📖 G — The English dictionary · page 22

granary — Everyday, meaning 1: a building or store room where grain such as wheat is kept after harvest.↗ Example: I have seen just such a seed in my father's granary.↗ · Now I have some of it in my granary.↗ · The mice ate the grain in the granary.↗ · Come against her from every quarter, open her granaries, cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.↗ (Prophets JER.50.26, JPS 1917)↗

grand — Everyday, meaning 1: Grand means big, impressive and splendid, like a grand palace.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Grand can mean important or proud.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, UK and Ireland) Grand means very good or fine: «That's grand, thanks.».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang) A grand is a thousand pounds or dollars: «It cost five grand.».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Grand in words like grandmother and grandson means one generation further.↗ Example: The queen lived in a grand palace with a hundred rooms.↗ · (Ireland) «How are you?»↗ «I'm grand, thanks!»↗ · The car cost ten grand.↗ · The grand total for the trip was 450 dollars.↗ · The school held a grand opening for the new library.↗ · We won the grand prize in the raffle.↗ · My mum's dad is my grandad.↗ · It was indeed a grand wedding.↗

grandad — Everyday, meaning 1: Grandad is a friendly word for your grandfather, your mum's or dad's father.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Grandad can be used as a name when talking to him: «Hi, Grandad!».↗ Example: My grandad takes me fishing on Saturdays.↗ · Hi, Grandad!↗ Can we play cards?↗ · Grandad told us stories about when he was a boy.↗ · We're having lunch at Grandad's house.↗ · I have two grandads and two grandmas.↗ · Grandad grows tomatoes in his garden.↗ · My grandad is my dad's dad.↗ · She made a birthday card for her grandad.↗

grandchild — Everyday, meaning 1: A grandchild is a child of your son or daughter.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A grandchild can be a grandson (a boy) or a granddaughter (a girl).↗ Example: Granny has five grandchildren.↗ · I am my grandad's only grandchild.↗ · Their first grandchild was born last spring.↗ · Nan sends all her grandchildren a birthday card.↗ · Each of their 3 children has 4 children, so they have 12 grandchildren.↗ · A great-grandchild is the child of your grandchild.↗ · The grandchildren made a cake for Grandma.↗

granddad — Everyday, meaning 1: Granddad is a friendly, informal word for grandfather, the father of your mother or father.↗ Example: My granddad taught me how to fish.↗ · We visited Granddad on Sunday and played cards.↗ · Granddad told us stories about when he was a boy.↗ · Both of my granddads live near the sea.↗ · Granddad grows tomatoes in his garden.↗ · I made a birthday card for my granddad.↗

granddaughter — Everyday, meaning 1: A granddaughter is the daughter of your son or daughter.↗ Example: Grandma took her granddaughter to the zoo.↗ · I am my grandparents' only granddaughter.↗ · Their granddaughter lives in Canada.↗ · Grandpa read stories to his granddaughter.↗ · She has two grandsons and three granddaughters.↗ · Little Red Riding Hood was a granddaughter visiting her grandmother.↗ · There was once an old woman who was a terrible witch, and she had a daughter and a granddaughter.↗

grandeur — Everyday, meaning 1: great size, splendour and magnificence, especially of a palace or a person.↗ Example: He was struck by the majesty and grandeur of his person.↗ · The palace had great grandeur.↗ · She longed to shake off all this grandeur.↗

grandfather — Everyday, meaning 1: A grandfather is the father of your mother or your father.↗ Most people have 2 grandfathers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A grandfather clock is a tall clock that stands on the floor.↗ Example: Grandfather is 70 and Tom is 10.↗ How much older is he?↗ · Grandfather gave each child 5 dollars.↗ · Grandfather is 7 times as old as Ann.↗ · He has 2 grandfathers.↗ · My grandfather taught me how to fish.↗ · We visit my grandfather on the farm every summer.↗ · Grandfather told us stories about when he was a boy.↗ · The grandfather clock in the hall chimes every hour.↗ · My great-grandfather was my grandfather's father.↗ · "What must I do then, grandfather?"↗

