ginger vs green

ginger

adj
  • Homosexual. 

  • Very careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive. 

  • Having hair or fur of this colour. 

  • Of a reddish-brown colour. 

adv
  • In a very careful or cautious manner; also, delicately, sensitively. 

verb
  • To enliven, to spice (up). 

  • To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to. 

  • To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion. 

  • To add ginger to. 

  • To move gingerly, in a very careful and cautious manner. 

noun
  • The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative. 

  • Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber 

  • A reddish-brown color. 

  • Vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character). 

  • Any soft fizzy drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda. 

  • A homosexual. 

  • A person with reddish-brown hair; a redhead. 

  • The plant that produces this rhizome. 

  • Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if dry). 

green

adj
  • Having a sexual connotation. 

  • Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union. 

  • Naive or unaware of obvious facts. 

  • Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened. 

  • Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent. 

  • Inexperienced. 

  • Environmentally friendly. 

  • Overcome with envy. 

  • Having green as its color. 

  • Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen. 

  • Having a color charge of green. 

  • Sickly, unwell. 

  • Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy. 

  • High or too high in acidity. 

  • Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture. 

noun
  • Money. 

  • Islamist. 

  • A member of a green party; an environmentalist. 

  • The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters. 

  • One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points. 

  • A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage. 

  • Any substance or pigment of a green colour. 

  • Marijuana. 

  • A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole. 

  • a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement. 

  • A green light used as a signal. 

  • The surface upon which bowls is played. 

  • Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths. 

  • One of the three color charges for quarks. 

verb
  • To become or grow green in colour. 

  • To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.). 

  • To make (something) green, to turn (something) green. 

  • To make (something) environmentally friendly. 

  • To become environmentally aware. 

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