green

Universal Words adjective, noun, verb adjective (greener, greenest) colour 1 having the colour of grass or the leaves of most plants and trees: green beans * Wait for the light to turn green (= on traffic lights). covered with grass 2 covered with grass or other plants: green fields / hills * After the rains, the land was green with new growth. fruit 3 not yet ripe: green tomatoes person 4 (informal) (of a person) young and lacking experience: The new trainees are still very green. 5 (of a person or their skin) being a pale colour, as if the person is going to VOMIT: It was a rough crossing and most of the passengers looked distinctly green. politics 6 concerned with the protection of the environment; supporting the protection of the environment as a political principle: green politics / tourism * Try to adopt a greener lifestyle. * the Green Party greenness noun [U]: the greenness of the countryside * Supermarkets have started proclaiming the greenness of their products. IDIOMS green with envy very jealous moreatGRASSn. noun colour 1 [U,C] the colour of grass and the leaves of most plants and trees: the green of the countryside in spring * The room was decorated in a combination of greens and blues. * She was dressed all in green. vegetables 2 (greens) [pl.] (especially BrE) green vegetables: Eat up your greens. area of grass 3 [C] (BrE) an area of grass, especially in the middle of a town or village: Children were playing on the village green. 4 [C] (in golf) an area of grass cut short around a hole in a golf course: the 18th green * Did the ball land on the green? seealsoBOWLINGGREEN, PUTTINGGREEN politics 5 (the Greens) [pl.] the Green Party (= the party whose main aim is the protection of the environment) verb [VN] create parks 1 to create parks and other areas with trees and plants in a city: projects for greening the inner cities politics 2 to make sb more aware of issues connected with the environment: an attempt to green industry bosses greening noun [U]: the greening of British politics \