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English adjective: green | |||
| 1. | green of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass | ||
| Samples | A green tree. Green fields. Green paint. | ||
| Synonyms | dark-green, greenish, light-green | ||
| Similar | chromatic | ||
| Antonyms | achromatic, neutral | ||
| 2. | green concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party | ||
| 3. | green not fully developed or mature; not ripe | ||
| Samples | Unripe fruit. Fried green tomatoes. Green wood. | ||
| Synonyms | immature, unripe, unripened | ||
| Similar | unaged | ||
| Antonyms | ripe, mature | ||
| 4. | green looking pale and unhealthy | ||
| Samples | You're looking green. Green around the gills. | ||
| Similar | ill, sick | ||
| Antonyms | well | ||
| 5. | green naive and easily deceived or tricked | ||
| Samples | At that early age she had been gullible and in love. | ||
| Synonyms | fleeceable, gullible | ||
| Similar | naif, naive | ||
| Antonyms | sophisticated | ||
English noun: green | |||
| 1. | green (attribute) green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass | ||
| Synonyms | greenness, viridity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blue green, bluish green, bottle green, chartreuse, chrome green, emerald, greenishness, jade, jade green, olive green, olive-green, Paris green, pea green, sage green, sea green, teal, yellow green, yellowish green | ||
| 2. | green (location) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | ||
| Samples | They went for a walk in the park. | ||
| Synonyms | common, commons, park | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground, village green | ||
| Instance hyponym | Central Park | ||
| Part meronym | populated area, urban area | ||
| 3. | Green (person) 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) | ||
| Synonyms | William Green | ||
| Instance hypernym | labor leader | ||
| 4. | Green (person) an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conservationist, environmentalist | ||
| Member meronym | Green Party | ||
| 5. | Green (object) a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River | ||
| Synonyms | Green River | ||
| Instance hypernym | river | ||
| Part meronym | Beehive State, Equality State, Mormon State, UT, Utah, WY, Wyoming | ||
| 6. | green (location) an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course | ||
| Samples | The ball rolled across the green and into the bunker. | ||
| Synonyms | putting green, putting surface | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | land site, site | ||
| Part meronym | golf course, links course | ||
| 7. | green (food) any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables | ||
| Synonyms | greens, leafy vegetable | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | veg, vegetable, veggie | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beet green, chard, chop-suey greens, common sorrel, dandelion green, French sorrel, lamb's-quarter, leaf beet, pigweed, salad green, salad greens, sorrel, spinach, spinach beet, sprout, Swiss chard, turnip greens, wild spinach, wild spinach | ||
| 8. | green (artifact) street names for ketamine | ||
| Synonyms | cat valium, honey oil, jet, K, special K, super acid, super C | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride | ||
English verb: green | |||
| 1. | green (change) turn or become green | ||
| Samples | The trees are greening. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, colour, discolor, discolour | ||
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