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ALL meanings of greenage

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  • adjective greenage simple; unsophisticated; gullible; easily fooled. 1
  • adjective greenage fresh, recent, or new: an insult still green in his mind. 1
  • adjective greenage having a sickly appearance; pale; wan: green with fear; green with envy. 1
  • adjective greenage full of life and vigor; young: a man ripe in years but green in heart. 1
  • adjective greenage environmentally sound or beneficial: green computers. 1
  • adjective greenage (of wine) having a flavor that is raw, harsh, and acid, due especially to a lack of maturity. 1
  • adjective greenage freshly slaughtered or still raw: green meat. 1
  • adjective greenage not fired, as bricks or pottery. 1
  • adjective greenage (of cement or mortar) freshly set and not completely hardened. 1
  • adjective greenage Foundry. (of sand) sufficiently moist to form a compact lining for a mold without further treatment. (of a casting) as it comes from the mold. (of a powder, in powder metallurgy) unsintered. 1
  • noun greenage a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea. 1
  • noun greenage Art. a secondary color that has been formed by the mixture of blue and yellow pigments. 1
  • noun greenage green coloring matter, as paint or dye. 1
  • noun greenage green material or clothing: to be dressed in green. 1
  • noun greenage greens. fresh leaves or branches of trees, shrubs, etc., used for decoration; wreaths. the leaves and stems of plants, as spinach, lettuce, or cabbage, used for food. a blue-green uniform of the U.S. Army. 1
  • noun greenage grassy land; a plot of grassy ground. 1
  • noun greenage a piece of grassy ground constituting a town or village common. 1
  • noun greenage Also called putting green. Golf. the area of closely cropped grass surrounding each hole. 1
  • noun greenage bowling green. 1
  • noun greenage a shooting range for archery. 1
  • noun greenage Informal. green light (def 1). 1
  • noun greenage Slang. money; greenbacks (usually preceded by the): I'd like to buy a new car but I don't have the green. 1
  • noun greenage (initial capital letter) a member of the Green party (in Germany). 1
  • idioms greenage read the green, to inspect a golf green, analyzing its slope and surface, so as to determine the difficulties to be encountered when putting. 1
  • noun greenage Greenery; plants generally. 1
  • adjective greenage of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves. 1
  • adjective greenage covered with herbage or foliage; verdant: green fields. 1
  • adjective greenage characterized by the presence of verdure. 1
  • adjective greenage made of green vegetables, as lettuce, spinach, endive, or chicory: a green salad. 1
  • adjective greenage not fully developed or perfected in growth or condition; unripe; not properly aged: This peach is still green. 1
  • adjective greenage unseasoned; not dried or cured: green lumber. 1
  • adjective greenage immature in age or judgment; untrained; inexperienced: a green worker. 1
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