Definitions for greengrin


Random House Webster's College Dictionary

greengrin(adj.)green•er, green•est.

  1. (adj.)of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum:

    green leaves.

  2. covered with herbage or foliage; verdant:

    green fields.

  3. characterized by verdure:

    a green Christmas.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  4. made of green leafy vegetables:

    a green salad.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  5. not fully matured; unripe:

    green fruit.

  6. unseasoned; not cured:

    green lumber.

  7. immature in age or judgment; untrained; inexperienced:

    green recruits.

  8. simple; unsophisticated; naive.

  9. having a sickly or pale appearance:

    to turn green with fear.

  10. advocating or promoting environmentalism: environmentally sound or beneficial:

    green consumers.

    green computers.

    Category: Ecology, Common Vocabulary

  11. full of life and vigor; youthful:

    a green old age.

  12. fresh, recent, or new:

    a green wound.


    Category: Viniculture/Winemaking

  14. freshly slaughtered or still raw:

    green meat.

  15. not fired, as bricks or pottery.


    Category: Building Trades

  17. (n.)a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm: found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing.

    Category: Physics

  18. a secondary color formed by the mixture of blue and yellow pigments.

    Category: Fine Arts

  19. green coloring matter, as paint or dye.

  20. green material or clothing:

    dressed in green.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  21. greens, the leaves and stems of certain plants, as spinach, kale, or lettuce, eaten as a vegetable. fresh leaves or branches of trees, shrubs, etc., used for decoration.

    Category: Cooking

  22. grassy land; a plot of grassy ground.

  23. a piece of grassy ground constituting a town or village common.

  24. Category: Sport

    Ref: Also called putting green.

  25. Category: Sport

    Ref: bowling green. 1

  26. a shooting range for archery.

    Category: Sport

  27. Informal.

    Category: Informal

    Ref: green light (def. 1). 1

  28. Slang. money; greenbacks (usu. prec. by the).

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)

  29. (v.t.)to become or make green.

Idioms for green:

  1. green with envy,extremely jealous.

    Category: Idiom

Origin of green:

bef. 900; ME, OE grēne, c. OFris grēne, OS grōni, OHG gruoni, ON grønn; akin to grow



  1. John Richard, 1837–83, English historian.

    Category: Biography

  2. Paul Eliot, 1894–1981, U.S. playwright.

    Category: Biography

  3. William, 1873–1952, U.S. labor leader.

    Category: Biography

  4. a river flowing S from W Wyoming to join the Colorado River in SE Utah. 730 mi. (1175 km) long.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. green, greenness, viridity(noun)

    green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

  2. park, commons, common, green(noun)

    a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

    "they went for a walk in the park"

  3. Green, William Green(noun)


  4. Green(noun)

    an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party

  5. Green, Green River(noun)


  6. green, putting green, putting surface(noun)


    "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"

  7. greens, green, leafy vegetable(noun)



    street names for ketamine




  10. green(adj)


  11. green, unripe, unripened, immature(adj)

    not fully developed or mature; not ripe


  12. green(adj)

    looking pale and unhealthy

    "you're looking green"; "green around the gills"

  13. fleeceable, green, gullible(verb)

    naive and easily deceived or tricked


  14. green(verb)

    turn or become green

    "The trees are greening"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. green(adjective)grin

    being the color of grass

    a green dress/shirt/sweater

  2. greengrin

    having a lot of trees and plants

    one of the greenest areas of the city

  3. greengrin

    relating to protection of the environment

    green issues; green products

  4. green(noun)grin

    the color of grass

    a dark/light green

  5. greengrin

    vegetables with green leaves

  6. greengrin

    the area covered in short grass next to a hole on a golf course

    the ninth green

  7. greengrin

    an open space covered in grass in a town

    a concert on the village green


  1. green(Noun)

    A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

  2. green(Noun)


  3. green(Noun)

    The surface upon which bowls is played.

  4. green(Noun)


  5. green(Noun)

    a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.

  6. green(Noun)


  7. green(Noun)


  8. green(Verb)


  9. green(Verb)

    To become or grow green in colour.

  10. green(Verb)

    To add greenspaces to (a town).

  11. green(Verb)

    To become environmentally aware.

  12. green(Verb)

    To make (something) environmentally friendly.

  13. green(Adjective)

    Having green as its color.

    The former flag of Libya is completely green.

  14. green(Adjective)

    Sickly, unwell.

    Sally looks pretty green uE0009268uE001 is she going to be sick?

  15. green(Adjective)



  16. green(Adjective)

    Environmentally friendly.

    Let's buy green copier paper for the office

  17. green(Adjective)

    Overcome with envy.

    green with envy

  18. green(Adjective)


  19. green(Adjective)


  20. green(Adjective)


  21. green(Adjective)

    Of wine, high or too high in acidity.

  22. green(Adjective)


  23. green(Adjective)

    Nau00EFve or unaware of obvious facts.


Webster Dictionary

  1. Green


  2. Green

    having a sickly color; wan

  3. Green


  4. Green


  5. Green

    not roasted; half raw

  6. Green


  7. Green


  8. Green(noun)


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  12. Green(noun)

    any substance or pigment of a green color

  13. Green(verb)

    to make green

  14. Green(verb)

    to become or grow green

Translations for green

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary


of the colour of growing grass or the leaves of most plants

a green hat.

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