greener
greener is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, greener is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofgreener
- Having green as its color.
Example: "The former flag of Libya is fully green."
- (of people) Sickly, unwell.
Example: "Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?"
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (of people) Inexperienced.
Example: "John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week."
- (of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- (of people) Overcome with envy.
Example: "He was green with envy."
- Environmentally friendly.
- Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
- Not fully roasted; half raw.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
Example: "That timber is still too green to be used."
- High or too high in acidity.
- Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
Example: "a green manhood; a green wound"
- Having a sexual connotation.
- Having a color charge of green.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
Example: "the green pound; the green lira"
- A newcomer; a recent immigrant.
- A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
- Agent noun of green; someone or something which greens.
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