green

Forms

1.The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
- In a period of increasing industrialization and the palette of grey, brown, and black that came to dominate the modern city, greens provided a refreshing contrast, seemingly bringing the outdoors in.
2.The surface upon which bowls is played.
- No, the flowers are not green, but red, white, yellow or blue.
- Green papaya salad is delicious.
3.A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- How have greens sought to map an ecologically and socially sustainable future for society?
4.A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- There are eighteen holes but I dare any visitor to find more than, say, twelve fairways and seven or eight greens.
- I gave him my putter earlier this year in Oklahoma City. He was having trouble on the greens and I said, ‘Here, try this.’ He did, and he’s been going great guns ever since.

1.Sickly, unwell.
- Sally looks pretty green, is she going to be sick?
2.Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
3.Inexperienced.
- John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
- He acted like a green racehorse, plunging over his jumps, tearing to the front of the field of riders.
- I might be angry[…] with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my grey hairs.
4.Of a green hue.
- The former flag of Libya is fully green.
- He is wearing a green shirt.

Common· #1005

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *grōniz

Proto-West Germanic *grōnī

Old English grēne

Middle English grene

English green