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   Green

   /ɡrēn/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of the color between blue and yellow in the spectrum; colored like grass or emeralds: "the leaves are bright green" Similar greenishviridescentolive greenpea greenemerald greenlime greenbottle greenLincoln greensea greensage greenacid greeneau de Nilaquamarineaqualiterary:virescentglaucous
   • ▪ 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 colored markers on the run.
   • ▪ denoting one of three colors of quark.
   • 2. covered with grass, trees, or other plants: "proposals that would smother green fields with development" Similar verdantgrassygrass-coveredleafyverdurousruralpastoralOpposite barren
   • ▪ concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle: "a Green candidate for the European parliament" Similar environmentalistecologistconservationistpreservationist
   • ▪ (of a product) not harmful to the environment: "traditional, modern, and green funerals" Similar environmentally friendlyenvironmentally/ecologically soundnonpollutingozone-friendlyenergy-efficientenergy-savingfuel-efficientfuel-savinglow-carbonOpposite environmentally unfriendly
   • 3. (of a plant or fruit) young or unripe: "green shoots" Similar unripenot ripeimmature
   • ▪ (of wood) unseasoned.
   • ▪ (of food or leather) not dried, smoked, or tanned. Similar unseasonednot agedunfinishedpliablesupplerawfreshunsmokeduncuredOpposite drycured
   • ▪ (of a memory) not fading: "clubs devoted to keeping green the memory of Sherlock Holmes" Similar vigorousstrongsturdysoundhealthyflourishingOpposite weak
   • ▪ still strong or vigorous: "first there was green old age, hardly different from middle age" Similar vigorousstrongsturdysoundhealthyflourishingOpposite weak
   • ▪ (of a wound) fresh; not healed. archaic
   • 4. (of a person) inexperienced, naive, or gullible: "a green recruit fresh from college" Similar inexperiencedunversedcallowimmaturenewrawunseasoneduntriedinexpertuntrainedunqualifiedignorantsimpleunsophisticatedunpolishednaiveinnocentingenuouscredulousgullibleunworldlyinformal:wet behind the earsborn yesterdayOpposite experienced
   • 5. (of the complexion or a person) pale and sickly-looking: "“Are you all right? You look absolutely green.”" Similar palewanpallidashenashen-facedpastypasty-facedgraywhitishwashed outwhey-facedwaxenwaxyblancheddrainedpinchedsallowsicklynauseousillsickunhealthyOpposite ruddy

   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" Similar foliagegreeneryplantsleavesleafagevegetationrare:herbageverdurefrondescence
   • ▪ green leafy vegetables: "salad greens" Similar vegetablesleaf vegetablesinformal:vegveggies
   • ▪ a green light.
   • ▪ money: informal, dated "you'll save yourself some green"
   • 2. a piece of public or common grassy land, especially in the center of a town: "a house overlooking the green" Similar lawncommongrassy areaswardgrassarchaic:greenswardmeadlea
   • ▪ an area of smooth, very short grass immediately surrounding a hole on a golf course: "a 60 ft putt on the last green"
   • 3. a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party: "the Greens' remarkable 15 percent vote" Similar environmentalistconservationistpreservationistnature-lovereco-activistinformal, derogatory:eco-nutecofreaktree hugger

   verb

   • 1. make or become green in color: "the roof was greening with lichen"
   • ▪ make (an urban or desert area) more verdant by planting or encouraging trees or other greenery: "greening the desert"
   • 2. make less harmful or more sensitive to the environment: "the importance of greening this industry"

   Word Origin Old Englishgrēne (adjective), grēnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass and grow.

   Derivatives

   • 1. greenly adverb
   • 2. greenness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What does Green mean in physics?

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   What does Green do?

   • GREEN aims to make technical developments in quantitative assessments and exploration of natural resources, and utilization and preservation of underground environments, in order to contribute to political decision-making for natural resources and energy and/or the sustainable development of industries.

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   3 days ago · 1. any of a group of colours, such as that of fresh grass, that lie between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum in the wavelength range 575–500 nanometres. Green is the complementary colour of magenta and with red and blue forms a set of primary colours. Related adjective: verdant.

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   colour. RGB colour model. primary colour. red. deuteranopia. green, in physics, light in the wavelength range of 495–570 nanometres, which is in the middle of the visible spectrum. In art, green is a colour on the conventional colour wheel, located between yellow and blue and opposite red, its complementary colour.

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   A1. being the same colour as grass: The traffic lights turned green. Fewer examples. a dark green dress. red, green, and silver Christmas decorations. a pattern of blue and green dots. A green sports car went by. The room was green. green adjective (ENVIRONMENT) B2. relating to nature and protecting the environment: a green activist / campaigner.

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   4 days ago · Noun [ edit] green ( countable and uncountable, plural greens) The colour of grass and leaves; a primary additive colour midway between yellow and cyan which is evoked by light between roughly roughly 495–570 nm. ( politics, sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist .