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tree-hugging

tree-hugging adjective: supporting of environment concerns such as combating pollution, deforestation, etc.

Adjective

tree-hugging (comparative more tree-hugging, superlative most tree-hugging)

  1. (derogatory) Supporting of environment concerns such as combating pollution, deforestation, etc.
    • He could have developed his oil wells if it wasn't for those pesky tree-hugging hippies.
  2. (literal) To wrap one's arms around the trunk of a tree, as in an embrace.
    • “They were hugely embarrassed to find out I was tree-hugging champion; it wasn’t exactly the ‘cool mum’ hat they wanted me to have. So I do feel slightly bad for their street cred.”2024 October 9, Severin Carrell, “Teacher Hannah Willow crowned as Glasgow’s first tree-hugging champion”, in The Guardian

Synonyms of tree-hugging

Forms of tree-hugging

comparativemore tree-hugging
superlativemost tree-hugging

Questions about tree-hugging

What does tree-hugging mean?
Tree-hugging means supporting of environment concerns such as combating pollution, deforestation, etc.
What part of speech is tree-hugging?
Tree-hugging is an adjective.

Words near tree-hugging in the dictionary

  1. tree-doves
  2. tree-house
  3. tree-houses
  4. tree-hugger
  5. tree-huggers
  6. tree-hugging
  7. tree-in-a-hurry
  8. tree-kangaroo
  9. tree-kangaroos
  10. tree-line
  11. tree-lined

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