- having the colour of grass or the leaves of most plants and trees
- green grass/leaves/vegetables
- his piercing green eyes
- Wait for the light to turn green (= on traffic lights).
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesa1- an olive green carpet
- the lush green grass
- wearing an emerald green dress
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cool
- apple
- aqua
- …
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- covered with grass or other plants
- green fields/pastures/hills
- It's just two minutes' walk to the nearest public green space.
- After the rains, the land was green with new growth.
- not yet ready to eat
- green tomatoes
- connected with the protection of the environment; supporting the protection of the environment as a political principle
- green energy
- green politics
- Try to adopt a greener lifestyle.
- the Green Party
- (informal) (of a person) young and without experience
- The new trainees are still very green.
- (of a person or their skin) being a pale colour, as if the person is going to vomit
- It was a rough crossing and most of the passengers looked distinctly green.
colour
covered with grass
fruit
politics
person
Word OriginOld English grēne (adjective), grēnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass and grow.
Idioms
See green in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee green in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthe grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence)
- (saying) said about people who never seem happy with what they have and always think they could be happier in a different place or situation
green with envy
- very jealous (= angry or unhappy because you wish you had something that somebody else has )
Check pronunciation:
green