📖 G — The English dictionary · page 30

grown — Everyday, meaning 1: The form of "grow" used after have/has/had or in the passive.↗ e.g. "She has grown taller." "↗ Rice is grown in China."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, adult.↗ e.g. "a grown man", "grown-ups".↗ Example: The puppy has grown so big.↗ · These tomatoes were grown in our garden.↗ · Ask a grown-up for help.↗ · A fully grown elephant is very heavy.↗ · You've grown two centimetres since last year.↗ · The garden was overgrown with weeds.↗ · Wheat is grown on big farms.↗ · A Lion had grown very old.↗ · But if the scall stay in its appearance, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.↗ (Torah LEV.13.37, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.↗ (Torah EXO.2.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law: 'Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up'; for he said: 'Lest he also die, like his brethren.'↗ And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.↗ (Torah GEN.38.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And the king said: 'Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.'↗ (Prophets 2SA.10.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.↗ (Prophets 2KI.4.18, JPS 1917)↗ · We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace; (Writings PSA.144.12, JPS 1917)↗

grownup — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, children's word) A grownup is an adult, a person who is fully grown.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Grown-up means adult or acting like an adult: a grown-up decision.↗ Example: Ask a grownup to help you light the candle.↗ · If you get lost, find a grown-up you can trust.↗ · The grownups sat at a big table.↗ · You are so grown-up now!↗ · When I'm a grownup, I'll stay up late.↗ · The film is for grownups only.↗ · She made a grown-up choice to say sorry.↗ · Two grownups and three children got on the bus.↗

growth — Everyday, meaning 1: Getting bigger, taller or more developed.↗ e.g. "a growth spurt".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An increase in amount.↗ e.g. "population growth".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Something that grows, such as new plants or a lump on the skin.↗ Example: Plants need light for growth.↗ · We measured the bean plant's growth each day.↗ · He had a growth spurt and grew 5 centimetres.↗ · Sleep helps your body's growth.↗ · The graph shows the town's population growth.↗ · New growth appeared on the tree in spring.↗ · I am only a little backward, perhaps, in my growth.’↗ · I cause thee to increase, even as the growth of the field.↗ (Prophets EZK.16.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Watering her ridges abundantly, settling down the furrows thereof, Thou makest her soft with showers; Thou blessest the growth thereof.↗ (Writings PSA.65.11, JPS 1917)↗ · In that day shall the growth of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.↗ (Prophets ISA.4.2, JPS 1917)↗

groyne — Everyday, meaning 1: A low wall or fence of wood, stone or concrete built out from a beach into the sea to stop the sand and pebbles being washed away.↗ Example: Wooden groynes stretch down the beach at Brighton.↗ · Groynes trap sand carried by longshore drift.↗ · We sat on a groyne and ate our picnic.↗ · Sand piles up on one side of each groyne.↗ · The council built new groynes to protect the coast.↗ · In our geography test we had to label the groynes on a diagram.↗

grub — Everyday, meaning 1: A grub is the young, worm-like form (larva) of some insects, especially beetles, which lives in soil or wood.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, UK, Australia, NZ) Grub means food: «Grub's up!» means the meal is ready.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To grub means to dig or search about in the ground or in a messy place: «the pig grubbed for roots».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (Australia) A «witchetty grub» is a large grub eaten as traditional bush food by Aboriginal people.↗ Example: The bird pulled a fat grub out of the lawn.↗ · A beetle grub lives in rotten wood.↗ · «Grub's up!» called Dad from the kitchen.↗ · The food at camp was good grub.↗ · Witchetty grubs are a traditional Aboriginal bush food.↗ · The hedgehog grubbed around in the leaves for insects.↗ · A grub is the larva stage of a beetle.↗ · Catherine went as she was bid, and began to grub for them, and soon made herself very dirty with the earth.↗

grubby — Everyday, meaning 1: Rather dirty, usually from mud, sweat or touching things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Not quite honest or decent: a grubby little trick.↗ Example: Wash your grubby hands before you eat!↗ · His school shirt was grubby after playtime.↗ · The library book had grubby fingerprints on it.↗ · The grubbiest kid on the team scored the winning goal.↗ · The car was grubby after the muddy road.↗ · It was a grubby trick to cheat in the quiz.↗

