. See Bass.

 

GREENHEAD; GREENHOOD

GREENHEAD; GREENHOOD Green "head, Green "hood, n.

 

Defn: A state of greenness; verdancy. Chaucer.

 

GREENHORN

GREENHORN Green "horn `, n.

 

Defn: A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. W. Irving.

 

GREENHOUSE

GREENHOUSE Green "house `, n.

 

Defn: A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

 

GREENING

GREENING Green "ing, n.

 

Defn: A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.

 

GREENISH

GREENISH Green "ish, a.

 

Defn: Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow. -- Green "ish *ness, n.

 

GREENLANDER

GREENLANDER Green "land *er, n.

 

Defn: A native of Greenland.

 

GREEN-LEEK

GREEN-LEEK Green "-leek `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi ); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.

 

GREENLET

GREENLET Green "let, n.

 

Defn: l. (Zoöl.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius ); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus ); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus ); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons )and others. See Vireo.

 

2. (Zoöl,) Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.

 

GREENLY

GREENLY Green "ly, adv.

 

Defn: With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely. -- a.

 

Defn: Of a green color. [Obs. ]

 

GREENNESS

Green "ness, n. Etym: [AS. grnnes. See Green. ]

 

1. The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

 

2. Freshness; vigor; newness.

 

3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.

 

GREENOCKITE

Green "ock *ite, n. Etym: [Named after Lord Greenock. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

 

GREENROOM

GREENROOM Green "room ` (gren "room `), n.

 

Defn: The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

 

GREENSAND

GREENSAND Green "sand ` (-s, n. (Geol.)

 

Defn: A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.

 

Note: Greensand is often called marl, because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.

 

GREENSHANK

GREENSHANK Green "shank `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens ); -- called also greater plover.

 

GREEN-STALL

GREEN-STALL Green "-stall `, n.

 

Defn: A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.

 

GREENSTONE

Green "stone ` (gren "ston `), n. Etym: [So called from a tinge of green in the color. ] (Geol.)

 

Defn: A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

 

GREENSWARD

GREENSWARD Green "sward ` (-sward' ) n.

 

Defn: Turf green with grass.

 

GREENTH

Greenth (grenth ), n. Etym: [Cf. Growth. ]

 

Defn: The state or quality of being green; verdure. [R.] The greenth of summer. G. Eliot.

 

GREENWEED

GREENWEED Green "weed `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: See Greenbroom.

 

GREENWOOD

GREENWOOD Green "wood `, n.

 

Defn: A forest as it appears is spring and summer.

 

GREENWOOD

GREENWOOD Green "wood `, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. Dryden.

 

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green

green |grēn ɡrin | ▶adjective 1 of the color between blue and yellow in the spectrum; colored like grass or emeralds: the leaves are bright green. • consisting of fresh vegetables of this color: a green salad. • denoting a light or flag of this color used as a signal to proceed. • (of a ski run ) of the lowest level of difficulty, as indicated by colored markers on the run. • Physics denoting one of three colors of quark. 2 covered with grass, trees, or other plants: proposals that would smother green fields with development. • (usu. Green ) concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle: a Green candidate for the European parliament. • (of a product ) not harmful to the environment. 3 (of a plant or fruit ) young or unripe: green shoots. • (of wood ) unseasoned. • (of food or leather ) not dried, smoked, or tanned. • (of a person ) inexperienced, naive, or gullible: a green recruit fresh from college. • (of a memory ) not fading: clubs devoted to keeping green the memory of Sherlock Holmes. • still strong or vigorous: first there was green old age, hardly different from middle age. • archaic (of a wound ) fresh; not healed. 4 (of the complexion or a person ) pale and sickly-looking: “Are you all right? You look absolutely green. ” ▶noun 1 green color or pigment: major roads are marked in green . • green clothes or material: two girls in red and green. • green foliage or growing plants: that lovely canopy of green over Puritan Road. • informal, dated money: you'll save yourself some green. 2 a green thing, in particular: • a green light. 3 a piece of public or common grassy land, esp. in the center of a town: a house overlooking the green. • an area of smooth, very short grass immediately surrounding a hole on a golf course. 4 (greens ) green leafy vegetables: salad greens | collard greens. 5 (usu. Green ) a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party. ▶verb make or become green, in particular: • [ with obj. ] make (an urban or desert area ) more verdant by planting or encouraging trees or other greenery: greening the desert. • [ with obj. ] make less harmful or more sensitive to the environment: the importance of greening this industry. • [ no obj. ] become green in color, through age or by becoming covered with plants: the roof was greening with lichen. DERIVATIVES green ish adjective, green ly adverb, green ness noun ORIGIN Old English grēne (adjective ), grēnian (verb ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass and grow .

 

green algae

green al gae ▶plural noun photosynthetic algae that contain chlorophyll and store starch in discrete chloroplasts. They are eukaryotic and most live in fresh water, ranging from unicellular flagellates to more complex multicellular forms. [Treated either as plants (division Chlorophyta ) or as protozoans (phylum Chlorophyta, kingdom Protista ). The classification of green algae is complex and under review. ]

 

green audit

green au dit ▶noun an assessment of a business in terms of its impact on the environment.

 

Greenaway, Kate

Green a way, Kate |ˈgrēnəˌwā ˈɡrinweɪ | (1846 –1901 ), English artist; full name Catherine Greenaway. She is known esp. for her illustrations of children's books such as Mother Goose (1881 ).

 

greenback

green back |ˈgrēnˌbak ˈɡrinˌbæk | ▶noun 1 informal a dollar bill; a dollar: the beer she purchased with our last greenback. 2 informal an animal with a green back, esp. a race of the cutthroat trout found only in Colorado.

 

Green Bay

Green Bay |ɡriːnˈbeɪ | an industrial port city in northeastern Wisconsin, on Green Bay; pop. 101, 025 (est. 2008 ).

 

green bean

green bean ▶noun the immature pod of any of various bean plants, eaten as a vegetable. See also string bean.

 

green belt

green belt ▶noun 1 a green belt marking a level of proficiency in judo, karate, or other martial arts below that of a brown belt. • a person qualified to wear this. 2 (greenbelt ) an area of open land around a city, on which building is restricted.

 

Green Beret

Green Be ret |ˌɡrin bəˈreɪ | ▶noun informal a member of the US Army Special Forces.

 

greenbottle

green bot tle |ˈgrēnˌbätl ˈɡrinbɑdl | ▶noun a metallic green fly that sometimes lays eggs in wounds on sheep or other animals. [Genus Lucilia, family Calliphoridae: several species, in particular the common L. caesar. ]

 

green box

green box ▶noun a set of farming subsidies in the EU that do not affect production levels or prices.

 

greenbrier

green bri er |ˈgrēnˌbrīər ˈɡrinbraɪər |(also greenbriar ) ▶noun a green-stemmed North American vine of the lily family, typically prickly and with blue-black berries. Also called catbrier. [Genus Smilax, family Liliaceae: several species, in particular the woody and thorny S. rotundifolia. ]

 

greenbul

green bul |ˈgrēnˌbo͝ol ˈɡrinbʊl | ▶noun an African bulbul with an olive-green back. [Family Pycnonotidae: several genera, in particular Phyllastrephus and Pycnonotus, and numerous species. ]

 

green card

green card |ɡrin kɑrd | ▶noun 1 (in the US ) a permit allowing a foreign national to live and work permanently in the US. 2 (in the UK ) an international insurance document for motorists.

 

green channel

green chan nel ▶noun (at a customs area in an airport or port ) the passage that should be taken by arriving passengers who have no goods to declare.

 

green cheese

green cheese ▶noun unripened or unmatured cheese.

 

greenchop

green chop |ˈgrēnˌCHäp ˈɡrintʃɑp | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cut (grass ) in order to bring to cattle or store as silage.

 

Green Cloth

Green Cloth (in full Board of Green Cloth ) ▶noun (in the UK ) the Lord Steward's department of the royal household.

 

green-collar

green-col lar ▶adjective denoting or relating to employment concerned with products and services designed to improve the quality of the environment: green-collar jobs. ORIGIN on the pattern of white-collar and blue-collar .

 

green corn

green corn ▶noun the tender ears of young sweet corn, suitable for cooking and eating.

 

green crab

green crab (also European green crab ) ▶noun a name for the common shore crab in its capacity as an invasive species in the US.

 

green crop

green crop ▶noun Brit. a crop used in a green or unripe state as fodder.

 

green dragon

green drag on ▶noun a North American arum with a large divided leaf, a greenish-cream spathe, and a very long white spadix. Also called dragon arum. [Arisaema dracontium, family Araceae. ]

 

green drake

green drake ▶noun Brit. the green subadult of certain mayflies. ●Genus Ephemera, family Ephemeridae. • an artificial fishing fly that imitates a green drake.

