greenen en · VERB
Etymology
From green + -en.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To make or become green.
Chemical fertilizers can produce rapid results, often greenening up a lawn in just a few days after application.
2024, Barrett Williams, The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Lawn Care:I look out between my greenening gills and see what she meant.
2022, Stephen Kozeniewski, The Hematophages:Reddened salt and greenened faults – Passions and envies run strong […]
2019, Damon Freed, When the Church Bell Chimes, page 16:The spring wind, which grew warmer every year, had greenened the north and south of the river.
2020, Guan Shen, Treasure Identifying Divine Eyes, volume 8:Sunset faded, peaks turned pale, twilight greenened, yet I urged Birdie on crying “Excelsior!” Boots frozen, stomach empty since raisins, I finally spied a lamp and reached a cabin after thirty miles.
2026, Isabella Bird, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| greenening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| greenens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| greenened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| greenened | Tense=Past | lexicographic |