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green

/grin/ /griːn/
verb Regular verbgreen greened
  1. 1
    (bir yeri) yeşillendirmek, (bir yeri) ağaçlandırmak

    To make a place greener by planting trees, grass and other plants.

    • The city plans to green its streets with thousands of new trees.
      Şehir sokaklarını binlerce yeni ağaçla yeşillendirmeyi planlıyor.
    • Volunteers helped to green the empty land behind the school.
      Gönüllüler okulun arkasındaki boş araziyi ağaçlandırmaya yardım etti.
  2. 2
    (bir şeyi) çevre dostu hale getirmek, (bir şeyi) daha çevreci yapmak

    To change something so that it does less harm to the environment.

    • The firm is trying to green its offices by cutting energy use.
      Firma enerji tüketimini azaltarak ofislerini çevre dostu hale getirmeye çalışıyor.
    • The airline has promised to green its fleet within ten years.
      Havayolu şirketi filosunu on yıl içinde daha çevreci yapma sözü verdi.
  3. 3
    yeşermek, yeşillenmek

    To become green as new leaves and grass start to grow.

    • After the spring rains, the hills began to green.
      Bahar yağmurlarından sonra tepeler yeşermeye başladı.
    • The lawn greened again once we started watering it.
      Sulamaya başlayınca çimler yeniden yeşillendi.

Verb Forms Regular

Base green
/grin/
Past greened
/grind/
Participle greened
/grind/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edgreen → greened

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /n/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. greened /grind/

Synonyms

landscapeplant

Collocations

green a citygreen the streetsthe greening of somethinggreen a businessgreen the economy

Related Words

environmentsustainabilityparktree planting

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