greening

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To make or turn (something) green or greener.
   • Great spring before greened all the year.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
2. To become or grow green in color.
   • O rosetree planted in my grief, / And growing, on her tomb, / Her dust is greening in your leaf, / Her blood is in your bloom.1885, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Ancient Sage”, in Tiresias and Other Poems, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 63
3. (transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
   • The newer 39-story, 1.5-million-square-foot tower occupies much of the original Shearson Garden, a larger parklet that briefly greened the construction site to be, and is remembered fondly by nearby Tribecans.2000, AIA Guide to New York City, page 58
4. (intransitive) To become environmentally aware.

   Synonyms:

   greenen, engreen

5. (transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.
   • "The SNP like to talk the talk about net zero targets, but they can't walk the walk. We need a fares freeze for everyone if we want to get serious about greening the economy and a public railway run in the public interest."2023 June 28, Conrad Landin, “Network News: Scottish 4.8% rail fares rise labelled 'bad news'”, in RAIL, number 986, page 18

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