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green

noun US /ɡriːn/

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

How often you will meet it

Rank 579 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 33,506 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.016% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

noun

  1. green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass also: greenness, viridity
  2. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area also: park, commons, common they went for a walk in the park
  3. United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952) also: William Green
  4. an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
  5. a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River also: Green River
  6. an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course also: putting green, putting surface the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

green in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

    The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1

  • Just before this place; on the circle of the green, I resolved my tent should stand.

    The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1

  • Though everything remained green and flourishing in the plains below, the inheritance of the Three Brothers was a desert.

    Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1

  • One foot was wet to the ankle, and a thin strip of green seaweed had wound itself around his trousers.

    The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1

  • Those waves of forests primeval were his, and the green spray of them was tossed into cloudland to catch the blessed rain.

    The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1

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