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green up

green up verb: of vegetation: to put forth new growth.

Verb

green up (third-person singular simple present greens up, present participle greening up, simple past and past participle greened up)

  1. Of vegetation: to put forth new growth.
  2. Of a landscape, region, etc.: to become green as a result of seasonal vegetation growth.

Forms of green up

third-person singular presentgreens up
present participlegreening up
past participlegreened up
pastgreened up

Questions about green up

What does green up mean?
Green up means of vegetation: to put forth new growth.
What part of speech is green up?
Green up is a verb.
What is the past tense of green up?
The past tense of green up is greened up.

Words near green up in the dictionary

  1. green turtle
  2. Green Turtle Cay
  3. green turtles
  4. Green Ukraine
  5. green ultramarine
  6. green up
  7. Green Valley
  8. green vegetable bug
  9. green vegetable bugs
  10. green violet
  11. green vitriol

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