Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

green

3 verb
     
Related topics: Environment and waste
green3 [transitive]
1SGE to fill an area with growing plants in order to make it more attractive:
Existing derelict land is needed for greening the cities.
2SGE to make a person or organization realize the importance of environmental problems
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary