📖 G — The English dictionary · page 11

giraffe — Everyday, meaning 1: A giraffe is a very tall African animal with a very long neck, long legs and a coat with brown patches.↗ It is the tallest animal on land.↗ Example: The giraffe ate leaves from the top of the tree.↗ · A giraffe is the tallest animal on land.↗ · Giraffes have very long, dark tongues.↗ · Each giraffe has its own pattern of patches.↗ · A baby giraffe is called a calf.↗ · Giraffes sleep for only a short time each day.↗ · A giraffe has seven bones in its neck, just like we do.↗ · The things that were missed were nothing much at first--a few little elephants, a hippopotamus or two, and some giraffes, and things like that.↗

gird — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) To gird is to fasten a belt or sword round the body, or to put on armour and get ready for battle or a journey.↗ Example: The knight girded his sword to his side.↗ · He girded on his armour and rode off.↗ · Tom girded on his belt and left the inn.↗ · Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.↗ (Prophets JOL.1.8, JPS 1917)↗ · But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.↗ (Prophets 1SA.2.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.↗ (Writings PSA.45.4, JPS 1917)↗

girdle — Everyday, meaning 1: A girdle is a belt or band worn round the waist, especially in old tales.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To girdle is to put a band round something or to surround it, as in «girdled blanket».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A girdle-cake is a flat cake cooked on a hot iron plate, a Scottish word.↗ Example: She tied a red girdle round her waist.↗ · Underneath his girdled blanket he hid the stolen gold.↗ · Her mother made girdle-cakes for tea.↗ · The old queen wore a jewelled girdle at the feast.↗ · the aprons, and the mantelets, and the cloaks, and the girdles; (Prophets ISA.3.22, JPS 1917)↗ · He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.↗ (Writings JOB.12.18, JPS 1917)↗ · She maketh linen garments and selleth them; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.↗ (Writings PRO.31.24, JPS 1917)↗

girl — Everyday, meaning 1: A girl is a female child or a young woman.↗ Example: There are 16 girls and 14 boys in the class.↗ · Each girl brought 2 pencils.↗ · How many more girls than boys?↗ · The girls sold 40 tickets.↗ · The girl in the red coat is my cousin.↗ · My aunt has two girls and a boy.↗ · The girls' team won the relay.↗ · When Gran was a girl, there were no phones.↗ · The little girl was called Karen.↗ · And the broad places of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the broad places thereof.↗ (Prophets ZEC.8.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.↗ (Prophets JOL.4.3, JPS 1917)↗

girlfriend — Everyday, meaning 1: A girlfriend is a girl or woman that someone is in a romantic relationship with.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A girlfriend can also be a female friend, often said by women about their friends, especially in the USA.↗ Example: My big brother is taking his girlfriend to the cinema.↗ · Uncle Jack brought his girlfriend to the barbecue.↗ · Mum went out for dinner with her girlfriends.↗ (US)↗ · They have been girlfriend and boyfriend for two years.↗ · His ex-girlfriend moved to Canada.↗ · Aunt Sarah and her girlfriend live by the sea.↗

girth — Everyday, meaning 1: The girth of a horse is the strap that goes under its belly to hold the saddle on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The girth of something is its measure all the way round, such as the girth of a tree or of a waist.↗ Example: Tighten the girth before you ride the pony.↗ · The girth of the saddle broke, and the prince fell.↗ · The oak tree has a girth of four metres.↗ · Measure the girth of the barrel with a tape.↗

git — Everyday, meaning 1: (rude, UK/Ireland) A git is an annoying, stupid or unpleasant person; it is an insult.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Git is the name of a computer program used by programmers to save versions of their code.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In some dialect spellings, git means got or get, so "git mighty mad" means became very angry.↗ Example: (rude) «Oi, you git, that's my seat!»↗ · (rude) The old git next door kept our football.↗ · (rude) Don't be such a git — give it back.↗ · (rude) He called his brother a lazy git.↗ · Programmers use Git to save their work.↗ · (rude) «You lucky git, you won again!»↗

give — Everyday, meaning 1: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To give is to pass or hand something: give me the salt.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To give is to do an action: give a hug, give a talk.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To give up is to stop trying.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To give way is to let others go first, or to break.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To give in is to stop arguing and let the other side win.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (casual) «Give us a go» (UK, Australia) means let me have a turn; «give or take» means about, more or less; «I don't give a toss» (rude, UK) means I don't care.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (rough) «Give it here!», «give it back!» demand something roughly; «give someone a hard time» means to tease or nag them.↗ Everyday, meaning 9: (formal) The exam voice says «donate», «transfer», «allocate», «bestow», «furnish», «relinquish» (give up), and «given that» means «we know that».↗ Example: Ben has 6 books.↗ Ben gives 3 books to a friend.↗ How many books are left?↗ · Anna has 17 stickers.↗ A friend gives Anna 5 more stickers.↗ · Mum gives each of her 3 children 4 sweets.↗ · Give the ball back, please.↗ · Grandpa gave me a book for my birthday.↗ · The teacher gave us a hard test.↗ · Never give up!↗ · Cars must give way to people at the crossing.↗ · Give it here, it's my turn!↗ · about 30 people coming, give or take↗ · gave 4 to my sister, no wait, 5, how many left out of 12↗ · Given that Ben transfers 3 of his 6 volumes to an associate, determine the number he retains.↗ · "Give me my Bunny!" he said.↗ · And I gave Gilead unto Machir.↗ (Torah DEU.3.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.↗ (Torah GEN.25.5, JPS 1917)↗ · I pray you give her unto him to wife.↗ (Torah GEN.34.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Hast thou given the horse his strength?↗ (Writings JOB.39.19, JPS 1917)↗ · How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?↗ (Prophets HOS.11.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Nay; but He would give heed unto me.↗ (Writings JOB.23.6, JPS 1917)↗

