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The Meaning of green

  • (superl.) Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  • (superl.) Having a sickly color; wan.
  • (superl.) Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  • (superl.) Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  • (superl.) Not roasted; half raw.
  • (superl.) Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  • (superl.) Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.
  • (n.) The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
  • (n.) A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.
  • (n.) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
  • (n.) pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
  • (n.) Any substance or pigment of a green color.
  • (v. t.) To make green.
  • (v. i.) To become or grow green.

Synonyms

greenness , putting surface , greens , commons , leafy vegetable , honey oil , jet , common , super acid , cat valium , super C , special K , putting green , park , verdancy , viridity , verdure , parkland , third estate , ballpark , commonality , car park , commonalty , parking area , common land , parking lot , chiliad , kibibyte , potassium , thousand , kilobyte , blue jet , kelvin , kB , yard , grand , spurt , atomic number 19 , thou , jet-propelled plane , spirt , reverse lightning , jet plane , fountain , squirt , one thousand , light-green , gullible , unripened , greenish , unripe , dark-green , immature , fleeceable , unfledged , young , discolor , discolour , colour , color

Antonyms

ripe , achromatic , ripened , sophisticated , mellowed , well , mellow , overripe , aged , mature , neutral

Homophones

greene

Rhymes

aberdeen , abilene , acetylene , acrolein , adenine , adenosine , agin , aileen , albertine , aldin , aleen , alene , alkene , ameen , amin , ammeen , amphetamine , andreen , aniline , antisubmarine , aquamarine , ardeen , ardene , argentine , arleen , arlene , arreguin , augustin , augustine , balanchine , baleen , barentine , bean , beane , beene , bein , beine , benyamin , benzene , bernadine , between , biehn , bien , biocine , blouin , bornstein , brackeen , brean , breen , bromine , burdine , burkeen , byzantine , caesarean , caffeine , canteen , cantin , careen , carleen , carlene , carotene , casein , cathleen , celine , charleen , charlene , charline , chasteen , chloroprene , christine , circumvene , citrine , claudine , clean , clementine , clonidine , clymene , coffeen , coleen , colleen , constantine , contravene , convene , corinne , cortine , crean , crimean , cuisine , cunneen , darlene , dean , deane , deen , dejean , demean , diene , dineen , dinneen , doralin , doreen , dramamine , drouin , dufrene , eighteen , eileen , elephantine , eocene , epstein , ernestine , etheljean , ethene , ethylene , eugene , evergreen , feinstein , fiene , fifteen , figurine , filene , florentine , fluorine , foltene , foreseen , fourteen , francine , frankenstein , frean , freen , gabardine , gallien , gasoline , gean , gelatine , gene , georgene , georgine , geraldine , gheen , glasheen , glavine , glean , glycine , godine , goheen , gouin , greene , grosjean , guanine , guertin , guillotine , haen , halloween , hammerstein , helene , hexachlorophene , histamine , histidine , holstein , hornstein , huguenin , hydrazine , hygiene , igene , imogene , internecine , intervene , ireene , irene , janine , jean , jeane , jeanine , jeanne , joaquin , jolene , josephine , justine , kathleen , katyn , kean , keehn , keen , keene , kerosene , kiehn , kiehne , kiene , killeen , kleen , konstantin , kristine , labyrinthine , lamine , latrine , laureen , lean , leen , levine , libertine , lichtenstein , lien , limine , limousine , lopatin , lorene , lurleen , machine , macqueen , madelene , magazine , mangosteen , marcin , marine , marleen , marleene , marlene , marroquin , martine , maureen , maxine , mcbean , mcbreen , mckeen , mclean , mcmeen , mcqueen , mcsween , mean , medin , mein , meine , melamine , mescaline , methylene , mezzanine , mien , miocene , modine , moline , moreen , mujahedeen , mujahideen , mulqueen , muntean , murine , muscatine , myrlene , nadine , naphthalene , nathene , navin , nein , nene , neoprene , newsmagazine , nicotine , nineteen , nitrosomine , noreen , nuveen , obscene , ocain , olean , oligocene , olivine , onscreen , opaline , oquin , osteen , paleocene , pasion , pauline , peine , peloquin , peregrine , philene , philippine , philistine , phillipine , pilgreen , plasticine , plein , pleistocene , pliocene , polyacetylene , polybutylene , polyethylene , polypropylene , polystyrene , preen , prejean , preteen , propylene , protein , pyroxene , quarantine , queen , rabin , racine , ravine , reconvene , reen , routine , rubinstein , sabine , salin , saline , sarazin , sardine , sarene , scene , scopolamine , screen , seen , seguin , selene , serene , seventeen , shaheen , sharleen , sharlene , shasteen , shean , sheen , shirleen , silverstein , sistine , sixteen , skeen , skene , slovene , smithereen , soybean , sphene , spleen , steen , stene , styrene , submarine , sunscreen , sween , tambourine , tangerine , teen , texstyrene , theine , thien , thirteen , thomasine , thymidine , tigrean , tourmaline , trampoline , treen , umpteen , unclean , undine , unforeseen , unseen , vaccine , vanveen , varin , vaseline , veen , vidrine , vien , vienne , voisine , wallenstein , wean , wein , wien , wileen , wolverine , xene