"outgreen" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: outgreens [present, singular, third-person], outgreening [participle, present], outgreened [participle, past], outgreened [past]
Etymology: out- + green Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|green}} out- + green Head templates: {{en-verb}} outgreen (third-person singular simple present outgreens, present participle outgreening, simple past and past participle outgreened)
  1. (transitive) To surpass in environmental activism or consciousness, to be more conscientious than someone else about not harming the environment, be more green than another. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outgreen-en-verb-mymPdLjN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out-

Inflected forms

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