Greens - English meaning

Greens – definitions in English dictionary

noun
Green colour or pigment.
Usage examples:
Major roads are marked in green
noun
A piece of public grassy land, especially in the centre of a village.
Usage examples:
A house overlooking the green
Synonims:
LawnCommonGrassy areaSwardGrassGreenswardMeadLea
noun
A member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party.
Usage examples:
The greens' remarkable 15 per cent vote
Synonims:
EnvironmentalistConservationistPreservationistNature-loverEco-activistEco-nutEcofreakTree hugger

verb
Make or become green in colour.
Usage examples:
The roof was greening with lichen
verb
Make less harmful to the environment.
Usage examples:
Tips on how to green your home

adjective
Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.
Usage examples:
Her flashing green eyes

adjective
Covered with grass or other vegetation.
Usage examples:
Proposals that would smother green fields with development

adjective
(of a plant or fruit) young or unripe.
Usage examples:
Green shoots

adjective
(of a person) inexperienced or naive.
Usage examples:
A green recruit fresh from college

adjective
(of a person or their complexion) pale and sickly-looking.
Usage examples:
‘are you all right?—you look absolutely green’

Greens translation into English

Greens: translate from English into Chinese

青菜, 菜, 菜蔬, 绿色蔬菜

Greens: translate from English into Dutch

Groentjes, Groenten, Groente

Greens: translate from English into French

Légumes verts

Greens: translate from English into German

Grüns, Grünes gemüse

Greens: translate from English into Hindi

साग, भाजी, हरी सब्ज़ियां

Greens: translate from English into Italian

Verdi, Verdura, Ortaggi

Greens: translate from English into Korean

푸성귀, 녹색 야채, 식물, 푸른 잎

Greens: translate from English into Russian

Зелень, Овощи, Деньги, Деньжата, Бабки

Greens: translate from English into Spanish

Verduras, Lo verde

Word origin

Old English grēne (adjective), grēnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass and grow.

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Greens – similar words

green

adjective
Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.
Usage examples:
Her flashing green eyes

noun
Green colour or pigment.
Usage examples:
Major roads are marked in green

verb
Make or become green in colour.
Usage examples:
The roof was greening with lichen

Green - all meanings in English

Greens synonims

common

ˈkɒm.ən

adjective
Occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.
Usage examples:
Salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings

noun
A piece of open land for public use.
Usage examples:
We spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers

adjective
Found frequently in many places or among many people
Usage examples:
Money worries are a common problem for people raising children., guilt and forgiveness are themes c…

Common - all meanings in English

conservationist

ˌkɒn.səˈveɪ.ʃən.ɪst

noun
A person who advocates or acts for the protection and preservation of the environment and wildlife.
Usage examples:
Conservationist groups

noun
A person who believes in or works for the protection of plants, animals, and natural areas, esp. from the damaging effects of human activity

noun
Someone who works to protect the environment from the damaging effects of human activity
Usage examples:
Conservationists are fighting to save the tiger., conservationists are concerned about the threat t…

Conservationist - all meanings in English

environmentalist

ɪnˌvaɪ.rnˈmen.təl.ɪst

noun
A person who is concerned about protecting the environment.
Usage examples:
The environmentalist movement

adjective
Concerned with or advocating the protection of the environment.
Usage examples:
The environmentalist movement

adjective
Having the belief that environment, as opposed to heredity, has the primary influence on the development of a person or group.

Environmentalist - all meanings in English

grass

noun
Vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop.
Usage examples:
The ground was mostly barren with just short grass, where no vegetation dared to grow.

verb
Cover (an area of ground) with grass.
Usage examples:
The railway tracks were mostly grassed over

noun
A low, green plant with narrow leaves growing naturally over much of the earth’s surface
Usage examples:
[ u ] are you going to cut the grass?, [ c ] wildflowers and grasses of the great plains thrive wit…

Grass - all meanings in English

greensward

noun
Grass-covered ground.
Usage examples:
City workers lolling on the greensward

Greensward - all meanings in English

lawn

noun
An area of short, regularly mown grass in the garden of a house or park.
Usage examples:
She was sitting in a deckchair on the lawn

noun
A fine linen or cotton fabric used for making clothes.
Usage examples:
A white lawn shirt

noun
An area of grass, esp. near a house or in a park, which is cut regularly to keep it short

Lawn - all meanings in English

lea

noun
An open area of grassy or arable land.
Usage examples:
The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea

noun
Short for local education authority.

noun
Abbreviation for local education authority: in the uk, the part of a local government that controls schools and colleges in a particular area
Usage examples:
Under these plans, private companies or individuals could take over the running of schools from leas.

Lea - all meanings in English

mead

noun
An alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water.
Usage examples:
The tavern stocks beer, cider, perry, and mead

noun
A meadow.
Usage examples:
Gone was the safe, familiar home, set amidst a tumble of rolling, well-tilled fields dotted with fa…

noun
An alcoholic drink made from honey that was drunk in the past

Mead - all meanings in English

preservationist

noun
A supporter or advocate of the preservation of something, especially of historic buildings and artefacts.
Usage examples:
Into this gloomy atmosphere came a national drive by preservationists and conservationists to creat…