 

Greene, Graham

Greene, Graham |grēn ɡrin | (1904 –91 ), English novelist; full name Henry Graham Greene. The moral paradoxes he saw in his Roman Catholic faith underlie much of his work. Notable works: Brighton Rock (1938 ), The Power and the Glory (1940 ), and The Third Man (movie 1949; novel 1950 ).

 

Greene, Nathanael

Greene, Nathanael |grēn grin | (1742 –86 ), American general. Noted as a military strategist, he forced the British out of Georgia and the Carolinas in a series of battles (1781 ) during the American Revolution.

 

green earth

green earth ▶noun another term for terre verte.

 

Greener

Green er |ˈgrēnər ˈɡrinər | ▶noun a type of shotgun. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after William Greener (1806 –69 ) or his son William W. Greener, gunsmiths and authors.

 

greenery

green er y |ˈgrēnərē ˈɡrinəri | ▶noun green foliage, growing plants, or vegetation.

 

greenery-yallery

greenery-yallery |ˌgriːnərɪˈjaləri | ▶adjective informal green and yellow. • of or in the style of the 19th -century Aesthetic Movement (used to convey the idea of affectation ): a greenery-yallery fin-de-siècle lyricism. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from green + yaller (variant of yellow ), with reduplication of the suffix -y 1 .

 

greeneye

green eye |ˈgrēnˌī ˈɡrinaɪ | ▶noun a small, slender-bodied fish with iridescent pale green eyes, occurring in deep waters of the western Atlantic. [Family Chlorophthalmidae: two genera and several species. ]

 

green-eyed monster

green-eyed mon ster |ɡrin aɪd ˈmɑnstər | ▶noun (the green-eyed monster ) informal, humorous jealousy personified. ORIGIN from Shakespeare's Othello ( iii. 3. 166 ).

 

green fat

green fat ▶noun the green, gelatinous part of a turtle, highly regarded by gourmets.

 

green fee

green fee ▶noun another term for greens fee.

 

greenfeed

green |feed |ˈgriːnfiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Austral. /NZ forage grown to be fed fresh to livestock.

 

greenfield

green field |ˈgrēnˌfēld ˈɡrinˌfild | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] relating to or denoting previously undeveloped sites for commercial development or exploitation. Compare with brownfield.

 

greenfinch

green finch |ˈgrēnˌfinCH ˈɡrinˌfɪntʃ | ▶noun a Eurasian finch with green and yellow plumage. [Genus Carduelis, family Fringillidae: three species, in particular the common C. chloris of Europe and the Middle East. ]

 

green fingers

green fin gers |ˌɡrin ˈfɪŋɡərz | ▶plural noun British term for green thumb.

 

greenfly

green fly |ˈgrēnˌflī ˈɡrinˌflaɪ | ▶noun ( pl. same or greenflies ) a green aphid that is a common pest of crops and garden plants. [Several species in the family Aphididae. ]

 

greengage

green gage |ˈgrēnˌgāj ˈɡrinˌɡeɪʤ | ▶noun 1 (also greengage plum ) a sweet, greenish fruit resembling a small plum. Also called gage 3. 2 the tree bearing this fruit. [Prunus domestica subsp. italica (or P. italica ), family Rosaceae. ] ORIGIN early 18th cent.: named after Sir William Gage (1657 –1727 ), the English botanist who introduced it to England.

 

Green Goddess

Green God dess ▶noun a salad dressing made with mayonnaise, garlic, and anchovies, and colored with parsley and green onions.

 

green goose

green goose ▶noun a goose that is killed when under four months old and eaten without stuffing.

 

greengrocer

green gro cer |ˈgrēnˌgrōsər ˈɡrinˌɡroʊsər | ▶noun Brit. a retailer of fruit and vegetables. DERIVATIVES green gro cer y |-ˌgrōs (ə )rē |noun

 

greenhead

green head |ˈgrēnˌhed |(also greenhead fly ) ▶noun a biting horsefly with green eyes. [Genus Chrysops, family Tabanidae. ]

 

greenheart

green heart |ˈgrēnˌhärt ˈɡrinhɑrt | ▶noun a South American evergreen tree of the laurel family, yielding hard greenish timber that is used for marine work because of its resistance to marine borers. [Ocotea rodiaei, family Lauraceae. ] • this timber, or similar timber from various other tropical trees.

 

greenhide

green |hide |ˈgriːnhʌɪd | ▶noun Austral. the untanned hide of an animal.

 

greenhorn

green horn |ˈgrēnˌhôrn ˈɡrinˌhɔrn | ▶noun informal a person who is new to or inexperienced at a particular activity.

 

greenhouse

green house |ˈgrēnˌhous ˈɡrinˌhaʊs | ▶noun a glass building in which plants are grown that need protection from cold weather.

 

greenhouse effect

green house ef fect |ˈɡrinhaʊs əˌfɛkt | ▶noun the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface. It is theorized that on earth the increasing quantity of atmospheric carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels, together with the release of other gases, is causing an increased greenhouse effect and leading to global warming. A greenhouse effect involving CO 2 is also responsible for the very high surface temperature of Venus. See also global warming .

 

greenhouse gas

green house gas |ˈɡrinˌhaʊs ɡæs | ▶noun a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons.

 

greenie

green ie |ˈgrēnē ˈɡrini | ▶noun informal, often derogatory a person who campaigns for protection of the environment.

 

Greening

Green ing |ˈgrēniNG ˈɡrinɪŋ | ▶noun an apple of a variety that is green when ripe. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (originally denoting a kind of pear ): probably from Middle Dutch groeninc, a kind of apple, from groen ‘green. ’

 

green jersey

green jer sey ▶noun (in a cycling race involving stages ) a green knit shirt worn each day by the rider accumulating the highest number of points, and presented at the end of the race to the rider with the highest overall points total.

 

greenkeeper

green keep er |ˈgrēnˌkēpər ˈɡrinˌkipər | ▶noun another term for greenskeeper.

 

Greenland

Green land |ˈgrēnlənd ˈɡrinlənd | a large island that lies to the northeast of North America, mostly within the Arctic Circle; pop. 57,600 (est. 2009 ); capital, Godthåb (Nuuk ). Danish name Grønland; called in Inuit Kalaallit Nunaat. Only 5 percent of Greenland is habitable; the population is largely Inuit. Formerly a Norse and a Danish settlement, Greenland became a dependency of Denmark in 1953 with internal autonomy in 1979. It withdrew from the European Community in 1985. DERIVATIVES Green land er noun

 

Greenland halibut

Green land hal i but ▶noun an edible halibut with a black or dark brown upper side that is found in cold, deep waters of the north. [Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, family Pleuronectidae. ]

 

Greenlandic

Green land ic |grēnˈlandik ɡrinˈlændɪk | ▶noun a dialect of the Inuit language that is one of the official languages of Greenland, the other being Danish. usage: See usage at Inuit .

 

Greenland right whale

Green land right whale (also Greenland whale ) ▶noun another term for bowhead.

 

Greenland Sea

Green land Sea a sea that lies between the east coast of Greenland and the Svalbard archipelago, part of the Arctic Ocean.

 

green leek

green leek ▶noun Austral. a green-faced or mainly green parrot. ●Family Psittacidae: several species, e.g. the superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii ).

 

greenlet

green let |ˈgrēnlit ˈɡrinlət | ▶noun a small warblerlike vireo with drab plumage, found in Central and South America. [Genus Hylophilus, family Vireonidae: several species. ]

 

green light

green light |ˈɡrin ˈˌlaɪt | ▶noun a green traffic light giving permission to proceed. • permission to go ahead with a project: the commission has given the green light for a wind-farm development. ▶verb ( green-light ) [ with obj. ] give permission to go ahead with (a project, esp. a movie ).

 

greenling

green ling |ˈgrēnliNG ˈɡrinlɪŋ | ▶noun ( pl. same or greenlings ) a spiny-finned, edible fish of the North Pacific. [Family Hexagrammidae: two genera and several species, including the lingcod. ]

 

green lizard

green liz ard ▶noun a lizard that is typically green with (esp. in the male ) a blue throat, native to Europe and southwestern Asia. [Lacerta viridis, family Lacertidae. ]

 

greenmail

green mail |ˈgrēnˌmāl ˈɡrinmeɪl | ▶noun Stock Market the practice of buying enough shares in a company to threaten a takeover, forcing the owners to buy them back at a higher price in order to retain control. DERIVATIVES green mail er noun ORIGIN 1980s: blend of green and blackmail .

 

green man

green man |ɡriːnˈmæn | ▶noun historical a man dressed up in greenery to represent a wild man of the woods or seasonal fertility. • a carved image of this, often seen in medieval English churches as a human face with branches and foliage growing out of the mouth.

