Meaning

13 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.

    Grün

    зелёныйzeljónyj

    зеле́нийzelényj

  2. (capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable)A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

    Grüner, Grüne

    зелёныйzeljónyj, зелёнаяzeljónaja

    an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party

  3. (countable, uncountable)A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.

    an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course

  4. (countable, uncountable)The surface upon which bowls is played.

  5. (countable, uncountable)One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.

  6. (UK, countable, uncountable)A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.

  8. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.

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

  9. (countable, uncountable)Any substance or pigment of a green color.

    green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

  10. (countable, uncountable)A green light used as a signal.

  11. (slang, uncountable)Marijuana.

  12. (US, slang, uncountable)Money.

Examples

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

    Я байдуже ставлюся до зеленого чаю. — deniko

    deIch mag keinen grünen Tee. — al_ex_an_der

  2. He couldn't tell green from blue.

    Він не розрізняв зелений і синій кольори. — hectorvk

    ruОн не различал зелёный и синий. — marafon

    deEr konnte Grün nicht von Blau unterscheiden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Do you have a green car?

    У тебе зелена машина? — deniko

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

    Ти можеш пояснити мені різницю між чорним та зеленим чаєм? — deniko

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

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

  5. I like green tea.

    Я люблю зелений чай. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю зелёный чай. — astru

    deIch mag grünen Tee. — Germic

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
colour:
Русский
By meaning 2
colour:
member of a green party:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
colour:
member of a green party:

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

plural: greens
Singulargreen
Pluralgreens

regular

Synonyms

101 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass:greennessviridity
  • an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course:putting greenputting surface
  • a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River:Green River
  • 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):William Green
  • any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables:greensleafy vegetable
  • a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area:parkcommonscommon

Word family

99 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