Green - Definition

adj 1: of the color between blue and yellow in the color
spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green
tree"; "green fields"; "green paint" [syn: green,
greenish, light-green, dark-green]
2: concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the
political principles of the Green Party
3: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit";
"fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: green, unripe,
unripened, immature] [ant: mature, ripe]
4: looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green
around the gills"
5: naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she
had been gullible and in love" [syn: fleeceable, green,
gullible]
n 1: green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing
grass [syn: green, greenness, viridity]
2: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
3: 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) [syn: Green, William Green]
4: an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
5: a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward
through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
[syn: Green, Green River]
6: an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a
golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the
bunker" [syn: green, putting green, putting surface]
7: any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten
as vegetables [syn: greens, green, leafy vegetable]
8: street names for ketamine [syn: K, jet, super acid,
special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C]
v 1: turn or become green; "The trees are greening"