 

green manure

green ma nure |ɡrin məˈn (j )ʊ (ə )r | ▶noun a fertilizer consisting of growing plants that are plowed back into the soil.

 

green monkey

green mon key ▶noun a common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Compare with grivet and vervet. [Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. sabaeus of West Africa, which is often tamed. ]

 

green monkey disease

green monkey disease ▶noun another term for Marburg disease.

 

Green Mountains

Green Moun tains a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends north to south through Vermont and reaches 4,393 feet (1,340 m ) at Mount Mansfield.

 

Green Mountain State

Green Moun tain State a nickname for the state of Vermont.

 

Greenock

Greenock |ˈgriːnək | a port in west central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde; pop. 42,400 (est. 2009 ).

 

greenockite

green ock ite |ˈgrēnəˌkīt ˈɡrinəkaɪt | ▶noun a mineral consisting of cadmium sulfide and typically occurring as a yellow crust on zinc ores. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the name of Lord Greenock, who later became Earl Cathcart (1783 –1859 ), + -ite 1 .

 

green onion

green on ion |ɡrin ˈənjən | ▶noun an onion taken from the ground before the bulb has formed, typically eaten raw in salad; a scallion.

 

Green Paper

Green Paper ▶noun (in the UK ) a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to provoke discussion.

 

Green Party

Green Par ty ▶noun an environmentalist political party.

 

Greenpeace

Green |peace |ˈgriːnpiːs | an international organization that campaigns actively but non-violently for conservation of the environment and the preservation of endangered species.

 

green pepper

green pep per |ˈɡrin ˈˌpɛpər | ▶noun the unripe fruit of a sweet pepper, which is mild in flavor and widely used in cooking. • the plant that yields this fruit. See capsicum.

 

green pigeon

green pi geon ▶noun a fruit-eating pigeon with mainly green plumage occurring in the Old World tropics. [Genus Treron, family Columbidae: many species. See also fruit pigeon . ]

 

green plover

green plov er ▶noun Brit. the northern lapwing (see lapwing ).

 

green pound

green pound ▶noun the exchange rate for the pound applied to payments for agricultural produce in the EU.

 

green revolution

green rev o lu tion ▶noun a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.

 

Green River

Green Riv er 1 a river that flows for 730 miles (1,130 km ) from Wyoming through Colorado and Utah into the Colorado River. 2 a city in southwestern Wyoming, on the Green River, southwest of Rock Springs; pop. 12,149 (est. 2008 ).

 

green room

green room |ɡrin rum | ▶noun a room in a theater or studio in which performers can relax when they are not performing.

 

greensand

green sand |ˈgrēnˌsand ˈɡrinsænd | ▶noun Geology a greenish kind of sandstone, often loosely consolidated.

 

Greensboro

Greens boro |ˈgrēnzˌbərə ˈɡrinzbərə | a city in north central North Carolina; pop. 250,642 (est. 2008 ).

 

green screen

green screen ▶noun see blue screen.

 

greens fee

greens fee (also green fee ) ▶noun a charge for playing one round or session on a golf course.

 

greenshank

green shank |ˈgrēnˌSHaNGk ˈɡrinˌʃæŋk | ▶noun a large sandpiper with long, greenish legs and gray plumage, breeding in northern Eurasia and North America. [Genus Tringa, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular T. nebularia. ]

 

greensick

green |sick |ˈgriːnsɪk | ▶adjective archaic (of a person ) affected with chlorosis. DERIVATIVES greensickness noun

 

greenskeeper

greens keep er |ˈgrēnzˌkēpər ˈɡriːnzkiːpər |(also greenkeeper ) ▶noun a person employed to look after a golf course.

 

green snake

green snake ▶noun a harmless American snake with a green back and white or yellowish underparts. [Genus Opheodrys, family Colubridae: two species. ]

 

green space

green space ▶noun an area of grass, trees, or other vegetation set apart for recreational or aesthetic purposes in an otherwise urban environment.

 

Greenspan, Alan

Green span, Alan |ˈgrēnˌspan ˈɡrinspæn | (1926 –), US economist. He was chairman of the National Commission on Social Security Reform 1981 –83 and served as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987 –2006.

 

greenstick fracture

green stick frac ture |ˈgrēnˌstik ˈɡrinˌstɪk ˈfræk (t )ʃər | ▶noun a fracture of the bone, occurring typically in children, in which one side of the bone is broken and the other only bent.

 

greenstone

green stone |ˈgrēnˌstōn ˈɡrinstoʊn | ▶noun Geology a greenish igneous rock containing feldspar and hornblende. • chiefly NZ a variety of nephrite.

 

greenstuff

green |stuff |ˈgriːnstʌf | ▶noun [ mass noun ] vegetation. • green vegetables.

 

greensward

green sward |ˈgrēnˌswôrd ˈɡrinˌswɔrd | ▶noun archaic or literary grass-covered ground.

 

greentailing

green tail ing |ˈgrēnˌtāliNG ˈɡrinˌteɪlɪŋ | ▶noun the sale of goods that are not harmful to the environment or were produced in conformity with environmental standards: organic gardening is part of our commitment to greentailing. ORIGIN blend of green and retailing .

 

green tea

green tea |ɡrin ti | ▶noun tea that is made from unfermented leaves and is pale in color and slightly bitter in flavor, produced mainly in China and Japan. Compare with black tea.

 

green thumb

green thumb |ˈɡrin ˈˌθəm | ▶noun informal natural talent for growing plants: you don't need a green thumb to grow them.

 

green turtle

green tur tle ▶noun a sea turtle with an olive-brown shell, often living close to the coast and extensively hunted for food. [Chelonia mydas, family Cheloniidae. ]

 

Greenville

Green ville |ˈgrēnˌvil, -vəl ˈɡrinvɪl | 1 a city in northwestern Mississippi, in the Delta; pop. 35,764 (est. 2008 ). 2 a city in eastern North Carolina, near the Pamlico River; pop. 79,629 (est. 2008 ). 3 an industrial city in northwestern South Carolina; pop. 59,988 (est. 2008 ).

 

green vitriol

green vit ri ol ▶noun archaic crystalline ferrous sulfate.

 

greenware

green ware |ˈgrēnˌwe (ə )r ˈɡrinwɛr | ▶noun unfired pottery.

 

greenwash

green wash |ˈgrēnˌwäSH, -ˌwôSH ˈɡrinwɔʃ |(also greenwashing ) ▶noun disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image: the recycling bins in the cafeteria are just feeble examples of their corporate greenwash. DERIVATIVES green wash er noun ORIGIN 1980s: from green ‘not ecologically harmful, ’ on the pattern of whitewash .

 

greenway

green way |ˈgrēnˌwā ˈɡrinweɪ | ▶noun a strip of undeveloped land near an urban area, set aside for recreational use or environmental protection.

 

greenweed

green weed |ˈgrēnˌwēd ˈɡrinwid | see dyer's greenweed.

 

Greenwich

Green wich 1 |ˈgrinij, -iCH, ˈgren- ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ |a London borough on the southern bank of the Thames River. 2 |ˈgreniCH ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ |a town in southwestern Connecticut, on Long Island Sound, an affluent suburb of New York City; pop. 61,937 (est. 2008 ).

 

Greenwich Mean Time

Green wich Mean Time |ˈˌɡrɛnɪtʃ ˈmin ˌtaɪm |(abbr.: GMT ) (also Greenwich time ) the mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian, adopted as the standard time in a zone that includes the British Isles.

 

Greenwich meridian

Green wich me rid i an ▶noun the prime meridian, which passes through the former Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, adopted internationally as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884.

 

Greenwich Village

Green wich Vil lage |ɡrenɪtʃˈvɪlɪʤ | a district of New York City on the lower west side of Manhattan, traditionally associated with writers, artists, and musicians.

 

greenwood

green wood |ˈgrēnˌwo͝od ˈɡrinwʊd | ▶noun archaic a wood or forest in leaf (regarded as the typical scene of medieval outlaw life ).

 

green woodpecker

green wood peck er |ɡrin ˈwʊdˌpɛkər | ▶noun a large green and yellow woodpecker with a red crown and a laughing call, found from Europe to central Asia. [Picus viridis, family Picidae. ]

 

greeny

green y |ˈgrēnē ˈɡrini | ▶adjective [ often in combination ] slightly green: the greeny-brown surface of the stone.

