📖 G — The English dictionary · page 12

gladden — Everyday, meaning 1: To gladden someone is to make them happy or glad.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To gladden is to bring joy to the eyes or heart, as a sight or a sound does.↗ Example: The sunshine gladdens my heart.↗ · Bring me back my daughter, to gladden me with her smiles.↗ · Her song gladdens everyone who hears it.↗ · Nothing gladdens an old man more than a visit from his grandchildren.↗

gladdened — Everyday, meaning 1: Gladdened means made happy or glad.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Gladdened is also used of the eyes or heart, meaning filled with joy.↗ Example: The good news gladdened his heart.↗ · We were gladdened by the rain after the long dry summer.↗ · Her eyes were gladdened by the sight of the sea.↗ · The king was gladdened when his son came home.↗ · Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart may be gladdened.↗ (Writings ECC.7.3, JPS 1917)↗

glade — Everyday, meaning 1: A glade is a small open space in a wood or forest, where there are no trees in the middle.↗ Example: The deer rested in a sunny glade.↗ · Take the path that leads to the grassy glade.↗ · We had a picnic in a glade by the stream.↗ · The fairies danced in the moonlit glade.↗

gladiator — Everyday, meaning 1: A gladiator was a man in ancient Rome who fought other men or wild animals in an arena to entertain crowds, often with swords, nets or tridents.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A gladiator can mean someone who fights hard in a contest or argument (figurative).↗ Example: The gladiator fought a lion in the Colosseum.↗ · Many gladiators were slaves.↗ · Gladiators trained at special schools.↗ · Some gladiators used a net and a trident.↗ · The crowd cheered as the gladiators entered the arena.↗ · We made gladiator helmets out of card.↗

gladly — Everyday, meaning 1: Willingly and happily; with pleasure.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a pleased way.↗ Example: I'll gladly help you carry those bags.↗ · She gladly shared her sweets with everyone.↗ · The dog gladly jumped into the car.↗ · We would gladly come to your party.↗ · He gladly accepted the prize.↗ · Christians are encouraged to give gladly, not because they must.↗ · The King gladly gave his consent.↗

gladness — Everyday, meaning 1: A feeling of being happy and joyful.↗ Example: Her heart was full of gladness when her brother came home.↗ · The children sang with gladness on the last day of school.↗ · The psalm says, «Serve the Lord with gladness.»↗ · There was great gladness in the village after the rain came.↗ · He felt a quiet gladness as he watched the sunrise.↗ · Joy and gladness filled the room at the wedding.↗ · Then there was joy and gladness.↗ · because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; (Torah DEU.28.47, JPS 1917)↗ · And there was very great gladness.↗ (Writings NEH.8.17, JPS 1917)↗ · The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.↗ (Writings EST.8.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing.↗ (Writings PSA.100.2, JPS 1917)↗

gladstone — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) William Ewart Gladstone, a British Prime Minister four times in the 1800s.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Gladstone bag: an old-fashioned leather travelling bag that opens wide into two halves, like a doctor's bag.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Gladstone is also a place name, for example a city in Queensland, Australia.↗ Example: William Gladstone was Prime Minister four times.↗ · The doctor opened his Gladstone bag and took out a stethoscope.↗ · Gladstone and Disraeli argued in Parliament.↗ · Gladstone is a port city in Queensland.↗ · Grandad's old Gladstone bag is in the attic.↗

glamorous — Everyday, meaning 1: Glamorous means very attractive and exciting, often in a rich, stylish, showy way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A glamorous job or life seems exciting and special to other people, even if it is not always so in real life.↗ Example: The actress wore a glamorous gold dress.↗ · Being a pilot sounds glamorous, but it is hard work.↗ · The party at the hotel was very glamorous.↗ · Cleaning out the rabbit hutch is not glamorous.↗ · Aunt Rosie looked glamorous with her red lipstick.↗ · Hollywood is famous for glamorous film premieres.↗ · Mum said a glamorous life on social media is often just a show.↗

glamour — Everyday, meaning 1: Glamour is the special exciting attraction of something that seems rich, stylish or beautiful.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old, stories) A glamour was a magic spell that made things look different from what they are.↗ Example: The film star loved the glamour of the red carpet.↗ · Gold balloons added a touch of glamour to the party.↗ · The glamour of being famous soon wore off.↗ · Behind the glamour, actors work long hours.↗ · In the fairy tale, the witch cast a glamour so the old hut looked like a palace.↗ · The city has the glamour of bright lights and big shops.↗ · To the boys there was at least some glamour in the pirate calling; but all that she saw was that the ship had not been tidied for years.↗

