green
adjective /ɡriːn/
/ɡriːn/
(comparative greener, superlative greenest)
Idioms - having the colour of grass or the leaves of most plants and trees
- green grass/leaves/vegetables
- his piercing green eyes
- Wait for the light to turn green (= on traffic lights).
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesa1- an olive green carpet
- the lush green grass
- wearing an emerald green dress
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cool
- apple
- aqua
- …
- covered with grass or other plants
- green fields/pastures/hills
- It's just two minutes' walk to the nearest public green space.
- After the rains, the land was green with new growth.
- not yet ready to eat
- green tomatoes
- connected with the protection of the environment; supporting the protection of the environment as a political principle
- green energy
- green politics
- Try to adopt a greener lifestyle.
- the Green Party
WordfinderTopics Politicsb1, The environmentb1- biodiversity
- conservation
- endanger
- the environment
- extinct
- green
- managed
- species
- sustainable
- toxic
- (informal) (of a person) young and without experience
- The new trainees are still very green.
- (of a person or their skin) being a pale colour, as if the person is going to vomit
- It was a rough crossing and most of the passengers looked distinctly green.
colour
covered with grass
fruit
politics
person
Word OriginOld English grēne (adjective), grēnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass and grow.
Idioms
the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence)
- (saying) said about people who never seem happy with what they have and always think they could be happier in a different place or situation
green with envy
- very jealous (= angry or unhappy because you wish you had something that somebody else has )