 

Oxford Dictionary

green

green |griːn | ▶adjective 1 of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds: her flashing green eyes | the leaves are bright green. • consisting of fresh green vegetables: a green salad. • denoting a green light or flag used as a signal to proceed. • (of a ski run ) of the lowest level of difficulty, as indicated by green markers on the run. • Physics denoting one of three colours of quark. 2 covered with grass or other vegetation: proposals that would smother green fields with development. • (usu. Green ) concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle: official Green candidates. • (of a product or service ) not harmful to the environment. 3 (of a plant or fruit ) young or unripe: green shoots. • (of wood, food, or leather ) in its original or untreated state; not seasoned, tanned, cured, or dried. • still strong or vigorous: clubs devoted to keeping green the memory of Sherlock Holmes. • archaic (of a wound ) fresh; not healed. 4 (of a person ) inexperienced or naive: a green recruit fresh from college. 5 (of a person or their complexion ) pale and sickly-looking. ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] green colour or pigment: major roads are marked in green . • green clothes or material: two girls in red and green. • green foliage or vegetation: that lovely canopy of green over Stratford Road. • informal, dated low-grade cannabis. 2 a green thing, in particular: • (greens ) green vegetables: eat up your greens. • a green light. • the green ball in snooker. • informal, dated money: that's a lot of green. 3 a piece of public grassy land, especially in the centre of a village: a house overlooking the green. • an area of smooth, very short grass immediately surrounding a hole on a golf course. 4 (usu. Green ) a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party. ▶verb 1 make or become green in colour: [ no obj. ] : the roof was greening with lichen. 2 [ with obj. ] make (an urban or desert area ) more verdant by planting trees or other vegetation: they will continue greening the many treeless and dusty suburbs. 3 [ with obj. ] make less harmful to the environment: tips on how to green your home. PHRASES the green-eyed monster informal, humorous jealousy personified. [from Shakespeare's Othello ( iii. iii. 166 ).] green shoots ( of recovery ) signs of growth or renewal, especially of economic recovery. green with envy very envious or jealous. DERIVATIVES greenish adjective, greenly adverb, greenness |ˈgriːnnɪs |noun ORIGIN Old English grēne (adjective ), grēnian (verb ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass and grow .

 

green algae

green algae ▶plural noun photosynthetic algae which contain chlorophyll and store starch in discrete chloroplasts. They are eukaryotic and most live in fresh water, ranging from unicellular flagellates to more complex multicellular forms. ●Treated either as plants (division Chlorophyta ) or as protozoans (phylum Chlorophyta, kingdom Protista ). The classification of green algae is complex and under review.

 

green audit

green audit ▶noun an assessment of a business in terms of its impact on the environment.

 

Greenaway, Kate

Green |away |ˈgriːnəˌweɪ | (1846 –1901 ), English artist; full name Catherine Greenaway. She is known especially for her illustrations of children's books such as Mother Goose (1881 ).

 

greenback

green |back |ˈgriːnbak | ▶noun US informal a dollar bill; a dollar: he's worth a boatload of greenbacks.

 

Green Bay

Green Bay |ɡriːnˈbeɪ | an industrial port city in northeastern Wisconsin, on Green Bay; pop. 101, 025 (est. 2008 ).

 

green bean

green bean ▶noun the immature pod of any of various bean plants, eaten as a vegetable. See also string bean.

 

green belt

green belt ▶noun 1 chiefly Brit. an area of open land around a city, on which building is restricted. 2 a green belt marking a level of proficiency in judo, karate, or other martial arts below that of a brown belt. • a person qualified to wear a green belt.

 

Green Beret

Green Beret ▶noun informal a British commando or a member of the US Army Special Forces.

 

greenbottle

green |bottle |ˈgriːnbɒt (ə )l | ▶noun a metallic green fly which sometimes lays eggs in wounds on sheep or other animals. ●Genus Lucilia, family Calliphoridae: several species, in particular the common L. caesar.

 

green box

green box ▶noun a set of farming subsidies in the EU that do not affect production levels or prices.

 

greenbrier

green bri er |ˈgrēnˌbrīər ˈɡrinbraɪər |(also greenbriar ) ▶noun a green-stemmed North American vine of the lily family, typically prickly and with blue-black berries. Also called catbrier. [Genus Smilax, family Liliaceae: several species, in particular the woody and thorny S. rotundifolia. ]

 

greenbul

greenbul |ˈgriːnbʊl | ▶noun an African bulbul (songbird ) with an olive-green back. ●Family Pycnonotidae: several genera, in particular Phyllastrephus and Pycnonotus, and numerous species.

 

green card

green card ▶noun 1 (in the US ) a permit allowing a foreign national to live and work permanently in the US. 2 (in the UK ) an international insurance document for motorists.

 

green channel

green chan |nel ▶noun (at a customs area in an airport or port ) the passage which should be taken by arriving passengers who have no goods to declare.

 

green cheese

green cheese ▶noun [ mass noun ] unmatured cheese.

 

greenchop

green chop |ˈgrēnˌCHäp ˈɡrintʃɑp | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cut (grass ) in order to bring to cattle or store as silage.

 

Green Cloth

Green Cloth (in full Board of Green Cloth ) ▶noun (in the UK ) the Lord Steward's department of the royal household.

 

green-collar

green-collar ▶adjective denoting or relating to employment concerned with products and services designed to improve the quality of the environment: green-collar jobs. ORIGIN on the pattern of white-collar and blue-collar .

 

green corn

green corn ▶noun the tender ears of young sweet corn, suitable for cooking and eating.

 

green crab

green crab (also European green crab ) ▶noun a name for the common shore crab in its capacity as an invasive species in the US.

 

green crop

green crop ▶noun Brit. a crop used in a green or unripe state as fodder.

 

green dragon

green dragon ▶noun a North American arum with a large divided leaf, a greenish-cream spathe, and a very long white spadix. Also called dragon arum. ●Arisaema dracontium, family Araceae.

 

green drake

green drake ▶noun Brit. the green subadult of certain mayflies. ●Genus Ephemera, family Ephemeridae. • an artificial fishing fly that imitates a green drake.

 

Greene, Graham

Greene |griːn | (1904 –91 ), English novelist; full name Henry Graham Greene. The moral paradoxes he saw in his Roman Catholic faith underlie much of his work. Notable works: Brighton Rock (1938 ), The Power and the Glory (1940 ), and The Third Man (written as a screenplay, and filmed in 1949; novel 1950 ).

 

Greene, Nathanael

Greene, Nathanael |grēn grin | (1742 –86 ), American general. Noted as a military strategist, he forced the British out of Georgia and the Carolinas in a series of battles (1781 ) during the American Revolution.

 

green earth

green earth ▶noun another term for terre verte.

 

Greener

Green ¦er |ˈgriːnə | ▶noun a type of shotgun. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after William Greener (1806 –69 ) or his son William W. Greener, gunsmiths and authors.

 

greenery

green |ery |ˈgriːn (ə )ri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] green foliage, growing plants, or vegetation.

 

greenery-yallery

greenery-yallery |ˌgriːnərɪˈjaləri | ▶adjective informal green and yellow. • of or in the style of the 19th -century Aesthetic Movement (used to convey the idea of affectation ): a greenery-yallery fin-de-siècle lyricism. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from green + yaller (variant of yellow ), with reduplication of the suffix -y 1 .

 

greeneye

green |eye ▶noun a small slender-bodied fish with iridescent pale green eyes, occurring in deep waters of the western Atlantic. ●Family Chlorophthalmidae: two genera and several species.

 

green-eyed monster

green-eyed mon ster |ɡrin aɪd ˈmɑnstər | ▶noun (the green-eyed monster ) informal, humorous jealousy personified. ORIGIN from Shakespeare's Othello ( iii. 3. 166 ).

 

green fat

green fat ▶noun [ mass noun ] the green gelatinous part of a turtle, highly regarded by gourmets.

 

green fee

green fee (US also greens fee ) ▶noun a charge for playing one round or session on a golf course.

 

greenfeed

green |feed |ˈgriːnfiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Austral. /NZ forage grown to be fed fresh to livestock.

 

greenfield

green |field |ˈgriːnfiːld | ▶adjective Brit. denoting or relating to previously undeveloped sites for commercial development or exploitation.

 

greenfinch

green |finch |ˈgriːnfɪn (t )ʃ | ▶noun a Eurasian finch with green and yellow plumage. ●Genus Carduelis, family Fringillidae: three species, in particular the common C. chloris of Europe and the Middle East.

 

green fingers

green fin |gers ▶plural noun Brit. informal natural ability in growing plants. DERIVATIVES green-fingered adjective

 

greenfly

green |fly |ˈgriːnflʌɪ | ▶noun ( pl. same or greenflies ) a green aphid which is a common pest of crops and garden plants. ●Several species in the family Aphididae.

 

greengage

green |gage |ˈgriːngeɪdʒ | ▶noun 1 a sweet greenish fruit resembling a small plum. Also called gage 3. 2 the tree bearing greengages. ●Prunus domestica subsp. italica (or P. italica ), family Rosaceae. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: named after Sir William Gage (1657 –1727 ), the English botanist who introduced it to England.