glance — Everyday, meaning 1: To glance is to look at something very quickly and then look away.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A glance is a quick look.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To glance off something is to hit it at an angle and bounce away to the side.↗ Example: She glanced at the clock and saw she was late for school.↗ · Tom took a quick glance at his notes before the spelling test.↗ · At a glance, the bar chart shows that more children walk to school than ride.↗ · The twins exchanged a glance and tried not to laugh.↗ · Glance over your shoulder before you change lanes on your bike.↗ · The ball glanced off the goalpost and went wide.↗ · At first glance the puzzle looked easy, but it was tricky.↗ · He glanced up from his book when the door opened.↗ · He glanced up and what did he see?↗

gland — Everyday, meaning 1: A gland is a small part of the body that makes a special substance the body needs, such as sweat, saliva, tears or hormones.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Swollen glands usually means the small lumps in the neck (lymph nodes) that get bigger when you are fighting an illness.↗ Example: Sweat glands in your skin help you cool down on a hot day.↗ · Your salivary glands make more spit when you smell tasty food.↗ · The doctor felt my neck to see if my glands were swollen.↗ · Tear glands keep your eyes clean and moist.↗ · Some glands make hormones that help children grow.↗ · A bee's sting comes with venom from a tiny gland.↗ · When I had a cold, the glands in my neck felt sore.↗

glare — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) To look at someone in an angry way for a while.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) An angry look.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A strong, bright light that hurts the eyes.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To shine with a very strong light.↗ Example: The teacher glared at the boys who were talking.↗ · She gave him an angry glare.↗ · The glare from the snow made me squint.↗ · Sunglasses cut down the glare.↗ · The sun glared down on the beach.↗ · He glared at his brother across the table.↗ · Headlight glare can dazzle drivers.↗ · He now began to glare at the others very savagely.↗

glass — Everyday, meaning 1: Glass is a hard clear material that you can see through, used for windows, bottles and jars.↗ It breaks easily.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A glass is a cup made of glass for drinking, and a glass of something is the amount it holds.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Glasses are two pieces of glass or plastic in a frame that people wear to see better.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A glass can also mean a mirror, especially an old-fashioned one.↗ Example: A jug fills 6 glasses.↗ · Each glass holds 250 millilitres.↗ · She drank 3 glasses of milk.↗ · 2 glasses broke, so 10 are left.↗ · The window is made of glass.↗ · Grandma puts on her glasses to read.↗ · Use a magnifying glass to look at the ant.↗ · Careful, there is broken glass on the floor!↗ · "Tell me, glass, tell me true!↗ · Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.↗ (Writings JOB.28.17, JPS 1917)↗

glassblower — Everyday, meaning 1: A glassblower is a person who makes glass objects, like vases and bottles, by blowing air through a long tube into a blob of hot, melted glass.↗ Example: The glassblower turned the hot glass on the end of a long pipe.↗ · We watched a glassblower make a blue vase at the museum.↗ · Glassblowers have to work fast before the glass cools.↗ · The Romans had skilled glassblowers.↗ · The glassblower blew gently and the glass grew into a bubble.↗ · Being a glassblower takes years of practice.↗

glasshouse — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK) A building made mostly of glass where plants are grown, kept warm by the sun; a greenhouse.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, slang, old) A military prison.↗ Example: The tomatoes are ripening in the glasshouse.↗ · Kew Gardens has a huge Victorian glasshouse full of palm trees.↗ · It is warm inside the glasshouse even in winter.↗ · We grew seedlings in a little glasshouse at school.↗ · People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.↗ · The gardener opened the glasshouse windows on a hot day.↗

glassy — Everyday, meaning 1: Glassy means smooth, shiny and clear, like glass.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Glassy eyes look blank and without expression, often because of tiredness, illness or being upset.↗ Example: The lake was glassy and still in the morning.↗ · Obsidian is a glassy black rock.↗ · His eyes went glassy with tiredness.↗ · The sea was glassy calm.↗ · She stared at us with a glassy look.↗ · He looked out upon the glassy sea.↗

