Meaning

3 senses
  1. The process of becoming green.

  2. A type of apple that is green when ripe.

  3. (obsolete)A type of pear.

More definitions
  • the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored

Examples

3 sentences
  1. China is increasingly greening its highways.

  2. Meadows were greening up in the narrow valleys.

    deIn den engen Tälern ergrünte manche Wiese. — al_ex_an_der

  3. I'm greening out.

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Forms

plural: greenings
Singulargreening
Pluralgreenings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
pear:greening-pear
Close in meaning
  • the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored:rejuvenation

Word family

2 related words
Relatedgreen

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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