green
adjective
of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum.
had greened
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past perfectof green.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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This year they started early, in March, before things had greened up, which firefighters said added to the fires’ strength.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
The rainy season had greened things up and gone—temporarily, of course, for in a day or two it would be on us again in all tropical fury.
From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Harry Alverson Franck
