Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To make or turn (something) green or greener.

    turn or become green

  2. To become or grow green in color.

  3. (transitive)To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).

    begrünen

  4. (intransitive)To become environmentally aware.

    grünen

  5. (transitive)To make (something) environmentally friendly.

    зелени́тьzelenítʹ

    зелени́тиzelenýty

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

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
make (something) green:
Русский
By meaning 1
make (something) green:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
add green spaces to:
become green:

Origin

From Middle English grenen, from Old English grēnian (“to become green, flourish”), from P

From Middle English grenen, from Old English grēnian (“to become green, flourish”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōnijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōnijōną, *grōnijaną (“to become green”), from the adjective (see above).

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Forms

greens, greening, greened, greened
Base formgreen · to green
3rd person singulargreens
Present participlegreening
Past simplegreened
Past participlegreened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygreen
he, she, itgreens

Past simpleLesson

all personsgreened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave greened
he, she, ithas greened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill green

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
most senses:greenenengreen

Word family

3 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