Word: green Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green From Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”). More at grow. Doublet of Gruen. See also North Frisian green, West Frisian grien, Dutch groen, Low German grön, green, greun, German grün, Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk grøn, Swedish grön, Norwegian Bokmål grønn, Faroese grønur, Icelandic grænn. The sense of obscene, pornographic, or sexual in the Philippines is a semantic loan from Spanish verde. In other varieties of English, blue is the color instead associated with obscenity or pornography. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːn/, [ˈɡɹʷɪi̯n], /ˈɡɹin/, /ˈɡɾin/, /ˈɡɾiːn/ 1. The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In a period of increasing industrialization and the palette of grey, brown, and black that came to dominate the modern city, greens provided a refreshing contrast, seemingly bringing the outdoors in. Example: Red No. 3, red No. 40, blue No. 2 and green No. 3 all have been linked with cancer or tumors in animals. Other sources say red No. 40 and yellow No. 5 and No. 6 contain or may be contaminated with known carcinogens. 2. A member of a green party; an environmentalist. Labels: capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable Example: How have greens sought to map an ecologically and socially sustainable future for society? 3. A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I gave him my putter earlier this year in Oklahoma City. He was having trouble on the greens and I said, ‘Here, try this.’ He did, and he’s been going great guns ever since. Example: There are eighteen holes but I dare any visitor to find more than, say, twelve fairways and seven or eight greens. 4. The surface upon which bowls is played. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 7. A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: o'er the smooth enamelled green 8. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: In that ſoft Seaſon vvhen deſcending Shovvers / Call forth the Greens, and vvake the riſing Flovvers; […] 9. Any substance or pigment of a green color. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A green light used as a signal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To the casual cockpit observer, landing-gear operation appears to be one of the most elementary tasks we have to perform. Either the switch is up and the lights are out, or it's down and there are three greens. 11. Marijuana. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: You're better off smoking the green instead cause it don't blim-burn and it's better for your head. Example: They see me, hoes actin like they seen a king / With that mean lean, smokin on that finest Cali green 12. Money. Labels: US, slang, uncountable 13. One of the three color charges for quarks. Labels: countable, particle, uncountable 14. Ellipsis of green room. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Example: Today, actors say off-handedly, 'See you on the green' or 'I'll be in the green room' without giving the expressions much thought. In Shakespeare's day, actors changed behind the stage in the 'tiring house', […]