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greener en · ADJ
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(comparative, form-of) comparative form of green: more green
DBC Head of Sales Roger Neary added: "Rail freight is already a much greener alternative to road haulage, so to reduce our carbon footprint even further will, I hope, make businesses re-evaluate their own transport strategies."
2021 January 27, “Network News: Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil performs well in DBC tests”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 11:Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.
1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast:
greener en · NOUN
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(derogatory, slang) A newcomer; a recent immigrant.
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(derogatory, slang) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
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(agent, form-of) Agent noun of green; someone or something which greens.
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freshie · comeling (recent immigrant) · tree hugger (ecological activist) · newling · FOB · ecofreak (ecological activist) · environmentalist (ecological activist)