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Webster 1913 Edition

Green

Green

(grēn)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Greener
(grēn′ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Greenest.
]
[OE.
grene
, AS.
grēne
; akin to D.
groen
, OS.
grōni
, OHG.
gruoni
, G.
grün
, Dan. & Sw.
grön
, Icel.
grænn
; 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.
Shakespeare
3.
Full of life and 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, judgment, or experience; inexperienced; 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
(Zool.)
,
the pollock.
–
Green crab
(Zool.)
,
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
(Zool.)
,
any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
–
Green gage
,
(Bot.)
See
Greengage
, in the Vocabulary.
–
Green gland
(Zool.)
,
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 Rodiœi
, 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
(Zool.)
,
the greenfinch.
–
Green looper
(Zool.)
,
the cankerworm.
–
Green marble
(
Min.
),
serpentine.
–
Green mineral
,
a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See
Greengill
.
–
Green monkey
(Zool.)
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
(Zool.)
,
one of two harmless American snakes (
Cyclophis vernalis
, and
C. æstivus
). They are bright green in color.
–
Green turtle
(Zool.)
,
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
(Zool.)
,
a common European woodpecker (
Picus viridis
); – called also
yaffle
.

Green

(grēn)
,
Noun.
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
,
Adj.
–
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Greened
(great)
:
p. pr. & vb. n.
Greening
.]
To make green.

Green

,
Verb.
I.
To become or grow green.
Tennyson.
By
greening
slope and singing flood.
Whittier.

Webster 1828 Edition

Green

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

,
Noun.
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, &c.
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

,
Verb.
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.

Definition 2024

Green

Green

See also: green and Green.

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Green

  1. A common English surname​.

Adjective

Green ‎(not comparable)

  1. (politics) Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.

Anagrams

green

green

See also: Green and Green.

English

Various shades of green

Adjective

green ‎(comparative greener, superlative greenest)

  1. Having green as its color.
    The former flag of Libya is completely green.‎
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
      The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: […] .
  2. (figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell.
    Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?‎
  3. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
  4. (figuratively, of people) Inexperienced.
    John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.‎
    • Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
      I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my grey hairs.
  5. (figuratively, of people) Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
  6. (figuratively, of people) Overcome with envy.
    He was green with envy.‎
  7. (figuratively) Environmentally friendly.
    • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:
      As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.
  8. (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
  9. (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.[1]
  10. (dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
    • Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
      We say the meat is green when half roasted.
  11. Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
    That timber is still too green to be used.‎
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  12. (wine) High or too high in acidity.
  13. Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
    a green manhood;   a green wound‎
    • Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
      as valid against such an old and beneficent government as against […] the greenest usurpation
  14. (Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
  15. (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.

Synonyms

  • (having green as its color): verdant
  • (of bacon: unprocessed): raw, unprocessed, unsmoked
  • (of wine: high in acidity): tart
  • See also Wikisaurus:new
  • See also Wikisaurus:inexperienced
  • See also Wikisaurus:gullible

Antonyms

Derived terms

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Translations

References

  1. ↑ “unsmoked bacon used to be called green bacon, though the term is losing currency” Delia Online: Bacon, including gammon

Noun

green ‎(plural greens)

  1. The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.
    green colour:    
  2. (politics, sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
  3. (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
  4. (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
  5. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
  6. (Britain) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
  7. A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
    • Milton
      o'er the smooth enamelled green
  8. (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
    • Alexander Pope
      In that soft season when descending showers / Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
  9. Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
  10. (Britain, slang, uncountable) marijuana.
  11. (US, uncountable) Money.
  12. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

green ‎(third-person singular simple present greens, present participle greening, simple past and past participle greened)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
    • Thomson
      Great spring before greened all the year.
  2. To become or grow green in colour.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)
    By greening slope and singing flood. — Whittier.
  3. (transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town).
  4. (intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
  5. (transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.

Synonyms

  • (make (something) green): engreen

Derived terms

Translations

  • Turkmen: Template:tk

See also

Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)
     red      green      yellow      cream      white
     crimson      magenta      teal      lime      pink
     indigo      blue      orange      gray, grey      violet
     black      purple      brown      azure, sky blue      cyan

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: grew · boys · joy · #680: green · mouth · generally · ago

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From English green.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːn/

Noun

green m

  1. (slang, golf) green (a putting green; the part of a golf course near the hole)

Usage notes

Although the official term for the green is jamkoviště, it is rarely used in practice. Instead, unofficial Czech versions of the English word green, variously spelled green, grýn, and grín, are used in practice.[1]

Declension

References

  1. ↑ Golf Club Hradec Králové, Jan. 6, 2010

Danish

Noun

green c ‎(definite singular greenen, indefinite plural greens, definite plural greenene)

  1. (golf) a green, putting green (the closely mown area surrounding each hole on a golf course)

German Low German

Alternative forms

Adjective

green

  1. (Low Prussian) green

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

green m ‎(definite singular greenen, indefinite plural greener, definite plural greenene)

  1. (golf) a green, putting green (the closely mown area surrounding each hole on a golf course)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

green m ‎(definite singular greenen, indefinite plural greenar, definite plural greenane)

  1. (golf) a green or putting green (the closely mown area surrounding each hole on a golf course)

Swedish

Noun

green c ‎(definite singular greenen, indefinite plural greener, definite plural greenerna)

  1. (golf) a green, putting green (the closely mown area around a hole on a golf course)

Etymology

Either a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour.

Pronunciation

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