greening

[ gree-ning ]

noun
  1. any variety of apple whose skin is green when ripe.

  2. the return or revival of youthful characteristics: the greening of America.

Origin of greening

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; green + -ing1

Words Nearby greening

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How to use greening in a sentence

  • Blossom and greenness are everywhere; even the brown paths of the plough and harrow are greening with springing grain.

    In New England Fields and Woods | Rowland E. Robinson
  • One of the six is still in cultivation, and known as the Illinois greening.

    American Pomology | J. A. Warder
  • One of Arizona's most wonderful phenomena is the sudden greening of the sandy stretches after a heavy rain.

    Arizona's Yesterday | John H. Cady

British Dictionary definitions for greening

greening

/ (ˈɡriːnɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the process of making or becoming more aware of environmental considerations

Origin of greening

1
C20: from green (sense 13)

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