📖 G — The English dictionary · page 28

gripping — Everyday, meaning 1: Very exciting and holding your attention, so you cannot stop reading or watching.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Holding something tightly (from the verb «grip»).↗ Example: It was such a gripping book that I read it in one night.↗ · The film had a gripping ending.↗ · She was gripping the rope tightly as she climbed.↗ · Keep gripping the handlebars when you ride downhill.↗ · The football match was gripping right to the last minute.↗ · He told a gripping story about a shipwreck.↗ · The baby was gripping my finger.↗

grisly — Everyday, meaning 1: Causing horror and disgust; very gruesome, often with death, blood or bones.↗ Do not confuse with «grizzly» (a bear, or grey-haired).↗ Example: The grisly giant laughed in the dark.↗ · The cave held grisly bones.↗ · The story had a grisly ending that gave us nightmares.↗

gristle — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Tough, elastic tissue in the body, like cartilage.↗ Example: His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.↗ (Writings JOB.40.18, JPS 1917)↗

grit — Everyday, meaning 1: Tiny hard bits of stone or sand.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Courage and determination to keep going when things are hard.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To spread grit or salt on icy roads so they are less slippery (UK: gritting).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Grit your teeth: to press your teeth together, or to bravely put up with something hard.↗ Example: I got a bit of grit in my eye at the beach.↗ · It takes grit to keep practising when it's hard.↗ · She gritted her teeth and finished the race.↗ · The council gritted the roads before the snow.↗ · Rinse the grit off the vegetables.↗ · Sandpaper has fine grit on one side.↗ · With grit and hard work, he learned to swim.↗ · Feel where she would, there was nothing but grit and stones, when, suddenly, her fingers touched something soft in a crevice.↗

gritty — Everyday, meaning 1: Gritty means full of tiny hard bits like sand or small stones.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A gritty person is brave and determined and does not give up when things are hard.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A gritty story or film shows life in a hard, realistic way, including poverty, crime or difficult times.↗ Example: The spinach was gritty because it wasn't washed.↗ · The path was gritty with sand.↗ · The team gave a gritty performance and won in the end.↗ · She is gritty and never gives up.↗ · The film is a gritty story about life in a poor town.↗ · My shoes felt gritty after the beach.↗ · Gritty determination helped him finish the race.↗ · Rub the gritty paper on the wood to make it smooth.↗

grizzled — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Marked with gray or white patches, spotted or speckled with gray.↗ Example: And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.↗ (Torah GEN.31.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.↗ (Torah GEN.31.10, JPS 1917)↗ · and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled bay horses.↗ (Prophets ZEC.6.3, JPS 1917)↗ · That wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country; (Prophets ZEC.6.6, JPS 1917)↗

grizzly — Everyday, meaning 1: A grizzly, or grizzly bear, is a large brown bear of North America with a hump on its shoulders and grey-tipped fur.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Grizzly can mean grey or grey-haired.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, informal) A grizzly baby or child is grumpy and whiny.↗ Example: A grizzly bear caught a salmon in the river.↗ · Grizzlies sleep through the winter in a den.↗ · Hikers in Canada carry bear spray in case they meet a grizzly.↗ · The grizzly has a big hump on its shoulders.↗ · (UK, informal) The baby was grizzly because she was tired.↗ · A mother grizzly protects her cubs fiercely.↗

groan — Everyday, meaning 1: To groan is to make a long, low sound because you are in pain, unhappy, bored or annoyed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A groan is that sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Something heavy can groan when it makes a creaking sound, like an old floor or a table full of food.↗ Example: The class groaned when the teacher gave extra homework.↗ · He groaned and held his sore ankle.↗ · Dad's joke was so bad that we all groaned.↗ · The old wooden stairs groaned under our feet.↗ · Let out a groan if you hate Mondays!↗ · I heard a groan from under the bike and ran to help.↗ · “Our last romp!”↗ Mr. Darling groaned.↗ · And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.↗ (Torah EXO.2.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant.↗ (Torah EXO.6.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.↗ (Writings JOB.23.2, JPS 1917)↗ · When I kept silence, my bones wore away through my groaning all the day long.↗ (Writings PSA.32.3, JPS 1917)↗ · To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; (Writings PSA.102.21, JPS 1917)↗