glaswegian — Everyday, meaning 1: A Glaswegian is a person who comes from Glasgow, the biggest city in Scotland.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Glaswegian means belonging to Glasgow, such as its people, buildings or way of speaking.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Glaswegian is also the strong local accent and dialect of Glasgow, with words like «wean» (child) and «messages» (shopping).↗ Example: My uncle is a Glaswegian.↗ · She speaks with a strong Glaswegian accent.↗ · Glaswegian people are known for being friendly and funny.↗ · «Wean» is a Glaswegian word for a child.↗ · The Glaswegian comedian made everyone laugh.↗ · We listened to a Glaswegian storyteller.↗ · A Glaswegian might say «Gonnae no dae that» for «Please don't do that».↗ · Lots of famous bands are Glaswegian.↗

glaze — Everyday, meaning 1: A glaze is a shiny coating painted on pottery before it is baked in a kiln, which makes it smooth, coloured and waterproof.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A glaze in cooking is a shiny coating of egg, sugar, syrup or juice brushed onto food.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To glaze a window means to fit glass into it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) If your eyes glaze over, they go dull and blank because you are bored or tired.↗ Example: We painted a blue glaze on our clay bowls.↗ · Brush the pastry with an egg glaze.↗ · The doughnuts have a chocolate glaze.↗ · The builder glazed the new windows.↗ · Our house has double glazing to keep it warm.↗ · His eyes glazed over when Dad talked about taxes.↗ · The glaze turned shiny in the kiln.↗ · Her eyes were glazing, and her heart breaking; but so it would have been, even had the sun not shone that morning on Anna Dorothea.↗

glazed — Everyday, meaning 1: Glazed food is covered with a shiny coating, like a glazed doughnut or glazed ham.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Glazed pottery has a hard, shiny, glassy coat baked on.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A glazed window has glass in it (double-glazed has two layers).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Glazed eyes look dull and blank, as if not paying attention.↗ Example: I chose a glazed doughnut with sprinkles.↗ · The pot was glazed blue and baked in a kiln.↗ · Our house has double-glazed windows.↗ · His eyes glazed over during the long talk.↗ · The buns were glazed with honey.↗ · The glazed tiles were shiny and smooth.↗ · Under the picture, in a glazed frame, there hung a bouquet of withered flowers; they were almost fifty years old; they looked so very old!↗

gleam — Everyday, meaning 1: To shine softly or brightly, often by reflecting light: «The polished car gleamed.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A soft light or shine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A small sign of a feeling or idea: «a gleam of hope», «a gleam in his eye».↗ Example: The river gleamed in the morning sun.↗ · Her eyes gleamed with excitement.↗ · The kitchen floor was gleaming after we cleaned it.↗ · A gleam of light shone under the door.↗ · There was a gleam of hope at last.↗ · Toad had a naughty gleam in his eye.↗ · A falling star gleamed across the sky.↗

gleaming — Everyday, meaning 1: Shining brightly because clean, polished or wet: «gleaming shoes».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) Giving out or reflecting a soft, bright light.↗ Example: Toad stared at the gleaming motor-car.↗ · Her shoes were gleaming after she polished them.↗ · The river was gleaming in the sunlight.↗ · The cat's eyes were gleaming in the dark.↗ · The kitchen was gleaming after we cleaned it.↗ · His teeth were gleaming white.↗ · At no great distance, they beheld a river gleaming in the sunshine.↗

glean — Everyday, meaning 1: To collect information bit by bit, often with effort: «I gleaned a few facts from the leaflet.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old farming, Bible) To gather the grain left in a field after the harvesters have finished; in the Bible, Ruth gleaned in Boaz's field, and farmers were told to leave the edges for the poor.↗ Example: We gleaned some facts about owls from the book.↗ · Ruth gleaned barley in the field of Boaz.↗ · The detective gleaned clues from the muddy footprints.↗ · Farmers left grain at the edges so the poor could glean.↗ · What can you glean from this graph?↗ · I couldn't glean much from his short answer.↗ · In a second volume, published in the following year, he added other stories gleaned from various minor manuscript collections of great rarity.↗ · And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest.↗ (Torah LEV.19.9, JPS 1917)↗ · When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.↗ (Torah DEU.24.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.↗ (Torah LEV.19.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?↗ (Prophets JDG.8.2, JPS 1917)↗ · If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?↗ (Prophets OBA.1.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.↗ (Writings RUT.2.8, JPS 1917)↗