giveaway — Everyday, meaning 1: A giveaway is a thing that is given free, for example a free gift or a prize in a competition.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A giveaway (dead giveaway) is a small sign that tells a secret or shows the truth.↗ e.g. "Her red face was a giveaway."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, adjective) Giveaway prices are very low.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The verb «give away» means to give something for free, or to tell a secret by mistake.↗ Example: The chocolate on his face was a dead giveaway.↗ · The comic came with a free giveaway: a toy whistle.↗ · Enter our giveaway to win a bike!↗ · Her smile was a giveaway that she knew the surprise.↗ · Don't give away the ending of the book!↗ · They gave away all the kittens to good homes.↗ · The shop sold the toys at giveaway prices.↗

giver — Everyday, meaning 1: A giver is a person who gives something to others, like a present, money, time or help.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A giver is also a kind, generous person who likes to give.↗ Example: The giver had 20 sweets and gave away 8.↗ · Each giver gave $5.↗ · How much did the 6 givers give in all?↗ · After giving, the giver has 12 left.↗ · She is a generous giver and shares her toys.↗ · Thank the giver when you get a present.↗ · The giver of the prize was the school principal.↗ · It feels good to be a giver as well as a getter.↗ · The boy took the gold, and thanked the giver.↗ · The Twelve stand as in warfare; three are friends, three are enemies; three are life givers; three are destroyers.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Twelve stand as in warfare ; three are friends, three are enemies ; three are life givers ; three are destroyers.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

givest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «givest» means «you give», a form of «give»: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present.↗ Example: Thou givest nothing, and thou hearest nothing"--and, leaping from his seat, he took up a club and began beating the sack till he had knocked a hole in the wall, and beaten the sack to bits.↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales)

giveth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «giveth» means «gives», a form of «give»: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present.↗ Example: Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.↗ (Torah GEN.49.21, JPS 1917) · And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.↗ (Torah NUM.5.10, JPS 1917) · Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover-offering within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee;↗ (Torah DEU.16.5, JPS 1917)

gizzard — Everyday, meaning 1: A gizzard is a strong muscular part of a bird's stomach that grinds up food, often with small stones the bird has swallowed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, humorous) Gizzard can mean a person's stomach or throat: «It sticks in my gizzard» means it annoys me.↗ Example: Birds have no teeth, so the gizzard grinds their food.↗ · Chickens swallow small stones to help their gizzard.↗ · Some people fry chicken gizzards.↗ · The worm ended up in the robin's gizzard.↗ · That unfair rule really sticks in my gizzard.↗ · Earthworms have a gizzard too.↗ · Make yourself quite small, get into my throat—go into my gizzard and I will carry you.’↗

glace — Everyday, meaning 1: Glacé (often written glace) describes fruit, such as cherries, that has been cooked in sugar syrup so it is shiny and sweet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Glacé icing is a simple runny icing made from icing sugar and water.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Glacé leather is very shiny smooth leather.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (French) «Glace» is the French word for ice or ice cream, said «glass».↗ Example: Grandma put glacé cherries on top of the cake.↗ · We made glacé icing with icing sugar and a little water.↗ · The fruit cake was full of glacé cherries and raisins.↗ · The glacé ginger tasted sweet and spicy.↗ · (French) «Je voudrais une glace» means «I would like an ice cream».↗ · Her shoes were made of shiny glacé leather.↗

glacial — Everyday, meaning 1: Glacial means to do with glaciers or ice, as in «glacial valleys».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Glacial means extremely cold.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Glacial means very slow, as in «at a glacial pace».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) Glacial can describe someone who is very unfriendly and cold.↗ Example: Glaciers carved this U-shaped glacial valley.↗ · A glacial wind blew off the sea.↗ · Traffic moved at a glacial pace.↗ · She gave him a glacial stare.↗ · The lake was formed in the last glacial period.↗

glacier — Everyday, meaning 1: A glacier is a huge, thick mass of ice that moves very slowly over land, like a frozen river.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Glaciers form where more snow falls each year than melts, so the snow piles up and presses into ice.↗ Example: A glacier moves only a few centimetres or metres a day.↗ · We saw a glacier on our trip to New Zealand.↗ · Long ago, glaciers covered much of Canada and northern Britain.↗ · The glacier carved a wide U-shaped valley.↗ · Many glaciers are melting because the climate is getting warmer.↗ · Icebergs break off glaciers that reach the sea.↗ · Walking on a glacier is dangerous because of hidden cracks called crevasses.↗ · Our teacher showed photos of the same glacier fifty years apart.↗ · They had only one more glacier to climb.↗

glad — Everyday, meaning 1: Happy and pleased about something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very willing to do something (I'd be glad to help).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Thankful that something happened (I'm glad you're safe).↗ Example: I'm glad you came to my party.↗ · We were glad when the rain stopped.↗ · I'd be glad to help you carry the bags.↗ · She was glad that her cat came home safely.↗ · Glad to meet you!↗ · He gladly shared his lunch.↗ · I'm glad for you — you worked hard for that prize.↗ · The Tortoise was very glad indeed.↗ · And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.↗ (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917)↗ · So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.↗ (Prophets JON.4.6, JPS 1917)↗ · The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.↗ (Writings PSA.107.42, JPS 1917)↗ · Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? — (Writings JOB.3.22, JPS 1917)↗