| query | colour G____ is the colour of grass or leaves.Green is the colour of grass or leaves. ...shiny red and green apples. Yellow and green together make a pale green. |
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| word | green |
| full-definition | other colour Green is the colour of grass or leaves. ...shiny red and green apples. Yellow and green together make a pale green. adjective A place that is green is covered with grass, plants, and trees and not with houses or factories . Cairo has only thirteen square centimetres of green space for each inhabitant. ...the lush greenness of the river valleys. Green issues and political movements relate to or are concerned with the protection of the environment. The power of the Green movement in Germany has made that country a leader in the drive to recycle more waste materials. If you say that someone or something is green, you mean they harm the environment as little as possible. ...trying to persuade governments to adopt greener policies. Our children are being educated to be green in everything they do. A Swiss company offers to help environmental investors by sending teams round factories to ascertain their greenness. You can describe fruit and vegetables as green when they are unripe and not ready to be eaten. Pick and ripen any green fruits in a warm dark place. If you say that someone is green, you mean that they have had very little experience of life or a particular job. He was a young lad, very green, very immature. noun Greens are members of green political movements. The Greens won a seat. A green is a smooth, flat area of grass around a hole on a golf course. ...the 18th green. A green is an area of land covered with grass, especially in a town or in the middle of a village. ...the village green. Green is used in the names of places that contain or used to contain an area of grass. ...Bethnal Green. You can refer to the cooked leaves of vegetables such as spinach or cabbage as greens . Eat your greens. |
| inflections | greensgreenergreenestgreennessgreenness |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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