green

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There was the smokey grey/green from the Matrix films.

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Quick take

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of green gathered in one view.

noun

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

noun

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

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United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for green.

noun

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

noun

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

noun

United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)

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an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party

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a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River

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an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"

noun

any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

noun

street names for ketamine

verb

turn or become green; "The trees are greening"

adjective

of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint"

See also: greenish, light-green, dark-green

adjective

concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party

adjective

not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"

adjective

looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green around the gills"

adjective

naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"

Example sentences

There was the smokey grey/green from the Matrix films.

A dollar T-Bill is as good as a dollar green bill, both are backed by the full faith and credit of the USG.

What a trichromat call green is the result of the stimulation of both M and L cones.

All of the positive street cred he is getting for his promotion of green energy is being lost to this fight.

I had a green card on the way when I quit my job so why wouldn't I just stay if I wanted to immigrate so badly?

With the green usernames, they're both at 00FF00 and have no idea if the community has given the other person more votes.

And the intelligence slider keeps me sane, since I slide it towards green and my unread count comes down to a manageable level.

It's unfortunate that people who come here on student visas get married -- assuming they have enough money -- and have a green card in six months.

I'm also surrounded by green space and parks, schools and swimming pools are walkable and we're planning on building out space for a public library and other amenities soon.

Note that they are still selling each car at a material loss; and only managed to show a profitable quarter by trading green credits they gained from their manufacturing.

During the 2008 post-election protests and the beginning of the green movement, I aggregated all the images coming out of Iran into my personal flickr account.

How can we be sure it will be better than the results we would obtain from mindlessly chaining ourselves to the red/green light?For better or for worse, the red/green light protocol is specific.

It seems as though our entire country is hopelessly addicted to accumulating more and more pieces of green paper, only to be puzzled when having a large number in their bank account fails to actually solve any of their problems.

While it's encouraging to see such a thorough debunking of the latest security theater technology, it's always been security theater... Allow me a few quick anecdotes:My family is friends with a gentleman who was a green beret medic during Viet Nam, and later worked for the CIA.