greened

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past tense and past participle of green.

   Heavy rains greened the hills that had stayed brown all summer.

   The company greened its factories by switching to clean energy.

   Note

   One regular -ed form does both jobs: the simple past (rain greened the hills) and the participle after have or in the passive (the square has been greened with new trees). The verb works both transitively and intransitively, as in the valley greened or the council greened the town, and its environmental uses follow the same pattern. Placed before a noun, the participle shades into the 'covered with vegetation' adjective.

2. 2
   adjective

   Having sprouted new leaves or become covered with vegetation.

   The greened riverbanks showed the first clear signs of spring.

   Hikers admired the greened valley, lush after weeks of monsoon.

   Similarverdant, leafy, lush

   Oppositebare, barren

3. 3
   adjective

   Covered or coated in the color green.

   The greened dome of the cathedral was once shining copper.

   Exposure to salt air left the iron railings greened and dull.

   Similarpatinated

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