 

Green Goddess

Green God dess ▶noun a salad dressing made with mayonnaise, garlic, and anchovies, and colored with parsley and green onions.

 

green goose

green goose ▶noun a goose that is killed when under four months old and eaten without stuffing.

 

greengrocer

green |gro ¦cer |ˈgriːngrəʊsə | ▶noun Brit. a retailer of fruit and vegetables. DERIVATIVES greengrocery noun

 

greenhead

greenhead |ˈgriːnhɛd |(also greenhead fly ) ▶noun chiefly US a biting horsefly with green eyes. ●Genus Chrysops, family Tabanidae.

 

greenheart

green |heart |ˈgriːnhɑːt | ▶noun a South American evergreen tree of the laurel family, yielding hard greenish timber which is used for marine work because of its resistance to marine borers. ●Ocotea rodiaei, family Lauraceae. • [ mass noun ] the timber of the greenheart, or similar timber from various other tropical trees.

 

greenhide

green |hide |ˈgriːnhʌɪd | ▶noun Austral. the untanned hide of an animal.

 

greenhorn

green |horn |ˈgriːnhɔːn | ▶noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. a person who is new to or inexperienced at a particular activity.

 

greenhouse

green |house |ˈgriːnhaʊs | ▶noun a glass building in which plants that need protection from cold weather are grown.

 

greenhouse effect

green |house ef ¦fect ▶noun the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface. On earth the increasing quantity of atmospheric carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels, together with the release of other gases, is causing an increased greenhouse effect and leading to global warming. A greenhouse effect involving CO 2 is also responsible for the very high surface temperature of Venus. See also global warming .

 

greenhouse gas

green |house gas ▶noun a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation. Carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons are examples of greenhouse gases.

 

greenie

greenie |ˈgriːni | ▶noun informal, often derogatory a person who campaigns for protection of the environment.

 

greening

green |ing |ˈgriːnɪŋ | ▶noun an apple of a variety that is green when ripe. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (originally denoting a kind of pear ): probably from Middle Dutch groeninc, a kind of apple, from groen ‘green ’.

 

green jersey

green jer ¦sey ▶noun (in a cycling race involving stages ) a green jersey worn each day by the rider accumulating the highest number of points, and presented at the end of the race to the rider with the highest overall points total.

 

greenkeeper

greenkeeper |ˈgriːnkiːpə |(N. Amer. also greenskeeper |ˈgriːnzkiːpə |) ▶noun a person employed to look after a golf course. DERIVATIVES greenkeeping noun

 

Greenland

Green |land |ˈgriːnlənd | a large island lying to the north-east of North America and mostly within the Arctic Circle; pop. 57,600 (est. 2009 ); capital, Nuuk (Godthåb ). Danish name Grønland; called in Inuit Kalaallit Nunaat. Only 5 per cent of Greenland is habitable; the population is largely Inuit. Formerly a Norse and a Danish settlement, Greenland became a dependency of Denmark in 1953 with internal autonomy from 1979. It withdrew from the EC in 1985. DERIVATIVES Greenlander noun

 

Greenland halibut

Green |land hali |but ▶noun an edible halibut with a black or dark brown upper side, which is found in cold deep waters of the north. ●Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, family Pleuronectidae.

 

Greenlandic

Greenlandic |griːnˈlandɪk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a dialect of the Inuit (Eskimo ) language which is one of the official languages of Greenland (the other being Danish ).

 

Greenland right whale

Greenland right whale (also Greenland whale ) ▶noun another term for bowhead.

 

Greenland Sea

Green |land Sea a sea which lies between the east coast of Greenland and the Svalbard archipelago, forming part of the Arctic Ocean.

 

green leek

green leek ▶noun Austral. a green-faced or mainly green parrot. ●Family Psittacidae: several species, e.g. the superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii ).

 

greenlet

greenlet |ˈgriːnlɪt | ▶noun a small warbler-like vireo (songbird ) with drab plumage, found in Central and South America. ●Genus Hylophilus, family Vireonidae: several species.

 

green light

green light ▶noun a green traffic light giving permission to proceed. • permission to go ahead with a project: the council has given the green light for a housing development. ▶verb ( green-light ) [ with obj. ] chiefly N. Amer. give permission to go ahead with (a project ).

 

greenling

green |ling |ˈgriːnlɪŋ | ▶noun a spiny-finned edible fish of the North Pacific. ●Family Hexagrammidae: two genera and several species, including the lingcod.

 

green lizard

green liz ¦ard ▶noun a lizard that is typically green with (especially in the male ) a blue throat, native to Europe and SW Asia. ●Lacerta viridis, family Lacertidae.

 

greenmail

green |mail |ˈgriːnmeɪl | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Stock Exchange the practice of buying enough shares in a company to threaten a takeover, forcing the owners to buy them back at a higher price in order to retain control. DERIVATIVES greenmailer noun ORIGIN 1980s: blend of green and blackmail .

 

green man

green man ▶noun 1 (in the UK ) a symbol of an illuminated green human figure at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is safe to cross the road. 2 historical a man dressed up in greenery to represent a wild man of the woods or seasonal fertility. • a carved image of a green man, often seen in medieval English churches as a human face with branches and foliage growing out of the mouth.

 

green manure

green ma ¦nure ▶noun [ mass noun ] a fertilizer consisting of growing plants that are ploughed back into the soil.

 

green monkey

green mon ¦key ▶noun a common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Compare with grivet and vervet. ●Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. sabaeus of West Africa, which is often tamed.

 

Green Mountains

Green Moun tains a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends north to south through Vermont and reaches 4,393 feet (1,340 m ) at Mount Mansfield.

 

Green Mountain State

Green Mountain State informal name for Vermont.

 

Greenock

Greenock |ˈgriːnək | a port in west central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde; pop. 42,400 (est. 2009 ).

 

greenockite

greenockite |ˈgriːnəkʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide which typically occurs as a yellow crust on zinc ores. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the name of Lord Greenock, who later became Earl Cathcart (1783 –1859 ), + -ite 1 .

 

green onion

green onion ▶noun N. Amer. a spring onion.

 

Green Paper

Green Paper ▶noun (in the UK ) a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to provoke discussion.

 

Green Party

Green Party ▶noun an environmentalist political party.

 

Greenpeace

Green |peace |ˈgriːnpiːs | an international organization that campaigns actively but non-violently for conservation of the environment and the preservation of endangered species.

 

green pepper

green pep ¦per ▶noun the mild-flavoured unripe fruit of a sweet pepper, which may be eaten raw or cooked. • the plant which yields green peppers. See capsicum.

 

green pigeon

green pi ¦geon ▶noun a fruit-eating pigeon with mainly green plumage occurring in the Old World tropics. ●Genus Treron, family Columbidae: many species. See also fruit pigeon .

 

green plover

green plover ▶noun Brit. the northern lapwing.

 

green pound

green pound ▶noun the exchange rate for the pound applied to payments for agricultural produce in the EU.

 

green revolution

green revo |lu ¦tion ▶noun 1 a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties. 2 a dramatic rise in concern about the environment in industrialized countries.

 

Green River

Green Riv er 1 a river that flows for 730 miles (1,130 km ) from Wyoming through Colorado and Utah into the Colorado River. 2 a city in southwestern Wyoming, on the Green River, southwest of Rock Springs; pop. 12,149 (est. 2008 ).

 

green room

green room ▶noun a room in a theatre or studio in which performers can relax when they are not performing.

 

greensand

green |sand |ˈgriːnsand | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Geology a greenish kind of sandstone, often loosely consolidated. • (usu. the Greensand ) a stratum largely composed of greensand, deposited during the Cretaceous period and often underlying chalk.

 

Greensboro

Greens boro |ˈgrēnzˌbərə ˈɡrinzbərə | a city in north central North Carolina; pop. 250,642 (est. 2008 ).

 

green screen

green screen ▶noun see blue screen.

 

greens fee

greens fee ▶noun US term for green fee.

 

greenshank

green |shank |ˈgriːnʃaŋk | ▶noun a large sandpiper with long greenish legs and grey plumage, breeding in northern Eurasia and North America. ●Genus Tringa, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular T. nebularia.

 

greensick

green |sick |ˈgriːnsɪk | ▶adjective archaic (of a person ) affected with chlorosis. DERIVATIVES greensickness noun

 

greenskeeper

greens |keep ¦er |ˈɡriːnzkiːpə (r )| ▶noun North American term for greenkeeper.

 

green snake

green snake ▶noun a harmless American snake with a green back and white or yellowish underparts. ●Genus Opheodrys, family Colubridae: two species.

 

green space

green space ▶noun an area of grass, trees, or other vegetation set apart for recreational or aesthetic purposes in an otherwise urban environment.

 

Greenspan, Alan

Green span, Alan |ˈgrēnˌspan ˈɡrinspæn | (1926 –), US economist. He was chairman of the National Commission on Social Security Reform 1981 –83 and served as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987 –2006.

