📖 G — The English dictionary · page 27

grievance — Everyday, meaning 1: A real or imagined unfair thing that makes someone feel upset and want to complain.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (work, law) An official complaint by a worker about unfair treatment.↗ Example: He had a grievance against his neighbour about the noisy dog.↗ · The workers took their grievances to the manager.↗ · Write down your grievance and we will look at it fairly.↗ · The colonists sent a long list of grievances to the king.↗ · She nursed a grievance for years.↗ · The school council listened to pupils' grievances about lunch.↗ · Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.↗

grieve — Everyday, meaning 1: To grieve is to feel very deep sadness, especially because someone you love has died.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To grieve for something lost, like a pet, a home or a friendship, is to feel very sad about losing it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In old or formal English, it grieves me means it makes me very sad.↗ Example: The whole family grieved when Grandpa died.↗ · Mia grieved for her old dog for a long time.↗ · It is okay to cry when you are grieving.↗ · The village grieved after the storm destroyed the old school.↗ · Everyone grieves in their own way.↗ · Talking about happy memories helped him grieve.↗ · The grieving family thanked their friends for their kindness.↗ · My father grieved when I was gone;↗ · And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.↗ (Torah GEN.6.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life.↗ (Torah GEN.45.5, JPS 1917)↗ · For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.↗ (Writings LAM.3.33, JPS 1917)↗ · How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!↗ (Writings PSA.78.40, JPS 1917)↗ · And her foundations shall be crushed, all they that make dams shall be grieved in soul.↗ (Prophets ISA.19.10, JPS 1917)↗

grievous — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Very serious and harmful: a grievous mistake.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Causing great sadness or pain: a grievous loss.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law, UK) «Grievous bodily harm» (GBH) is a serious crime of badly hurting someone.↗ Example: The general made a grievous mistake and lost the battle.↗ · The death of the queen was a grievous loss to the country.↗ · The man was charged with grievous bodily harm.↗ · «I have sinned grievously,» said the knight in the story.↗ · A grievous wound needs a doctor straight away.↗ · Forgetting her birthday was not a grievous crime.↗ · But at last the gods afflicted the country with a grievous pestilence, which made terrible havoc among the people.↗ · And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.↗ (Torah GEN.21.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous.↗ (Torah GEN.18.20, JPS 1917)↗ · and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.↗ (Torah GEN.41.31, JPS 1917)↗ · A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.↗ (Writings PRO.15.1, JPS 1917)↗ · For thus saith the LORD: Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.↗ (Prophets JER.30.12, JPS 1917)↗ · A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth.↗ (Prophets ISA.21.2, JPS 1917)↗

grievously — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Very seriously or badly: grievously wounded.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) In a way that causes great sorrow or harm: grievously wronged.↗ Example: The soldier was grievously wounded in the battle.↗ · «You are grievously mistaken,» said the old judge.↗ · The village suffered grievously in the flood.↗ · The king felt he had been grievously wronged.↗ · Two climbers were grievously injured in the fall.↗ · All of a sudden the King's daughter fell grievously ill, and she sent for her father, and strictly enjoined him, saying--↗ · Behold, O LORD, for I am in distress, mine inwards burn; my heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled.↗ (Writings LAM.1.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, therefore she is become as one unclean; all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness; she herself also sigheth, and turneth backward.↗ (Writings LAM.1.8, JPS 1917)↗

griffin — Everyday, meaning 1: (myth) An imaginary creature with the head, wings and claws of an eagle and the body of a lion.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Griffin is also a surname (a name).↗ Example: The griffin spread its eagle wings and roared like a lion.↗ · A griffin guarded the dragon's treasure.↗ · There is a stone griffin on the old bank.↗ · In the story the hero rode on a griffin.↗ · Griffins appear on many coats of arms.↗ · Gryphon is another way to spell griffin.↗

grill — Everyday, meaning 1: A grill is a part of a cooker or a frame of metal bars over heat, used to cook food quickly with strong heat from above or below.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To grill food is to cook it on or under a grill.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A grill can also be a metal grid covering an opening, like on the front of a car (often spelled grille).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To grill someone (informal) is to ask them lots of hard questions.↗ Example: Dad grilled sausages on the barbecue.↗ · Put the bread under the grill to make toast.↗ · I had a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch.↗ · Never touch the grill while it is hot.↗ · The burgers sizzled on the grill.↗ · Mum grilled me about where I had been all afternoon.↗ · The car's grill was covered in mud.↗ · ‘You stupid old Giant,’ said his wife, ‘you only smell a nice sheep, which I have grilled for your dinner.’↗

grille — Everyday, meaning 1: A grid or screen of metal bars or wires across a window, door, opening or vent, to protect it or let air through.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The metal grid at the front of a car that lets air reach the engine.↗ Example: The bank window had a strong metal grille.↗ · Air comes out of the grille in the ceiling.↗ · The car's shiny grille had a badge in the middle.↗ · The nun spoke to visitors through a grille.↗ · Leaves blocked the drain grille.↗ · The speaker's grille protects the parts inside.↗

grim — Everyday, meaning 1: Grim means very serious, stern and unsmiling («a grim face»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Grim means unpleasant, worrying or sad («grim news»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A grim place is dark, cold and gloomy.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (UK, informal) Grim means horrible or disgusting («The school toilets were grim»).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: «Hold on like grim death» means to hold very tightly.↗ Example: The teacher looked grim when she saw the mess.↗ · The news about the flood was grim.↗ · The castle was a grim, grey place.↗ · The bins smelt grim in the heat.↗ · He held on to the rope like grim death.↗ · The weather forecast is grim for the weekend.↗ · The Grim Reaper is a spooky picture of death.↗ · The princess stood silent, and her face grew grim.↗

