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Greens

noun

1.

Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables. Synonyms: green, leafy vegetable.

Green

noun

1.

Green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass. Synonyms: greenness, viridity.

2.

A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. Synonyms: common, commons, 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). Synonym: 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. Synonym: Green River.

6.

An area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course. Synonyms: putting green, putting surface.

7.

Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables. Synonyms: greens, leafy vegetable.

8.

Street names for ketamine. Synonyms: cat valium, honey oil, jet, K, special K, super acid, super C.

verb

(past & past part. greened; pres. part. greening)

1.

Turn or become green.

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"Greens" Quotes from Famous Books

... me for dive, you blackguards," he answered, shaking his head. "You've had quite enough from these two Master Greens already." ...

— The Pirate of the Mediterranean - A Tale of the Sea • W.H.G. Kingston

... an artist that I met at Marblehead," she said, "who showed me the way. He told me that I was a blot against the sea and the sky, with my purples and greens and reds and yellows. I will show you his sketches of me as I ought to be. They opened my eyes; and I'll show you my artist too. He's coming down to see whether I have ...

— Contrary Mary • Temple Bailey

... in the control room's sudden heat. He turned, out in space, and carefully adjusted his speed so that ship and planet drifted softly together. Gently, as if he had been doing this all his life. Weaver took the ship down upon a continent of rolling greens and browns, landed it without a jar—saw the landscape begin to tilt as he stepped into the airlock, and barely got outside before the ship rolled ten thousand feet down a gorge he had not noticed and smashed itself into ...

— The Worshippers • Damon Francis Knight

... Gervas, turning to the group of frightened rustics. 'I'll strike a bargain with ye over the matter. We have come out for supplies, and can scarce go back empty-handed. If ye will among ye provide us with a cart, filling it with such breadstuffs and greens as ye may, with a dozen bullocks as well, we shall not only screen ye in this matter, but I shall promise payment at fair market rates if ye will come to the ...

— Micah Clarke - His Statement as made to his three Grandchildren Joseph, - Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 • Arthur Conan Doyle

... honest Peter Brien, having set his basket of winter greens down upon the kitchen-table, electrified his auditory by telling them, with a broad grin and an oath, that he had seen Lieutenant Puddock and Aunt Rebecca kiss in the garden, with a good smart smack, 'by the powers, within three yards of his elbow, when he was stooping down cutting them greens!' ...

— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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