What part of speech is green?

Green can be categorized as a noun, an adjective and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. green is a verb, present, 1st person singular of green (infinitive).
  • 2. green is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. green is a noun, singular of greens.
  • 4. green is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

Adjective to adverb

  • adjective: green
  • adverb: greenly 

What does green mean?

Definitions

Adjective
green - not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"
green - of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint"
green - concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
green - looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green around the gills"
green - naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"

Verb
green - turn or become green; "The trees are greening"

Noun
green - green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
Green - a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
Green - an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
green - an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"
Green - 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)
green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
green - a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"
green - street names for ketamine
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Examples of green

#   Sentence  
1. noun The ball rolled across the green and into the bunker.
2. noun (Green symbolizes "Islam" and Prophet Mohammed's holy war).
3. noun The "Federal Eagle" stamp used in the anthrax mailings was a blue-green.
4. noun Green symbolizes Islam and was the Prophet Mohammed's color.
5. noun Green suits you.
6. noun A hedge between keeps friendship green.
7. noun The mountains are a lush green in summer.
8. noun Red, as opposed to green, is a sign of danger.
9. noun Nancy papered her room green.
10. noun The colors shade from yellow into green.
11. noun How far is it to the green?
12. noun I have settled on green for the curtains.
13. noun Do you know who that tall blonde girl in green is?
14. noun We painted the house green.
15. noun We painted the door green.
16. adj. Fried green tomatoes.
17. adj. Green wood.
18. adj. A green tree.
19. adj. Green fields.
20. adj. Green paint.
21. adj. You're looking green.
22. adj. Green around the gills.
23. adj. It was widely published among the militant islamists that martyrs go to paradise "in the hearts of green birds."
24. adj. In the very interview in which they admitted 9/11, and described the codes used for the four targets for the planes, the masterminds admitted to the Jenny code, the code for representing the date 9/11, and used the symbolism of the "Green Birds."
25. adj. A FAQ on the Azzam Publications website explained that "In the Hearts of Green Birds" refers to what is inside.
26. adj. Greendale likely refers to green river valley -- i.e., Cairo's Egyptian Islamic Jihad or the Islamic Group.
27. adj. At the Darunta complex where jihadis trained, recruits would wear green uniforms, except for Friday when they were washed.
28. adj. In a Hadith the Messenger of Allah explains that the souls of the martyrs are in the hearts of green birds that fly wherever they please in the Paradise.
29. adj. I have a friend who came here from Bulgaria after winning a green card in a lottery.
30. adj. I was to see that the doors were open and the signal of a green or white light in a window which faced the drive was to give notice if all was safe or if the attempt had better be postponed.
Sentence  
noun
The ball rolled across the green and into the bunker.
(Green symbolizes "Islam" and Prophet Mohammed's holy war).
The "Federal Eagle" stamp used in the anthrax mailings was a blue-green.
Green symbolizes Islam and was the Prophet Mohammed's color.
Green suits you.
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
The mountains are a lush green in summer.
Red, as opposed to green, is a sign of danger.
Nancy papered her room green.
The colors shade from yellow into green.
How far is it to the green?
I have settled on green for the curtains.
Do you know who that tall blonde girl in green is?
We painted the house green.
We painted the door green.
adj.
Fried green tomatoes.
Green wood.
A green tree.
Green fields.
Green paint.
You're looking green.
Green around the gills.
It was widely published among the militant islamists that martyrs go to paradise "in the hearts of green birds."
In the very interview in which they admitted 9/11, and described the codes used for the four targets for the planes, the masterminds admitted to the Jenny code, the code for representing the date 9/11, and used the symbolism of the "Green Birds."
A FAQ on the Azzam Publications website explained that "In the Hearts of Green Birds" refers to what is inside.
Greendale likely refers to green river valley -- i.e., Cairo's Egyptian Islamic Jihad or the Islamic Group.
At the Darunta complex where jihadis trained, recruits would wear green uniforms, except for Friday when they were washed.
In a Hadith the Messenger of Allah explains that the souls of the martyrs are in the hearts of green birds that fly wherever they please in the Paradise.
I have a friend who came here from Bulgaria after winning a green card in a lottery.
I was to see that the doors were open and the signal of a green or white light in a window which faced the drive was to give notice if all was safe or if the attempt had better be postponed.
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