groats — Everyday, meaning 1: Hulled grain, such as oats, crushed and cooked as porridge.↗ (old use).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An old English coin worth four pence.↗ (old use).↗ Example: She made groats for breakfast.↗ · Jan carried a bag of groats home.↗ · Long ago, a groat was a coin worth four pence.↗ · And if thou bring a meal-offering of first-fruits unto the LORD, thou shalt bring for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits corn in the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear.↗ (Torah LEV.2.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And the priest shall make the memorial-part of it smoke, even of the groats thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.↗ (Torah LEV.2.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known.↗ (Prophets 2SA.17.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.↗ (Writings PRO.27.22, JPS 1917)↗

grocer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who owns or runs a shop that sells food and things for the home, such as tea, sugar, tins and cleaning things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «The grocer's» (UK) or «the grocery store» (US) is the shop itself.↗ Example: Mum sent me to the grocer's for a pint of milk.↗ · The grocer weighed out a pound of sugar.↗ · A grocer sells apples at 40p each; how much do 5 apples cost?↗ · Our local grocer knows everyone's name.↗ · The grocer stacked oranges in a neat pyramid.↗ · In the old days the grocer delivered food by bicycle.↗ · She went back to the grocer's, and she got a second bunch.↗

grocery — Everyday, meaning 1: A grocery, or grocery store, is a shop that sells food and things for the home.↗ In the UK it is often a supermarket or a grocer's.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Groceries are the food and other things you buy there, like milk, bread, fruit and soap.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Grocery shopping is going to buy the food for the week.↗ Example: Mom spent 45 dollars on groceries.↗ · She carried 4 bags of groceries.↗ · The grocery store sells eggs for 3 dollars a dozen.↗ · How much change does she get from 50 dollars?↗ · I helped Dad write the grocery list.↗ · We put the groceries away in the fridge.↗ · The grocery store is two blocks from our house.↗ · Can you help me carry the groceries in from the car?↗

groin — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The place where the thigh meets the body, the lower belly.↗ Example: And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the groin; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.↗ (Prophets 2SA.4.6, JPS 1917)↗ · But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand; so he smote him therewith in the groin, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died.↗ (Prophets 2SA.20.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the groin, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.↗ (Prophets 2SA.3.27, JPS 1917)↗

grommet — Everyday, meaning 1: A grommet is a metal or plastic ring put in a hole in cloth, leather or paper to make the hole strong, like the holes for laces or for a tent rope.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (medicine, UK, Australia) A grommet is a tiny tube a doctor puts in a child's eardrum to let fluid drain out and help hearing.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Australia, NZ, slang) A grommet (or grom) is a young surfer or skateboarder.↗ Example: The tent rope goes through the metal grommet.↗ · The banner has a grommet in each corner.↗ · I had grommets put in my ears when I was five.↗ · After the grommets, Lily could hear much better.↗ · (Australia) The grommets were out surfing at dawn.↗ · (Australia) That little grom can already ride big waves.↗ · Put a rubber grommet where the wire passes through the box.↗

groom — Everyday, meaning 1: A man on his wedding day, or a man who has just got married; also called the bridegroom.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person whose job is to look after horses: feeding, brushing and cleaning them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To brush and clean an animal's fur or coat, or (for animals) to clean themselves.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To make yourself neat and tidy: «well-groomed».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (verb) To prepare someone for a job: «groomed to be captain».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (safety) When an adult wrongly makes friends with a child to trick and harm them, this is called grooming; children should tell a trusted adult if someone online or nearby asks for secrets.↗ Example: The bride and groom danced first.↗ · The groom brushed the horse until it shone.↗ · Cats groom themselves with their tongues.↗ · Monkeys groom each other to stay clean and friendly.↗ · He was always well-groomed for school.↗ · The young player is being groomed for the first team.↗ · If an online stranger asks you to keep secrets, tell an adult: it could be grooming.↗ · On the back seat a little smart groom balanced himself.↗

