Green

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make green.

II. Green ·vi To become or grow green.

III. Green ·superl Not roasted; half raw.

IV. Green ·superl Having a sickly color; wan.

V. Green ·noun Any substance or pigment of a green color.

VI. Green ·noun Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths;

— usually in the plural.

VII. Green ·superl Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, ·etc.

VIII. Green ·superl Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, ·etc.

IX. Green ·noun A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.

X. Green ·superl Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.

XI. Green ·superl Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.

XII. Green ·noun The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.

XIII. Green ·noun ·pl Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, ·etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.

XIV. Green ·superl Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.

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