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proper noun 
  1. A common English surname; either a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour
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noun 
  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.
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  1. (politics, sometimes capitalised as Green) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
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  1. (in plural greens) Green vegetables, especially brassicas.
Eat your greens - they're good for you.-->
  1. A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
  2. (context, bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
  3. (context, snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 3 points.
  1. See also greens
Translations: 
  • Dutch: groene jongen(nl)m
  • French: verte(fr, vert, m}}, {{t+, fr)f
  • German: Grí¼n(de)n
  • Italian: m(it, verde)f
  • Spanish: verde {{m(es)f
verb 
  1. (transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
  2. (transitive) To add green spaces to (a town).
  3. (intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
  4. (transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.
Translations: 
    adjective 
    1. Having green as its colour.
    2. sickly, Sickly, unwell.
    Sally looks pretty &mdash; is she going to be sick?
    1. Inexperienced.
    John's kind of , so take it easy on him this first week.
    1. Environmentally friendly.
    Let's buy copier paper for the office
    1. (figurative) Overcome with envy.
    green with envy
    1. (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture
    2. Of bacon or similar smallgoods, unprocessed, raw; not smoked or spiced.
    3. unripe, Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
    4. (context, wine) Of wine, high or too high in acidity.
    5. Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried, containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
    Translations: 
    • Dutch: nl(nl, groen}}, {{t-)groene
    • French: peu
    • German: grí¼n(de)
    • Italian: verde(it)
    • Spanish: verde {{m(es)f
    Etymology: grÄne

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