green
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- adjective
- /ɡrin/
:
verde
- "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures."
- dark green
- light green
- bright green
they are like a bright green fur lined
- they are like a bright green fur lined
- But if I hold the light green for, let's say, East St.
- I'm going to put on my green fancy eye masks.
Examples
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In fact, the leaves are beautiful, green, nice and thick.
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This is a beautiful mint green in the shade Zulu.
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If the color turns green, you have won the game.
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It's because it's a green color, soft green color.
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Look at this beautiful, bright green, gorgeous pasta.
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When I see that and it's green and lush.
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Then I'm going with this beautiful green shimmer shade right here.
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Tired mill houses painted off-shades of green and yellow lined half of it.
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I do want to incorporate this green liner from Cosis.
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The vibrant leaves are a beautiful shade of green in the spring sunshine.
Synonyms
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A little like the color of leaves
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A deep shade of green like pine needles
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An area that is green with plants and grass
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A color that is a mix of blue and green
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A pale green color like fresh grass
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A green color mixed with gray
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A green color mixed with gray
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Green with a hint of brown
A slightly yellow green like fresh peas
A color between yellow and green like young leaves
A green color like a gem, often slightly blue or yellow
A green color with a little brown mixed in
A green color with a purple tint
Green with a purple shade
Antonyms
Idioms
- Jargon
To look at the slope and surface of a golf green to decide how to hit a putt
Compounds
- US
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An official card that allows a foreign person to live and work permanently in the United States
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A political party that wants to protect the environment and support fair social policies
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A period in the 1960s and 1970s when new seeds and fertilizers greatly increased food crops
- Specialized
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A way to release software using two identical systems to move users to the new version
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A range of mountains in Vermont, USA that are part of the Appalachian Mountains
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A river in the western United States that starts in Wyoming and flows south into the Colorado River
- Specialized
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Tiny living things in water that make food from light and often look blue-green
- Literature
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A soldier in green with no badge sent so a country can deny sending them
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A West African monkey that lives in open grasslands with a greenish-grey back and a yellow tail
- Archaic
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A soup made from the meat of green turtles, often served as a special food
A low, soft green plant with creeping stems often used to make Christmas wreaths
- South African
A monkey that lives on the African savanna with greenish-grey fur and a yellow tail
A small green or yellow-green toad with black bars and stripes found in North America
How Green
Surface Forms
Etymology
Green comes from the old English word grēne, meaning 'to grow' and 'grass', so using green as an adjective simply describes the colour of new leaves and plants. That's why we call a green dress or a green field by that name.