"verdure" meaning in English

See verdure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɜːdjə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɝd͡ʒɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-verdure.wav Forms: verdures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English verdure, from Old French verdure. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|verdure}} Middle English verdure, {{der|en|fro|verdure}} Old French verdure, {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|*weys-|id=turn}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} verdure (countable and uncountable, plural verdures)
  1. The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: verdancy, greenliness, greenth Translations (greenness, vegetation): зе́лень (zjéljenʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), зеляні́на (zjeljanína) [feminine] (Belarusian), зеленина́ (zeleniná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 青蔥 (Chinese Mandarin), 青葱 (qīngcōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 蒼翠 (Chinese Mandarin), 苍翠 (cāngcuì) (Chinese Mandarin), vehreys (Finnish), rehevyys (Finnish), vihreys (Finnish), verdure [feminine] (French), verdura [feminine] (Galician), verdor [masculine] (Galician), სიმწვანე (simc̣vane) (Georgian), მცენარეულობა (mcenareuloba) (Georgian), ფოთლეულობა (potleuloba) (Georgian), Grün [neuter] (German), Wuchs [masculine] (German), Pflanzenwuchs [masculine] (German), یشیللك (yeşillik) (Ottoman Turkish), verdor [masculine] (Portuguese), vegetação [feminine] (Portuguese), зе́лень (zélenʹ) [feminine] (Russian), verdor [masculine] (Spanish), vegetación [feminine] (Spanish), verdura [feminine] (Spanish), grönska [common-gender] (Swedish), зе́лень (zélenʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), thảm thực vật (Vietnamese), gwyrddni [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (by extension) A condition of health and vigour. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (condition of health and vigour): све́жест (svéžest) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 勃勃生机 (bóbóshēngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 万物竞发 (wànwùjìngfā) (Chinese Mandarin), elinvoima (Finnish), kukoistus (Finnish), kukkeus (Finnish), vigueur [feminine] (French), Kraft [feminine] (German), verdor [masculine] (Portuguese), све́жесть (svéžestʹ) [feminine] (Russian), friskhet [common-gender] (Swedish), hoen [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-verdure-en-noun-U0GtEKpK Disambiguation of 'condition of health and vigour': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: verdant, verdurous

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɜːdjə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɝd͡ʒɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-verdure.wav Forms: verdures [present, singular, third-person], verduring [participle, present], verdured [participle, past], verdured [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English verdure, from Old French verdure. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|verdure}} Middle English verdure, {{der|en|fro|verdure}} Old French verdure, {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|*weys-|id=turn}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} verdure (third-person singular simple present verdures, present participle verduring, simple past and past participle verdured)
  1. (transitive) To cover with verdure. Tags: transitive Derived forms: reverdure
    Sense id: en-verdure-en-verb-72MEXHv2

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