Green

English Meaning

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.

1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
2. Something green in color.
3. Green growth or foliage, especially:
4. The branches and leaves of plants used for decoration.
5. Leafy plants or plant parts eaten as vegetables.
6. A grassy lawn or plot, especially:
7. A grassy area located usually at the center of a city or town and set aside for common use; a common.
8. Sports A putting green.
9. A green uniform: "a young . . . sergeant in dress greens” ( Nelson DeMille).
10. Slang Money.
11. A supporter of a social and political movement that espouses global environmental protection, bioregionalism, social responsibility, and nonviolence.
12. Of the color green.
13. Abounding in or covered with green growth or foliage: the green woods.
14. Made with green or leafy vegetables: a green salad.
15. Characterized by mild or temperate weather: a green climate.
16. Youthful; vigorous: at the green age of 18.
17. Not mature or ripe; young: green tomatoes.
18. Brand-new; fresh.
19. Not yet fully processed, especially:
20. Not aged: green wood.
21. Not cured or tanned: green pelts.
22. Lacking training or experience. See Synonyms at young.
23. Lacking sophistication or worldly experience; naive.
24. Easily duped or deceived; gullible.
25. Having a sickly or unhealthy pallor indicative of nausea or jealousy, for example.
26. Beneficial to the environment: green recycling policies.
27. Favoring or supporting environmentalism: green legislators who strengthened pollution controls.
28. To make or become green.
29. around Pale or sickly in appearance.