green with envy
green
adjective[ -er/-est only ]
us/ɡrin/

greenadjective[-er/-est only] (OF PLANTS)

of or relating to grass, trees, and other plants:
I’d like a green salad (= made with leafy vegetables).

greenadjective[-er/-est only] (POLITICAL)

relating to the protection of the environment:
green politics

greenadjective[-er/-est only] (NOT READY)

not experienced or trained:
I was pretty green when I joined this company.
green
noun[ C ]
regional USus/ɡrin/

greennoun[C] (PLANTS)

an area planted with grass, esp. for use by the public:
The fair will be held on the green behind the library.
A green is also an area of smooth grass surrounding a hole on a golf course.

green | Business English

green
adjective
 ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYuk /ɡriːn/us
relating to or believing in the protection of the natural environment:
green issues/politics/solutionsSmall companies need green solutions to be more affordable.
Car manufacturers are investing in green technology.
Their recycling policies are very green.
a green campaigner/activist
Companies are becoming greener in response to customer expectations.
 go green
to start doing things in a way that protects the natural environment:
There are many benefits for developers and builders who decide to go green.
My supermarket went green last year and has stopped supplying free plastic bags.

Examples of green

green
Such green speculations are problematic and will not be pursued further; purely human needs are the concern here.
There are views over the green roof below and into the canopies of the surrounding trees.
Outside this road, a green belt (100 metres wide) separated the city and surrounding countryside.
Luminance-defined targets had the same hue and saturation as the background, whereas saturation-defined targets were green and equiluminant with the background.
And if the soil is good, then the green twig will not be long in coming, and only a warm sun will nourish it.
It is consistent with the conclusion that people typically see green objects as green, orange objects as orange, and so forth.
We found that for both red and green center cells the data could be perfectly fitted by either mixed or pure surrounds.
Cells of opposite polarity to the central reference cell are shown in red and those of the same polarity in green.
Therefore, white-vented mynas probably preferred the green patches among residential buildings, as this may have allowed them to more efficiently exploit ephemeral anthropogenic food sources.
Recent use of green oak springs from the realisation that fairly young trees offer a potential resource which can be converted to provide reasonable sections.
For each directed green segment, there is an eaten square on its left side, and there is a blue (uneaten) square on its right side.
Though more costly, the more sustainable option is the use of green manures.
In other words, as the rate of import increases, the proportion of the obsidian assemblage that is green decreases.
A popular explanation holds that large green jurisdictions have been forcing their trading partners to trade or ratchet up their regulation.
But having said that, debbie tucker green's plays are real left-side-of-the-brain pieces of writing.
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Collocations withgreen

green

These are words often used in combination with green.

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brilliant green
Faecal samples were directly enriched in selenite brilliant green broth and selenite broth as described above.
deep green
The okra variety is a day-neutral plant with deep green, broad leaves and moderate canopy height.
dull green
It has oval-shaped dull green leaves and many peduncles bearing rounded inflorescences of bright magenta or purplish-pink flowers.
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