A rich green colour, like that of an emerald. / A durable vivid green pigment made from copper arsenate.

(postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.

A person retired in this sense.

A surname originating as a patronymic. / A male given name transferred from the surname. / (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname. / Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer.

Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new. / Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction. / (especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.

(botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.

(mineralogy) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.

(transitive) To sand or polish with emery. / (transitive) To coat with emery.

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.

(transitive) To correct and revise (text or a document).