Definition of GREENS

greens

Meanings

Noun

  • any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
  • green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
  • a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
  • 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)
  • an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
  • a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
  • an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
  • any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
  • street names for ketamine
  • Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
  • Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
  • Leafy plants that are used for decoration.
  • The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.
  • plural of green

Verb

  • turn or become green
  • third-person singular simple present indicative of green

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”).

Synonyms

cat valium, common, commons, Green, green, Green River, greenness, honey oil, jet, K, leafy vegetable, park, putting green, putting surface, special K, super acid, super C, viridity, William Green

Scrabble Score: 7

greens is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
greens is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
greens is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

greens is a valid Words With Friends word