 

greenstick fracture

green |stick frac |ture |ˈɡriːnstɪkfraktʃə (r )| ▶noun a fracture of the bone, occurring typically in children, in which one side of the bone is broken and the other only bent.

 

greenstone

green |stone |ˈgriːnstəʊn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Geology a greenish igneous rock containing feldspar and hornblende. • chiefly NZ a variety of jade.

 

greenstuff

green |stuff |ˈgriːnstʌf | ▶noun [ mass noun ] vegetation. • green vegetables.

 

greensward

greensward |ˈgriːnˌswɔːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] literary grass-covered ground.

 

greentailing

green tail ing |ˈgrēnˌtāliNG ˈɡrinˌteɪlɪŋ | ▶noun the sale of goods that are not harmful to the environment or were produced in conformity with environmental standards: organic gardening is part of our commitment to greentailing. ORIGIN blend of green and retailing .

 

green tea

green tea ▶noun [ mass noun ] tea made from unfermented leaves that is pale in colour and slightly bitter in flavour, produced mainly in China and Japan. Compare with black tea.

 

green thumb

green thumb ▶noun North American term for green fingers. DERIVATIVES green-thumbed adjective

 

green turtle

green tur ¦tle ▶noun a sea turtle with an olive-brown shell, often living close to the coast and extensively hunted for food. ●Chelonia mydas, family Cheloniidae.

 

Greenville

Green ville |ˈgrēnˌvil, -vəl ˈɡrinvɪl | 1 a city in northwestern Mississippi, in the Delta; pop. 35,764 (est. 2008 ). 2 a city in eastern North Carolina, near the Pamlico River; pop. 79,629 (est. 2008 ). 3 an industrial city in northwestern South Carolina; pop. 59,988 (est. 2008 ).

 

green vitriol

green vit |riol ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic crystalline ferrous sulphate.

 

greenware

green |ware ▶noun [ mass noun ] unfired pottery.

 

greenwash

green |wash ▶noun [ mass noun ] disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image. DERIVATIVES greenwashing noun ORIGIN 1980s: from green, on the pattern of whitewash .

 

greenway

green |way ▶noun N. Amer. a strip of undeveloped land near an urban area, set aside for recreational use or environmental protection.

 

Greenwich

Greenwich |ˈgrɛnɪtʃ, ˈgrɪnɪdʒ | a London borough on the south bank of the Thames, the original site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

 

Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time |ɡrɛnɪtʃˈmiːntʌɪm |(abbrev.: GMT ) (also Greenwich time ) the mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian, adopted as the standard time in a zone that includes the British Isles.

 

Greenwich meridian

Green |wich me ¦rid |ian ▶noun the prime meridian, which passes through the former Royal Observatory at Greenwich. It was adopted internationally as the zero of longitude in 1884.

 

Greenwich Village

Green |wich Village |ˈgrɛnɪtʃ | a district of New York City on the lower west side of Manhattan, traditionally associated with writers, artists, and musicians.

 

greenwood

green |wood |ˈgriːnwʊd | ▶noun archaic a wood or forest in leaf (regarded as the typical scene of medieval outlaw life ).

 

green woodpecker

green wood |peck ¦er ▶noun a large green and yellow woodpecker with a red crown and a laughing call, found from Europe to central Asia. ●Picus viridis, family Picidae.

 

greeny

greeny |ˈgriːni | ▶adjective [ often in combination ] slightly green: the greeny-brown surface of the stone.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

green

green adjective 1 a green scarf: viridescent; olive, jade, pea green, emerald (green ), lime (green ), sea green; literary virescent, glaucous. 2 a green island: verdant, grassy, leafy, verdurous. ANTONYMS barren. 3 (Green ) he promotes Green issues: environmental, ecological, conservation, ecocentric, eco-. 4 a green alternative to diesel: environmentally friendly, nonpolluting, ecological; ozone-friendly. ANTONYMS polluting. 5 green bananas: unripe, immature. ANTONYMS ripe. 6 green firewood: unseasoned, not aged; pliable, supple. ANTONYMS seasoned, dry. 7 the new lieutenant was green: inexperienced, unversed, callow, immature; new, raw, unseasoned, untried; inexpert, untrained, unqualified, ignorant; simple, unsophisticated, unpolished; naive, innocent, ingenuous, credulous, gullible, unworldly; informal wet behind the ears, born yesterday. ANTONYMS experienced. 8 he went green: pale, wan, pallid, ashen, ashen-faced, pasty, pasty-faced, gray, whitish, washed out, blanched, drained, pinched, sallow; sickly, nauseous, ill, sick, unhealthy. ANTONYMS ruddy. ▶noun 1 a canopy of green over the road: foliage, greenery, plants, leaves, leafage, vegetation. 2 a village green: park, common, grassy area, lawn, sward. 3 eat your greens: vegetables, leafy vegetables, salad; informal veggies. 4 Greens are against multinationals: environmentalist, conservationist, preservationist, nature lover, eco-activist; informal, derogatory tree hugger, greenie.

 

greenery

greenery noun the greenery of the summer landscape: foliage, vegetation, plants, green, leaves, leafage, undergrowth, underbrush, plant life, flora, herbage, verdure.

 

greenhorn

greenhorn noun informal See novice (sense 1 ).

 

green light

green light noun he was given the green light to implement his proposals: authorization, permission, approval, assent, consent, sanction; leave, clearance, warranty, agreement, imprimatur, one's blessing, the seal /stamp of approval, the rubber stamp, the nod; authority, license, dispensation, empowerment, freedom, liberty; informal the OK, the go-ahead, the thumbs up, the say-so. ANTONYMS the red light, refusal.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

green

green adjective 1 a green scarf: greenish, viridescent; olive green, pea green, emerald green, lime green, bottle green, Lincoln green, sea green, sage green, acid green, eau de Nil, aquamarine, aqua; literary virescent, glaucous. 2 a pleasant green island: verdant, grassy, grass-covered, leafy, verdurous; rural, pastoral. ANTONYMS barren. 3 (usually Green ) he has become preoccupied with Green issues: environmentalist, ecologist, conservationist, preservationist. 4 a green alternative to diesel cars: environmentally friendly, environmentally /ecologically sound, non-polluting, ozone-friendly. ANTONYMS environmentally unfriendly. 5 green bananas: unripe, not ripe, immature. 6 green timber: unseasoned, not aged, unfinished; pliable, supple. ANTONYMS dry. 7 finely sliced green bacon: raw, fresh, unsmoked, uncured. ANTONYMS cured. 8 the new lieutenant was very green: inexperienced, unversed, callow, immature; new, raw, unseasoned, untried; inexpert, untrained, unqualified, ignorant; simple, unsophisticated, unpolished; naive, innocent, ingenuous, credulous, gullible, unworldly; informal wet behind the ears, born yesterday. ANTONYMS experienced. 9 his still green recollection of that memorable night: vivid, fresh, flourishing; remembered, unforgotten. ANTONYMS dim. 10 his aunt was still flourishing in a green old age: vigorous, strong, sturdy, sound, healthy, flourishing. ANTONYMS weak. 11 he went green, and I thought he was going to be sick: pale, wan, pallid, ashen, ashen-faced, pasty, pasty-faced, grey, whitish, washed out, whey-faced, waxen, waxy, blanched, drained, pinched, sallow; sickly, nauseous, ill, sick, unhealthy. ANTONYMS ruddy. ▶noun 1 that lovely canopy of green over Stratford Road: foliage, greenery, plants, leaves, leafage, vegetation; rare herbage, verdure, frondescence. 2 a small village green: lawn, common, grassy area, sward, grass; archaic greensward, mead, lea. 3 (greens ) they had roast beef, potatoes, and greens for lunch: vegetables, leaf vegetables; informal veg, veggies. 4 (usually Green ) Greens are against multinationals: environmentalist, conservationist, preservationist, nature-lover, eco-activist; informal, derogatory econut, ecofreak, tree hugger. WORD LINKS green chloro- related prefix, as in chlorophyll, chlorine Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

greenery

greenery noun the hotel is surrounded by lush greenery: foliage, vegetation, plants, green, leaves, leafage, undergrowth, plant life, flora; rare herbage, verdure, frondescence.

 

greenhorn

greenhorn noun N. Amer. informal as a greenhorn he was bound to make a few mistakes: novice, beginner, starter, tyro, neophyte, new recruit, raw recruit, fledgling, new boy /girl, novitiate; trainee, learner, student, pupil, mentee, probationer; N. Amer. tenderfoot; informal rookie, new kid (on the block ), newie, newbie; N. Amer. informal punk. ANTONYMS veteran.

 

greenhouse

greenhouse noun hothouse, glasshouse, conservatory.

