greening
any variety of apple whose skin is green when ripe.
the return or revival of youthful characteristics: the greening of America.
Origin of greening
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How to use greening in a sentence
There are some obvious reasons for the greening of the car fleet.
July was the Greenest Month Ever for U.S. Car Sales | Anna Batchelor | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in this age of the greening of the U.S. auto fleet, so does smart engineering and pinching pennies.
Detroit’s Green Leap Forward Pulls In to New York Auto Show | Daniel Gross | March 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs temperatures rise, the Sahara and other dry areas are greening on the edges.
greening (furiously to Head Cook): How did you come to engage such a scurvy-looking fellow?
Christmas Entertainments | Alice Maude KelloggSweeting stands before greening, holding out her dress while greening reaches down pepper-pot from dresser.
Christmas Entertainments | Alice Maude Kellogg
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. RobinsonOne of the six is still in cultivation, and known as the Illinois greening.
American Pomology | J. A. WarderOne 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
/ (ˈɡriːnɪŋ) /
the process of making or becoming more aware of environmental considerations
Origin of greening
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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