Having green as its color. (Example: The former flag of Libya is fully green.)
(of people) Sickly, unwell. (Example: Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?)
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
(of people) Inexperienced. (Example: John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.)
(of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
(of people) Overcome with envy. (Example: He was green with envy.)
Environmentally friendly.
Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
Not fully roasted; half raw.
Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy. (Example: That timber is still too green to be used.)
High or too high in acidity.
Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent. (Example: a green manhood; a green wound)
Having a sexual connotation.
Having a color charge of green.
Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union. (Example: the green pound; the green lira)
green
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noun
The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.
(sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
(bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
(chiefly in plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
Marijuana.
Money.
One of the three color charges for quarks.
green
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/ɡɹiːn/
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verb
To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
Gli articoli in inglese sono di due tipi principali: articoli determinativi e indeterminativi. Ecco una breve spiegazione di ciascun tipo:
Articoli Determinativi:
"The": È l'unico articolo determinativo in inglese. Si usa prima di un sostantivo per indicare che ci si sta riferendo a qualcosa di specifico o precedentemente menzionato. Esempi: "The cat" (Il gatto), "The book" (Il libro), "The sun" (Il sole).
Articoli Indeterminativi:
"A" e "An": Sono gli articoli indeterminativi. Si usano prima di un sostantivo per indicare che ci si riferisce a qualcosa in modo generico o per la prima volta. La scelta tra "a" e "an" dipende dalla pronuncia della parola successiva.
Esempi: "A cat" (Un gatto), "An apple" (Una mela), "A car" (Un'auto).
La scelta tra "a" e "an" è basata sulla prima lettera del sostantivo successivo. Si utilizza "a" prima di parole che iniziano con una consonante e "an" prima di parole che iniziano con una vocale. Ad esempio, "a book" e "an hour".
Questi articoli sono fondamentali per la costruzione delle frasi in inglese e per chiarire se ci si riferisce a qualcosa di specifico o generico.