grandma — Everyday, meaning 1: Grandma is a friendly word for grandmother: the mother of your mother or of your father.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Grandma is also used as a name when you talk to her: «Hi, Grandma!».↗ Example: I'm going to Grandma's house this weekend.↗ · Grandma, can you read me a story?↗ · My grandma is my mum's mum.↗ · Grandma makes the best apple pie.↗ · I have two grandmas.↗ · Grandma told us stories about when she was little.↗ · We video-called Grandma on her birthday.↗ · My great-grandma is Grandma's mother.↗

grandmaster — Everyday, meaning 1: (chess) The highest title a chess player can win, given by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to the very best players.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A great expert in a game or skill, as in «a grandmaster of magic».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The head of some clubs, orders of knights or martial arts schools.↗ Example: She dreams of becoming a chess grandmaster.↗ · The grandmaster played twenty children at once.↗ · Magnus Carlsen is a famous grandmaster.↗ · He is a grandmaster of card tricks.↗ · The Grandmaster led the order of knights.↗ · The youngest grandmasters earned the title at about 12 years old.↗

grandmother — Everyday, meaning 1: A grandmother is the mother of your mother or of your father.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Children often call her Grandma, Granny, Nan or Nana.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A great-grandmother is the mother of your grandmother or grandfather.↗ Example: Grandmother baked 36 cookies.↗ · She gave 5 dollars to each grandchild.↗ · My grandmother is 50 years older than me.↗ · Grandmother knits 2 scarves a week.↗ · We visit Granny every Sunday.↗ · My grandmother told me stories about when she was a girl.↗ · Little Red Riding Hood took a basket to her grandmother.↗ · My nan lives in Dublin.↗ · That is what grandmother told us.↗

grandpa — Everyday, meaning 1: Grandpa is an informal, friendly word for your grandfather: the father of your mother or your father.↗ Example: My grandpa takes me fishing.↗ · Grandpa, can you tell us a story?↗ · I made a card for Grandpa's birthday.↗ · Grandpa used to be a train driver.↗ · We visit Grandpa every Sunday.↗ · Your grandpa is your dad's dad or your mum's dad.↗ · Everyone has two grandpas.↗ · Grandpa is teaching me to play chess.↗

grandparent — Everyday, meaning 1: A grandparent is a parent of your mother or father: your grandmother or your grandfather.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Your grandparents are both or all of them together.↗ Example: My grandparents live by the sea.↗ · Every child has four grandparents.↗ · Gran is my favourite grandparent because she bakes.↗ · We visit our grandparents at Thanksgiving.↗ · My grandparent on Dad's side came from Ireland.↗ · Grandparents' Day is a special day at our school.↗ · A great-grandparent is a parent of a grandparent.↗ · She phones her grandparents every Sunday.↗ · The sweet children rode on their hobby-horses through all the rooms when they came to see the grandparents.↗

grandson — Everyday, meaning 1: A grandson is the son of your son or daughter; a boy is the grandson of his grandparents.↗ Example: Grandma is proud of her grandson for winning the race.↗ · Mr Brown has three grandsons and two granddaughters.↗ · Leo is the grandson of the old fisherman.↗ · The farmer left the farm to his grandson.↗ · Our neighbour's grandson visits every summer.↗ · Granddad took his grandson to the football match.↗ · In the Alphabet of nen Sira Josef ben Uziel is also mentioned as a grandson (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · There are also legends that Jeremiah and his grandson Ben Sira studied together the Sefer Yetzirah.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · "This is the Sefer Yetzirah, which Ben Sira revealed to his son Uziel, and his grandson Joseph.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

granite — Everyday, meaning 1: Granite is a very hard, grey, pink or speckled rock made from cooled magma deep under the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Made of granite» can also mean very firm and hard to change.↗ Example: Granite is an igneous rock with crystals you can see.↗ · Our kitchen worktop is made of polished granite.↗ · The old castle was built from huge granite blocks.↗ · Granite is harder than chalk or sandstone.↗ · We looked at a piece of pink granite with a magnifying glass.↗ · The statue in the park stands on a granite base.↗ · The climbers scaled a granite cliff.↗ · The river-horse couches there among the bulrushes, and on a great granite throne sits the God Memnon.↗

