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green
Noun
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One of the colors people can see:
green
Adjective
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Something that is green in color.
The grass is green.
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A fruit that is not ripe (ready to eat).
The banana was still green.
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A person who is new at an activity.
He was a new journalist and quite green.
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A person who has envy.
She turned green when she saw my dress.
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Something that protects the environment.
Saving that tree was a green thing to do.
brook
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noun
(= creek)
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
the creek dried up every summer
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verb
(= endure, stick out, bear, tolerate, put up)
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
I cannot bear his constant criticism
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
he learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
township
Noun
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A township is like a village.
This is a very small township.