verdure
Syllables: ver·dure/ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/US/ˈvɝd͡ʒɚ/
verdure noun: the greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.
Noun
verdure (countable and uncountable, plural verdures)
- The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.
- […] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- The five weeks which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- verdancy, greenliness, greenth
- A condition of health and vigour.
Verb
verdure (third-person singular simple present verdures, present participle verduring, simple past and past participle verdured)
- To cover with verdure.
verdure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
verdure in Hindi
- verdure
- सब्ज़ी sabzī
verdure in Tamil
- செழித்து வளரும் தாவரங்களின் பசுமை, செழிப்பு, வளர்ச்சி
verdure in Urdu
- verdure
- سبزی sabzī
verdure in Kannada
- verdure
- ಹಸಿರು hasiru
More languagesFewer languages
- verdure in Vietnamese
- thảm thực vật
Examples of verdure in a sentence
- To her belonged Amber Spring, the water which gave verdure and beauty to the village and made living possible on that wild purple upland waste.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 1, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
- Through the brazen hours that followed high noon, we crept onwards through a tunnel of glittering verdure.1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
Synonyms of verdure
Forms of verdure
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | verdures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | verdures |
| present participle | verduring |
| past participle | verdured |
| past | verdured |
Origin of verdure
Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).
Words formed from verdure
Words that rhyme with verdure
Questions about verdure
- What does verdure mean?
- Verdure means the greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.
- What is verdure in Hindi?
- Verdure in Hindi is सब्ज़ी (sabzī). See Verdure meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use verdure in a sentence?
- To her belonged Amber Spring, the water which gave verdure and beauty to the village and made living possible on that wild purple upland waste.
- What part of speech is verdure?
- Verdure can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce verdure?
- Verdure is pronounced /ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of verdure?
- The plural of verdure is verdures.
Words near verdure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: verdure (page history and authors); सब्ज़ी (Hindi) (page history and authors); verdure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سبزی (Urdu) (page history and authors); ಹಸಿರು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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