granny — Everyday, meaning 1: A friendly, informal word for your grandmother, the mother of your mum or dad.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Used in some phrases for an old-fashioned or very careful style, like a «granny knot» or «granny glasses».↗ Example: Granny bakes the best apple pie in the world.↗ · We stay at Granny's house every summer holiday.↗ · My granny knits me a new scarf every winter.↗ · Granny lives in a granny flat at the back of our garden.↗ · In the story, Little Red Riding Hood takes a basket to her granny.↗ · Tie a reef knot, not a granny knot, or it will slip.↗ · I have two grannies, one in Ireland and one in Canada.↗ · Granny Smith apples are green and sour.↗ · ‘It’s me, Granny, your little Golden-hood.↗

granola — Everyday, meaning 1: Granola is a breakfast food of baked oats, nuts, seeds and dried fruit, often sweetened with honey, eaten with milk or yogurt.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A granola bar is a snack bar made from these ingredients.↗ Example: I had a bowl of granola with milk for breakfast.↗ · Mum packed a granola bar for my snack.↗ · We made our own granola with oats, honey and raisins in cooking class.↗ · Granola tastes good with yogurt and berries.↗ · Check the label: some granola has lots of sugar.↗ · The hikers ate granola on the trail.↗

grant — Everyday, meaning 1: To grant means to give or allow something that someone asked for: «grant a wish».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To grant (that) means to agree that something is true: «I grant that it's hard.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A grant is money given by a government or organisation for a special purpose, which does not have to be paid back.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To take something for granted means to expect it without thanking or noticing.↗ Example: The genie granted him three wishes.↗ · The school got a grant of 2,000 pounds for new books.↗ · Don't take your parents for granted.↗ · Granted, the test was hard, but you did well.↗ · Permission was granted to leave early.↗ · A grant of 900 dollars is shared by 3 clubs; how much each?↗ · Will you grant it to me?"↗ · And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.↗ (Torah LEV.25.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Show us Thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us Thy salvation.↗ (Writings PSA.85.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.↗ (Writings PSA.20.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Remove from me the way of falsehood; and grant me Thy law graciously.↗ (Writings PSA.119.29, JPS 1917)↗

granted — Everyday, meaning 1: Granted means given or allowed, often officially.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To take something for granted is to expect it always to be there and not be thankful for it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Granted» at the start of a sentence means «I agree that this is true», before you add a «but».↗ Example: The genie granted her three wishes.↗ · We were granted permission to leave early.↗ · Don't take clean water for granted.↗ · Granted, it was raining, but we still had fun.↗ · The school was granted money for a new playground.↗ · Her wish to see the sea was finally granted.↗ · He took his big sister's help for granted.↗ · “Another day, my friend, do not take too much for granted.↗ · Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence hath preserved my spirit.↗ (Writings JOB.10.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And God granted Daniel mercy and compassion in the sight of the chief of the officers.↗ (Writings DAN.1.9, JPS 1917)↗ · For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath granted me my petition which I asked of Him; (Prophets 1SA.1.27, JPS 1917)↗

granulated — Everyday, meaning 1: In the form of small grains: granulated sugar.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb, science) Made into small grains or having a grainy surface.↗ Example: The recipe needs 200 grams of granulated sugar.↗ · Granulated sugar has bigger crystals than caster sugar.↗ · If 1 cake needs 150 g of granulated sugar, 3 cakes need 450 g.↗ · We sprinkled granulated sugar on the pancakes.↗ · Instant coffee is often granulated.↗ · The salt was granulated, not in big rocks.↗

grape — Everyday, meaning 1: A grape is a small, round, juicy fruit, green, red or purple, that grows in bunches on a vine.↗ Example: I had a bunch of grapes for my snack.↗ · Cut grapes in quarters for little children.↗ · Never give grapes to a dog.↗ · Raisins are dried grapes.↗ · Grapes grow on vines.↗ · The fox said the grapes were sour.↗ · There are 24 grapes shared equally by 4 children, so each gets 6.↗ · The vines are full of luscious grapes.↗ · and in the vine were three branches; and as it was budding, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes, (Torah GEN.40.10, JPS 1917)↗ · All the days of his Naziriteship shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the pressed grapes even to the grapestone.↗ (Torah NUM.6.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.↗ (Torah DEU.28.39, JPS 1917)↗ · If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?↗ (Prophets OBA.1.5, JPS 1917)↗ · This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.↗ (Writings SNG.7.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?↗ (Prophets ISA.5.4, JPS 1917)↗