Also spelled greene
Meanings
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1
noun
The colour of grass and leaves, between yellow and blue.
She painted the door a bright green.
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2
adj
Having the colour of grass and leaves.
The fields turned green after the spring rain.
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3
adj
Concerned with protecting the environment.
The company switched to green energy to cut pollution.
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4
verb
To become green, or to make an area greener with plants.
The trees begin to green as soon as spring arrives.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green From Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”). More at grow. Doublet of Gruen. See also North Frisian green, West Frisian grien, Dutch groen, Low German grön, green, greun, German grün, Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk grøn, Swedish grön, Norwegian Bokmål grønn, Icelandic grænn. The sense of obscene, pornographic, or sexual in the Philippines is a…