 

green light

green light noun he was given the green light to implement his proposals: authorization, permission, approval, assent, consent, sanction; leave, clearance, warranty, agreement, imprimatur, one's blessing, the seal /stamp of approval, the rubber stamp; authority, licence, dispensation, empowerment, freedom, liberty; informal the OK, the go-ahead, the thumbs up, the say-so, the nod; rare permit, nihil obstat. ANTONYMS the red light; refusal. PHRASES give the green light to transport bosses gave the green light to major road safety improvements: authorize, give permission for, permit, sanction, allow, agree to, approve, give one's consent /assent to, consent to, assent to, accede to, countenance; license, legalize, make legal, legitimize, legitimatize; ratify, endorse, validate, accredit, warrant; informal give the go-ahead for, give the OK to, OK, give the thumbs up to; N. Amer. informal green-light; N. Amer. rare approbate. ANTONYMS forbid, veto.

 

Duden Dictionary

Green

Green Substantiv, Neutrum Golf , das |griːn |das Green; Genitiv: des Greens, Plural: die Greens englisch green um das Loch herum kurz geschnittene Rasenfläche sich auf dem Green (auf dem Golfplatz ) treffen

 

Greenback

Green back Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈgriːnbɛk |der Greenback; Genitiv: des Greenback [s ], Plural: die Greenbacks englisch greenback, aus: green = grün und back = Rücken, Rückseite a Bankwesen amerikanische Schatzanweisung mit dem Aussehen von Banknoten mit grünem Aufdruck auf der Rückseite b Jargon Dollar der Kurs des Greenbacks

 

Greencard

Green card , Green Card Substantiv, feminin , die Green Card |ˈgriːnkaːɐ̯t ˈgriːnkaːɐ̯t |die Greencard; Genitiv: der Greencard, Plural: die Greencards die Green Card; Genitiv: der Green Card, Green Cards englisch green card = grüne Karte, nach dem amerikanischen Vorbild a Karte, die Ausländer in den USA benötigen, um legal eine Arbeitsstelle zu bekommen b Dokument, das Menschen aus Ländern außerhalb der Europäischen Union berechtigt, für eine begrenzte Zeit in Deutschland zu leben und zu arbeiten

 

Greene

Greene Eigenname |griːn |englischer Schriftsteller

 

Greenfee

Green fee , Green-Fee Substantiv, feminin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , die oder das Green-Fee |ˈgriːnfiː ˈgriːnfiː |die Greenfee; Genitiv: der Greenfee, Plural: die Greenfees, auch das Greenfee; Genitiv: des Greenfees, Plural: die Greenfees die Green-Fee; Genitiv: der Green-Fee, Plural: die Green-Fees, auch das Green-Fee; Genitiv: des Green-Fees, Plural: die Green-Fees englisch von einem Golfspieler auf fremdem Platz zu entrichtende Gebühr

 

Greenhorn

Green horn Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈgriːnhɔːn |das Greenhorn; Genitiv: des Greenhorns, Plural: die Greenhorns englisch greenhorn, eigentlich = Tier mit grünem (= noch nicht ausgewachsenem ) Geweih Anfänger, Neuling ein Greenhorn will mich belehren!

 

Greenkeeper

Green kee per , Green-Kee per Substantiv, maskulin , der Green-Keeper |ˈgriːnkiːpɐ ˈgriːnkiːpɐ |der Greenkeeper; Genitiv: des Greenkeepers, Plural: die Greenkeeper der Green-Keeper; Genitiv: des Green-Keepers, Plural: die Green-Keeper englisch greenkeeper, aus: green, Green und keeper, Keeper jemand, der eine Golfanlage pflegt und in Ordnung hält sowie für Turniere vorbereitet u. Ä.

 

Greenkeeperin

Green kee pe rin , Green-Kee pe rin Substantiv, feminin , die Green-Keeperin weibliche Form zu Greenkeeper

 

Greenpeace

Green peace Eigenname |ˈgriːnpiːs |englisch, eigentlich = grüner Frieden internationale Umweltschutzorganisation

 

Greenpeace-Aktivist

Green peace-Ak ti vist, Green peace ak ti vist Substantiv, maskulin , der Greenpeaceaktivist |ˈgriːnpiːs |aktivɪst ˈgriːnpiːs |aktivɪst |Person, die sich mit in der Öffentlichkeit wirksamen Aktionen für Greenpeace engagiert

 

Greenpeace-Aktivistin

Green peace-Ak ti vis tin , Green peace ak ti vis tin Substantiv, feminin , die Greenpeaceaktivistin |ˈgriːnpiːs |aktivɪstɪn ˈgriːnpiːs |aktivɪstɪn |weibliche Formen zu Greenpeace-Aktivist , Greenpeaceaktivist

 

Greenwich

Green wich Eigenname |ˈgrɪnɪt͜ʃ …ɪd͜ʃ |Stadtteil von London

 

Greenwicher

Green wi cher Adjektiv |ˈgrɪnɪt͜ʃɐ …ɪd͜ʃɐ |indeklinables Adjektiv Greenwicher Zeit (westeuropäische Zeit, bezogen auf den Nullmeridian, der durch Greenwich geht )

 

Greenwicher

Green wi cher Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈgrɪnɪt͜ʃɐ …ɪd͜ʃɐ |Einwohnerbezeichnung

 

Greenwicherin

Green wi che rin Substantiv, feminin , die weibliche Form zu Greenwicher

 

Greenwicher Zeit

Green wi cher Zeit Substantiv, feminin , die |Greenwicher Z ei t ˈgrɪnɪd͜ʃɐ -|die Greenwicher Zeit; Genitiv: der Greenwicher Zeit westeuropäische Zeit, bezogen auf den Nullmeridian, der durch Greenwich (Vorort von London ) geht

 

Spanish Dictionary

green

green nombre masculino dep Zona del campo de golf con césped bajo y muy cuidado, en la que está situado el hoyo :el golfista recompuso el agujero que había dejado la bola al aterrizar en el green .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés green ‘verde ’, que por metonimia pasa a designar el campo mismo .Se pronuncia ‘grin ’.El plural es greens .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

