green
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
- green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass also: greenness, viridity
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area also: park, commons, common they went for a walk in the park
- 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
- an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River also: Green River
- 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
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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