Meaning

22 senses
  1. Of a green hue.

    He is wearing a green shirt.

    The former flag of Libya is fully green.

  2. (figuratively)Sickly, unwell.

    Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?

    боле́зненныйboléznennyj

  3. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

    grün

    неспе́лыйnespélyj, зелёныйzeljónyj, несозревшийnesozrevšij

  4. (figuratively)Inexperienced.

    John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.

    grünschnäblig, naiv, unerfahren

    нео́пытныйneópytnyj, зелёныйzeljónyj

  5. (capitalized, sometimes)Islamist.

  6. (figuratively)Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.

    a green manhood

    a green wound

  7. (figuratively)Naive or unaware of obvious facts.

  8. (figuratively)Overcome with envy.

    He was green with envy.

    зави́стливыйzavístlivyj

  9. (figuratively)Environmentally friendly.

    green energy

    Green New Deal

    grün

    зелёныйzeljónyj

  10. (capitalized, sometimes)Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.

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

  11. Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.

  12. (dated)Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.

    сыро́йsyrój

    сири́йsyrýj

Examples

1245 sentences
  1. I don't care for green tea.

    Я байдуже ставлюся до зеленого чаю.

    deIch mag keinen grünen Tee.

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  2. He couldn't tell green from blue.

    Він не розрізняв зелений і синій кольори.

    ruОн не различал зелёный и синий.

    deEr konnte Grün nicht von Blau unterscheiden.

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  3. Do you have a green car?

    У тебе зелена машина?

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  4. Can you describe to me the difference between black tea and green tea?

    Ти можеш пояснити мені різницю між чорним та зеленим чаєм?

    ruМожете ли вы описать мне разницу между чёрным и зелёным чаем?

    deKönnen Sie mir den Unterschied zwischen schwarzem und grünem Tee erklären?

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  5. I like green tea.

    Я люблю зелений чай.

    ruЯ люблю зелёный чай.

    deIch mag grünen Tee.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
having green as its colour:
of bacon, etc.: unprocessed, raw:
Русский
By meaning 7
having green as its colour:
sickly:
of fruit: unripe:
inexperienced:
envious:
of bacon, etc.: unprocessed, raw:
of wine: acidic or too acidic:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
having green as its colour:
inexperienced:

Origin

From Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from P

From Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”). More at grow. Doublet of Gruen.

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Forms

greener, greenest
Comparativegreener Lesson
Superlativegreenest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

64 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

9 antonyms

Word family

441 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • green tea
  • green peppers
  • drink green tea
  • like green peppers
  • wearing a green
  • green with envy
  • green beans
  • a green card
  • like green
  • turned green
  • green card
  • drink green

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
green — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto