green
verb/ɡriːn/
/ɡriːn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they green | /ɡriːn/ /ɡriːn/ |
| he / she / it greens | /ɡriːnz/ /ɡriːnz/ |
| past simple greened | /ɡriːnd/ /ɡriːnd/ |
| past participle greened | /ɡriːnd/ /ɡriːnd/ |
| -ing form greening | /ˈɡriːnɪŋ/ /ˈɡriːnɪŋ/ |
- green something to create parks and other areas with trees and plants in a city
- projects for greening the cities
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- green somebody/something to make somebody more aware of issues connected with the environment; to make something appear friendly towards the environment
- an attempt to green industry bosses
create parks
politics
Word OriginOld English grēne (adjective), grēnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass and grow.
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