green

green /ɡriːn /〖語源は 「草 (grass )」〗形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 緑の , 緑色の (!(1 )主に若さ 活力 正常などを暗示するが, 時に未成熟 不健康 嫉妬 （しつと ）なども含意する. (2 )しばしば日本語の 「青い 」に相当; ↓3 , 4 ) ▸ green eyes [vegetables ]緑の瞳 [青野菜 ]▸ green Christmas (雪が降らずに温暖な )緑のクリスマス (↔white Christmas )▸ The (traffic ) light turned green .信号が青になった 2 植物の生えた , 草の生い茂った ; 植物 (用 )の ; 青野菜の ▸ a green hill 一面に草の生えた丘 ▸ a green salad (レタスなどの )青野菜サラダ 3 ｟くだけて ｠(体調不良 恐怖などで )〈人 皮膚の色などが 〉青ざめた , 顔色の悪い ; 嫉妬 （しつと ）して ▸ The passengers looked green .(乗り物酔いで )乗客は青ざめた顔をしていた .▸ be green with envy ひどくうらやましがって 4 a. 〈果物などが 〉熟れていない, 青 (臭 )い ▸ green tomatoes 青い [未熟な ]トマト .b. ｟くだけて ｠〈人が 〉 (若くて )未熟な, 経験不足の ; だまされやすい ▸ be green at the job その仕事に不慣れだ ▸ He's not as green as he's cabbage looking .｟英 くだけて ｠彼は見かけほど未熟 [ばか ]ではない (!キャベツは間抜け者の象徴 ) 5 a. 〈木材 レンガ 肉などが 〉生の, 生乾き [未乾燥, 未加工 ]の ▸ green coffee beans 生のコーヒー豆 ▸ Green wood doesn't burn well .生木は燃えにくい .b. 〈記憶などが 〉生々しい, 新鮮な; 〈人などが 〉 (まだ )若々しい, 元気な ▸ This is a good way to keep your memory green .これは記憶を鮮やかに保つよい方法だ ▸ enjoy a green old age 老いてますます盛んである 6 〖時にG -〗〈人 商品などが 〉環境に優しい , 生態系に配慮した (ecological ); 〈場所が 〉環境保護された ; 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗環境の , 環境保護 の 〈問題 運動 政策など 〉▸ green wind energy 環境に優しい風力 (発電 )▸ green politics 環境保護政策 7 〈計画などが 〉許可の出た, 予定通りに進んだ; 〈機械などが 〉作動準備の完了した; 〈数値などが 〉正常の ▸ All systems are green .全システム準備完了 [異常なし ]8 〖G- 〗緑の党関連の .名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U 〖種類では 可算 〗緑 (色 )▸ deep [dark ] green 深い [暗い ]緑色 ▸ make a variety of greens on the palette パレット上でいろいろな緑を作る 2 C 〖～s 〗a. ｟主に英 くだけて ｠(ほうれん草 レタスなどの )青野菜 ▸ fresh spring greens 新鮮な春野菜 b. ｟主に米 ｠飾り葉 [枝 ] 〘クリスマス装飾に使うヒイラギなど 〙.3 C a. 草 [芝 ]地, 緑地 (!地名の一部としても用いられる ) ; (集落内の )共有 草地 (village green )▸ play in the greens 草地で遊ぶ ▸ Golders Green ゴルダーズグリーン 〘Londonの地名 〙b. 〘ゴルフ 〙グリーン ▸ land on the green in two shots 2打でグリーンをとらえる 4 C 緑色の物 ;U 緑色の服 (地 )[絵の具 ]; 〖the G- 〗緑色記章 〘アイルランドの国章 〙▸ a woman dressed in green 緑色の服を着た女 5 U 未熟さ, だまされやすさ ; 若々しさ, 元気さ ▸ Do you see any green in my eye? おれがそんな青二才に見えるか 6 C 〖通例G -〗環境保護活動家 ;〖the Greens 〗環境保護政党, 緑の党 (の党員 [支持者 ]).7 U ｟主に米俗 ｠金 （かね ）; マリファナ ;〖～s 〗セックス .in the gr é en 〈人などが 〉元気で, 血気盛んで ; 〈機械などが 〉作動準備完了して ; 〈数値などが 〉正常値で .動詞 他動詞 1 〈物 〉を緑色にする; 〈土地など 〉を緑化 [植栽 ]する ▸ green the desert 砂漠を緑化する 2 〈人 〉を環境問題に目覚めさせる; 〈政策など 〉に環境保護の考えを取り入れさせる (→greening ).自動詞 緑色になる ; 緑化 [植栽 ]される .～̀ á udit (企業に対する )環境適合検査 .～̀ b é an 〘植 〙サヤインゲン .～́ b è lt ｟主に英 ｠緑地帯 〘都市近郊部の建築規制地帯 〙.G -̀ Ber é t ｟くだけて ｠グリンベレー部隊 (員 ) 〘米陸軍 英海軍などの特殊部隊; 緑色のベレー帽をかぶることから 〙.～̀ c á rd ｟米 ｠外国人永住 [労働 ]許可証 ; ｟英 ｠国際自動車保険証 .～̀ c ó rn 青トウモロコシ 〘未熟なもので, 穂先を料理に使用 〙.～̀ cr ó p 青野菜 ; (家畜飼料用の )未熟な作物 .～̀ cross c ó de ｟英 ｠〖the ～〗児童用安全横断規則集 .～̀ dr á ke 〘虫 〙カゲロウ (mayfly ).～̀ é arth 緑土 (を用いた絵の具 ).～́ [｟米 ｠～́ s ] f è e 〘ゴルフ 〙プレイ費用, グリーンフィー .～̀ f í ngers ｟英 ｠＝green thumb .～̀ j á cket (ゴルフなどの優勝者に与えられる )緑のジャケット (!比喩的に 「優勝 」の意味でも用いる ) .～̀ l í ght (交通の )青信号 ; ｟くだけて ｠〖the ～〗(正式な )許可, 認可, ゴーサイン (→成句 give A the green light 1 ).～̀ l í nnet 〘鳥 〙カワラヒワ .～̀ m á n ｟英 くだけて ｠〖the ～〗緑のおじさん 〘緑色に光って青信号を告げる人形 〙.～̀ man ú re 緑肥 〘クローバーの生草などを鋤 （す ）き込んだ物 〙.G -̀ M ò untain St á te 〖the ～〗グリーンマウンテン州 〘米国Vermont州の愛称 〙.～̀ ó nion ｟米 ｠青タマネギ (｟英 ｠spring onion ).G -̀ P á per ｟英 ｠緑書 〘政府刊行の政策試案集 〙.G -̀ P á rty 〖the ～〗緑の党 (党員 ) 〘旧西独などで結成された環境保護政党 〙.～́ p è a ｟米 ｠大学新入生 .～̀ p é pper 〘植 〙ピーマン (sweet pepper ).～̀ p ó und グリーンポンド 〘EU内の農作物価格交換レート 〙.～̀ revol ú tion 〖the ～〗緑の革命 〘1960 --70年代に途上国の穀物増産のためにはかられた技術革新 〙; 環境革命 〘世界的な環境保護意識の急速な高まり 〙.～́ r ò om (劇場 テレビ局などの )主演者控え室 .～̀ sh ó ots ｟主に英 報道 ｠〖複数扱い 〗(不況時の )発展 [復活 ]の兆し .～́ st ù ff ｟米 くだけて ｠〖the ～〗金 （かね ）.～̀ t é a 緑茶 .～̀ th ú mb ｟米 ｠園芸の才 ▸ have a green thumb 園芸が得意である ～̀ t ú rtle 〘動 〙アオウミガメ 〘肉は食用 〙.

 

greenback

gr é en b à ck 名詞 C ｟くだけて ｠1 ｟米 ｠米ドル (紙幣 ), ドル札 (!裏が緑色であることから ) .2 ｟主に英 報道 ｠〖通例the ～〗米ドル (!為替レートに言及する場合に用いる ) .

 

Greene

Greene /ɡriːn /名詞 グリーン 〘Graham ～, 1904 --91; 英国の作家 〙.

 

greenery

green er y /ɡríːn (ə )ri /名詞 U 1 (緑の )樹木, 木立 (!美観目的 ) .2 (緑の )飾り葉 [枝 ] (!装飾用 ) .

 

green-eyed

gr é en- è yed 形容詞 1 緑色の目をした .2 嫉妬 （しつと ）深い ▸ the green-eyed monster ｟おどけて /文 ｠嫉妬 .

 

green(-)fly

gr é en (-)fl ỳ 名詞 複 -flies C ｟英 ｠〘虫 〙アリマキ, アブラムシ 〘モモなどの害虫 〙; ヒメヨコバイ 〘リンゴなどの害虫 〙.

 

greengage

gr é en g à ge 名詞 C 〘植 〙西洋スモモ 〘ジャムに利用 〙.

 

greengrocer

gr é en gr ò cer 名詞 C ｟主に英 ｠1 青果店 .2 青果商 [店主 ].

 

greenhorn

gr é en h ò rn 名詞 C ｟やや古 ｠1 新参者, 駆け出し .2 (だまされやすい )世間知らず ; かも .

 

greenhouse

green house /ɡríːnhàʊs /名詞 複 ～s /-zɪz /C 1 温室 .2 ｟俗 ｠(飛行機の操縦席 銃席などの )透明なカバー (に覆われた空間 ).～́ eff è ct 〖通例the ～〗温室効果 〘各種炭素ガスにより地表温度が上昇する現象 〙.～́ g à s 温室効果ガス 〘二酸化炭素など 〙.～̀ w á rming 温室効果による温暖化 (global warming ).

 

greening

gr é en ing 名詞 U ｟くだけて ｠〖the ～ of A 〗A 〈人 企業の 〉環境問題意識の高まり .

 

greenish

green ish /ɡríːnɪʃ /形容詞 〈色が 〉緑がかった .

 

Greenland

Green land /ɡríːnlənd /名詞 グリーンランド 〘北大西洋の大きな島; デンマーク領 〙.

 

greenmail

gr é en m à il 名詞 U ｟主に米 ｠グリーンメイル 〘企業買収を阻止するため高値で株を買い戻すこと; そのために払われた金 〙.

 

greenness

gr é en ness 名詞 U 緑 (色 ); 新鮮 ; 未熟さ ; 元気 ; (樹木などの )青々と茂るさま ; 樹木, 木立 .

 

Greenpeace

Gr é en p è ace 名詞 グリーンピース 〘国際環境保護団体 〙.

 

greenwash

gr é en w à sh 名詞 U C ｟非難して ｠グリーンウォッシュ 〘環境保護を支援する姿勢を見せるため企業が行う寄付 広報活動 〙.動詞 他動詞 1 〈企業が 〉〈人 〉に環境保護活動を広報する .2 〈不当に得た金 〉の出所をわからなくする .

 

Greenwich

Green wich /ɡrénɪtʃ, ɡrɪ́n -, -nɪdʒ /名詞 グリニッジ 〘London南東のThames川沿いの地区; かつて天文台があり, そこを経度0度と定めた 〙.～̀ (M é an ) T ì me グリニッジ標準時 〘世界の標準時; ｟略 ｠GMT 〙.～̀ V í llage グリニッジビレッジ 〘New York市Manhattanにある; かつては芸術家の町であったが家賃の高騰により高級住宅地化している 〙.

 

greeny

gr é en y 形容詞 ＝greenish .