grooming — Everyday, meaning 1: Cleaning and brushing an animal's fur or coat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Keeping yourself clean and tidy: washing, combing hair, cutting nails.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Getting someone ready for a job or role.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (safety) When an adult or older person tricks a child into trusting them so they can harm them — a danger to report.↗ Example: Monkeys spend hours grooming each other.↗ · The cat is grooming its paws.↗ · We take our dog to a grooming salon.↗ · Personal grooming includes brushing your teeth.↗ · He is being groomed to be the next captain.↗ · If an adult online asks you to keep secrets, it might be grooming — tell someone you trust.↗

groove — Everyday, meaning 1: A groove is a long, narrow cut or channel in a surface, like the lines on a screw or a record.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A good rhythm in music that makes you want to dance.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) To groove is to dance or move to music in a relaxed, happy way.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) Being «in the groove» means doing something smoothly and well.↗ Example: The marble rolled along the groove in the track.↗ · Tyres have grooves to grip the wet road.↗ · The band found a great groove.↗ · We grooved to the music at the party.↗ · After a slow start, she got into the groove.↗ · Old records have tiny grooves that hold the sound.↗ · With his finger he marks out a groove in the stone table.↗

groovy — Everyday, meaning 1: (slang, dated) Groovy means cool, fashionable, exciting or very nice; it was popular in the 1960s and 1970s and now often sounds funny or old-fashioned.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (rare) Groovy means having grooves (lines cut into a surface).↗ Example: That's a groovy shirt, Grandad!↗ · «Groovy!» said the hippie in the cartoon.↗ · We danced to some groovy 70s music.↗ · Your new bike is pretty groovy.↗ · The party had groovy lights and a disco ball.↗ · Dad still says «groovy», and we all laugh.↗

grope — Everyday, meaning 1: To feel about with the hands because you cannot see, searching for something.↗ Example: I groped for the light switch.↗ · He groped about in the dark for his shoes.↗ · She groped her way down the stairs.↗ · And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.↗ (Torah DEU.28.29, JPS 1917)↗ · They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.↗ (Writings JOB.5.14, JPS 1917)↗ · They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.↗ (Writings JOB.12.25, JPS 1917)↗ · We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, as they that have no eyes do we grope; we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in dark places like the dead.↗ (Prophets ISA.59.10, JPS 1917)↗

groping — Everyday, meaning 1: Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Searching slowly and uncertainly for a way.↗ Example: Groping round, he found his way back to his room.↗ · The groping child bumped into a chair.↗ · Her groping hand found the door handle.↗

gross — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Gross means disgusting, very unpleasant: «Ew, that's gross!».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Gross means total, before anything is taken away: gross weight, gross pay.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A gross is 144, which is twelve dozen.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal) Gross means very bad and obvious: a gross mistake.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (verb) To gross is to earn a total amount of money.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Long ago, gross could mean coarse, common or low-born, rather than fine or delicate.↗ Example: Ew, there's a slug in my shoe — gross!↗ · The gross weight of the box is 5 kg and the box itself is 1 kg.↗ · His gross pay is £300, but he takes home less after tax.↗ · A gross is twelve dozen, which is 144.↗ · (formal) It was a gross error to leave the gate open.↗ · The film grossed millions at the cinema.↗ · Picking your nose is gross.↗ · But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.↗ (Torah DEU.32.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Their heart is gross like fat; but I delight in Thy law.↗ (Writings PSA.119.70, JPS 1917)↗ · Their gross heart they have shut tight, with their mouth they speak proudly.↗ (Writings PSA.17.10, JPS 1917)↗ · For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but upon thee the LORD will arise, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.↗ (Prophets ISA.60.2, JPS 1917)↗