green
♦♦♦ green /gr'iːn/ (greens greener greenest)
1 [COLOUR]
Green is the colour of grass or leaves.
...shiny red and green apples...
Yellow and green together make a pale green.
2 [ADJ]
A place that is green is covered with grass, plants, and trees and not with houses or factories.
Cairo has only thirteen square centimetres of green space for each inhabitant.
● greenness [N-UNCOUNT]
...the lush greenness of the river valleys.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
Green issues and political movements relate to or are concerned with the protection of the environment.
The power of the Green movement in Germany has made that country a leader in the drive to recycle more waste materials.
4 [ADJ]
If you say that someone or something is green, you mean they harm the environment as little as possible.
...trying to persuade governments to adopt greener policies...
● greenness [N-UNCOUNT]
A Swiss company offers to help environmental investors by sending teams round factories to ascertain their greenness.
5 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Greens are members of green political movements.
The Greens see themselves as a radical alternative to the two major British political parties.
6 [N-COUNT]
A green is a smooth, flat area of grass around a hole on a golf course.
...the 18th green.
7 [N-COUNT]
A green is an area of land covered with grass, especially in a town or in the middle of a village.
...the village green.
8 [N-IN-NAMES] n N
Green is used in the names of places that contain or used to contain an area of grass.
...Bethnal Green.
9 [N-PLURAL]
You can refer to the cooked leaves of vegetables such as spinach or cabbage as greens.
10 [ADJ]
If you say that someone is green, you mean that they have had very little experience of life or a particular job.
He was a young lad, very green, very immature.
11 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
12 [PHRASE]
If someone has green fingers, they are very good at gardening and their plants grow well. (BRIT; in AM, use a green thumb)
You don't need green fingers to fill your home with lush leaves.
13
to give someone the green light: see lightbowl|ing green (bowling greens)
[N-COUNT]
A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.green bean (green beans)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Green beans are long narrow beans that are eaten as a vegetable.green belt (green belts)
[N-COUNT]
A green belt is an area of land with fields or parks around a town or city, where people are not allowed to build houses or factories by law.green card (green cards)
[N-COUNT]
A green card is a document showing that someone who is not a citizen of the United States has permission to live and work there.
Nicollette married Harry so she could get a green card.green on|ion (green onions)
[N-COUNT]
Green onions are small onions with long green leaves. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use spring onions)
= scalliongreen pep|per (green peppers)
[N-COUNT]
A green pepper is an unripe pepper that is used in cooking or eaten raw in salads.green revo|lu|tion
also Green Revolution
[N-SING]
The green revolution is the increase in agricultural production that has been made possible by the use of new types of crops and new farming methods, especially in developing countries.green sal|ad (green salads)
[N-VAR]
A green salad is a salad made mainly with lettuce and other green vegetables.lime green
also lime-green
[COLOUR]
Something that is lime green is light yellowish-green in colour.putt|ing green /p'ʌtɪŋ griːn/ (putting greens)
[N-COUNT]
A putting green is a very small golf course on which the grass is kept very short and on which there are no obstacles.
1 [COLOUR]
Green is the colour of grass or leaves.
...shiny red and green apples...
Yellow and green together make a pale green.
2 [ADJ]
A place that is green is covered with grass, plants, and trees and not with houses or factories.
Cairo has only thirteen square centimetres of green space for each inhabitant.
● greenness [N-UNCOUNT]
...the lush greenness of the river valleys.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
Green issues and political movements relate to or are concerned with the protection of the environment.
The power of the Green movement in Germany has made that country a leader in the drive to recycle more waste materials.
4 [ADJ]
If you say that someone or something is green, you mean they harm the environment as little as possible.
...trying to persuade governments to adopt greener policies...
● greenness [N-UNCOUNT]
A Swiss company offers to help environmental investors by sending teams round factories to ascertain their greenness.
5 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Greens are members of green political movements.
The Greens see themselves as a radical alternative to the two major British political parties.
6 [N-COUNT]
A green is a smooth, flat area of grass around a hole on a golf course.
...the 18th green.
7 [N-COUNT]
A green is an area of land covered with grass, especially in a town or in the middle of a village.
...the village green.
8 [N-IN-NAMES] n N
Green is used in the names of places that contain or used to contain an area of grass.
...Bethnal Green.
9 [N-PLURAL]
You can refer to the cooked leaves of vegetables such as spinach or cabbage as greens.
10 [ADJ]
If you say that someone is green, you mean that they have had very little experience of life or a particular job.
He was a young lad, very green, very immature.
11 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
12 [PHRASE]
If someone has green fingers, they are very good at gardening and their plants grow well. (BRIT; in AM, use a green thumb)
You don't need green fingers to fill your home with lush leaves.
13
to give someone the green light: see lightbowl|ing green (bowling greens)
[N-COUNT]
A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.green bean (green beans)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Green beans are long narrow beans that are eaten as a vegetable.green belt (green belts)
[N-COUNT]
A green belt is an area of land with fields or parks around a town or city, where people are not allowed to build houses or factories by law.green card (green cards)
[N-COUNT]
A green card is a document showing that someone who is not a citizen of the United States has permission to live and work there.
Nicollette married Harry so she could get a green card.green on|ion (green onions)
[N-COUNT]
Green onions are small onions with long green leaves. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use spring onions)
= scalliongreen pep|per (green peppers)
[N-COUNT]
A green pepper is an unripe pepper that is used in cooking or eaten raw in salads.green revo|lu|tion
also Green Revolution
[N-SING]
The green revolution is the increase in agricultural production that has been made possible by the use of new types of crops and new farming methods, especially in developing countries.green sal|ad (green salads)
[N-VAR]
A green salad is a salad made mainly with lettuce and other green vegetables.lime green
also lime-green
[COLOUR]
Something that is lime green is light yellowish-green in colour.putt|ing green /p'ʌtɪŋ griːn/ (putting greens)
[N-COUNT]
A putting green is a very small golf course on which the grass is kept very short and on which there are no obstacles.