grimace — Everyday, meaning 1: A grimace is a twisted, ugly face made to show pain, disgust or to tease.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To grimace is to make such a face.↗ Example: He pulled a grimace at the sour milk.↗ · She grimaced when the medicine touched her tongue.↗ · The goblin made grimaces at the children.↗

grime — Everyday, meaning 1: Dirt that has built up in a thick, sticky or black layer on a surface or skin: «the grime on the windows».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (music) Grime is a style of fast rap music that started in London around 2002.↗ Example: The windows were black with grime.↗ · He scrubbed the grime off his hands.↗ · Years of grime covered the old painting.↗ · Victorian chimney sweeps were covered in soot and grime.↗ · The cleaner wiped away the grime from the oven.↗ · My cousin listens to grime and drill music.↗

grimly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a stern, serious way, without smiling, often when trouble is expected.↗ Example: «We must go on,» he said grimly.↗ · The soldiers marched grimly towards the hill.↗ · The pirates listened grimly to the news.↗

grin — Everyday, meaning 1: To smile widely, often showing your teeth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A wide, happy or cheeky smile.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Phrase «grin and bear it»: to put up with something unpleasant without complaining.↗ Example: Max grinned when he saw the birthday cake.↗ · She had a cheeky grin on her face.↗ · He grinned from ear to ear after scoring a goal.↗ · The Cheshire Cat's grin stayed after the cat disappeared.↗ · The injection hurt, but I had to grin and bear it.↗ · Wipe that grin off your face and tidy your room!↗ · “At this the spectre grinned in my face and cried mockingly:↗

grind — Everyday, meaning 1: To crush something into tiny pieces or powder, like grinding wheat into flour or coffee beans.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make something sharp or smooth by rubbing it on a hard surface.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To rub things together hard and noisily: «grind your teeth».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun, informal) Hard, boring work that goes on and on: «the daily grind».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: «grind to a halt» means slowly stop.↗ Example: The mill grinds wheat into flour.↗ · Pepper is ground in a pepper mill.↗ · Some people grind their teeth in their sleep.↗ · The traffic ground to a halt.↗ · Our back teeth grind our food.↗ · He ground the knife on a stone to sharpen it.↗ · After the holidays, it's back to the grind.↗ · And the Goblin put the tongue on the coffee-mill, and how it began to grind!↗ · Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.↗ (Writings JOB.31.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.↗ (Prophets ISA.47.2, JPS 1917)↗ · What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.↗ (Prophets ISA.3.15, JPS 1917)↗

grinder — Everyday, meaning 1: A machine or tool that crushes something into small bits or powder: a coffee grinder, a pepper grinder.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A power tool with a spinning disc that smooths or cuts metal or stone.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A back tooth (molar).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (US) A long sandwich, also called a sub.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A grinder can also be a person whose job is to sharpen knives and scissors.↗ Example: Dad turns the pepper grinder over his pasta.↗ · The coffee grinder is very noisy in the morning.↗ · The builder used an angle grinder to cut the metal pipe.↗ · Sparks flew from the grinder.↗ · Wear goggles when someone uses a grinder.↗ · Your back teeth are grinders that crush your food.↗ · As he came to the next village, he saw a scissor-grinder with his wheel, working and singing,↗ · In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out shall be darkened in the windows, (Writings ECC.12.3, JPS 1917)↗

grindstone — Everyday, meaning 1: A flat round stone that turns on an axle, used to sharpen tools such as axes and knives.↗ «Keep your nose to the grindstone» means keep working hard without a rest.↗ Example: The farmer turned the grindstone to sharpen the scythe.↗ · Dad sharpened the knife on the grindstone.↗ · He had to keep his nose to the grindstone all week.↗

grinning — Everyday, meaning 1: Smiling widely, often showing the teeth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Having a big smile: «a grinning face».↗ Example: The children were grinning as they ran into the sea.↗ · Why are you grinning like that?↗ · He walked in grinning from ear to ear.↗ · A grinning pumpkin sat on the doorstep.↗ · She stood grinning at the top of the climbing frame.↗ · The photo shows our whole class grinning.↗ · His feet were almost on the bridge, when a big grey wolf with grinning teeth appeared before the princess.↗

griot — Everyday, meaning 1: In West Africa, a traditional storyteller, singer, poet and historian who keeps the history of families and peoples alive by telling it aloud, often with music.↗ Example: The griot told the story of Sundiata Keita.↗ · Griots remember the history of whole families.↗ · The griot played the kora while he sang.↗ · In Mali, griots are still honoured today.↗ · Our class learned how griots keep history alive by speaking it.↗ · The book was written by a griot's grandson.↗

grip — Everyday, meaning 1: To grip is to hold something very tightly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A grip is a tight hold.↗ e.g. Keep a firm grip on the rope.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A grip is the part of something you hold, like the handle of a racket.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Grip is how well something holds onto a surface without slipping.↗ e.g. Shoes need good grip.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To grip someone can mean to hold their attention strongly.↗ e.g. The story gripped me.↗ Example: Grip the handlebars tightly.↗ · Keep a good grip on the dog's lead.↗ · My trainers have good grip on the wet floor.↗ · The tyres lost grip on the ice.↗ · The story gripped me from the first page.↗ · Hold the racket by the grip.↗ · The town was in the grip of a cold winter.↗ · Get a grip, it's only a spider!↗ · But an iron claw gripped his shoulder.↗