greenish

«greenish» in Mova's school dictionary: a little bit green, or of a colour close to green — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (greenish)

meaning for a pupil

1) Greenish means a little bit green, or of a colour close to green. tree →

2) Greenish can describe a face that looks pale and ill, as if about to be sick. tree →

sense in the lessons

In art and science, «-ish» softens a colour word: greenish, bluish, reddish. In stories, a character who turns «greenish» is feeling sick, e.g. on a boat.

examples

• The pond water looked greenish and murky. tree →
• After the roller coaster, Sam's face went greenish. tree →
• The old coin had a greenish crust. tree →
• Mix a little yellow into blue for a greenish colour. tree →
• The frog's skin was greenish brown. tree →
• The bread had greenish mould on it, so we binned it. tree →
• He was clothed all in green, from his head to his feet, and even his skin was of a greenish tint. tree →

note

No comparative usually. «-ish» means «somewhat». Copper turns greenish when it reacts with air (verdigris).

In the corpora

• An over-boiled egg can get a greenish ring around the yolk, where iron from the yolk joins sulphur from the white.
• Blueberries hold the same kind of colour substance as red cabbage, so too much baking soda in the batter turns them greenish.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «greenish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.