grudge — Everyday, meaning 1: A grudge is a feeling of anger or dislike you keep for a long time against someone who you think treated you badly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To hold or bear a grudge is to keep that feeling and not forgive.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To grudge (or begrudge) something is to give it or let someone have it unwillingly.↗ Example: He held a grudge against me for weeks.↗ · Don't hold a grudge — say sorry and move on.↗ · The two families had an old grudge.↗ · She doesn't bear grudges; she forgives quickly.↗ · It was a grudge match between the two teams.↗ · I don't grudge him his win; he trained hard.↗ · Holding a grudge made her feel bad inside.↗ · Do not grudge others what you cannot enjoy yourself.↗ · Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.↗ (Torah LEV.19.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Will He bear grudge for ever?↗ (Prophets JER.3.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever.↗ (Prophets JER.3.12, JPS 1917)↗

gruel — Everyday, meaning 1: A thin, watery food made by boiling oats or other grain in water or milk.↗ It was cheap food for poor people or the sick long ago.↗ (old use).↗ Example: The orphan ate a bowl of gruel.↗ · Make some gruel for the sick king.↗ · The gruel was thin and cold.↗

gruesome — Everyday, meaning 1: Horrible and disgusting, often involving blood, injury or death.↗ Example: The film had a gruesome scene.↗ · The story told of a gruesome witch.↗ · The gruesome tale made us shiver.↗

gruff — Everyday, meaning 1: (of a voice) Low, deep and rough.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a person) Rather unfriendly or impatient in the way they speak, though maybe kind underneath.↗ Example: «Who's there?» said Badger in a gruff voice.↗ · The Three Billy Goats Gruff crossed the bridge.↗ · Grandpa sounds gruff, but he's really very kind.↗ · The guard answered gruffly.↗ · His voice was gruff from his cold.↗ · «Come in, then,» said the gruff old man.↗ · “Ahas!” said a gruff voice across the water.↗

gruffly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a rough, deep, unfriendly voice.↗ Example: «Go away,» he said gruffly.↗ · The cat replied gruffly from her chair.↗ · The troll answered gruffly from under the bridge.↗

grumble — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) To complain in a low, unhappy voice.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A complaint.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To make a low rumbling sound: «My tummy grumbled», «Thunder grumbled».↗ Example: Stop grumbling and tidy your room!↗ · He grumbled about the rain all day.↗ · My tummy is grumbling — I'm hungry.↗ · Thunder grumbled in the distance.↗ · Dad had a grumble about the price of petrol.↗ · The old man grumbled at the noisy children.↗ · The Scarecrow began to grumble a bit.↗

grumbler — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who often grumbles: someone who complains in a low, unhappy voice about small things.↗ Example: Uncle Bob is a real grumbler about the weather.↗ · Don't be a grumbler — we'll have fun even if it rains.↗ · The old grumbler in the story complained about every child in the street.↗ · Every team has a grumbler who hates early practice.↗ · The grumbler moaned that the soup was too hot, then too cold.↗ · Mole was no grumbler; he got on with the spring cleaning.↗

grumpiness — Everyday, meaning 1: The state of being grumpy: in a bad, cross mood and easily annoyed.↗ Example: His grumpiness disappeared after he had breakfast.↗ · Tiredness can cause grumpiness.↗ · Grandpa's grumpiness is just for show; he is really kind.↗ · The troll was famous for his grumpiness.↗ · We laughed until her grumpiness went away.↗ · Hunger plus a long car ride equals grumpiness!↗

grumpy — Everyday, meaning 1: Grumpy means in a bad mood, easily annoyed and complaining a lot.↗ Example: I'm always grumpy when I'm hungry.↗ · Dad is grumpy in the morning before his coffee.↗ · Don't be grumpy; we'll go to the park later.↗ · The grumpy old troll would not let the goats cross the bridge.↗ · My little sister gets grumpy when she is tired.↗ · Grumpy is one of the seven dwarfs.↗ · The cat looked grumpy after its bath.↗ · He was the grumpiest boy in the class until he made a friend.↗

grunt — Everyday, meaning 1: To grunt is to make a short low sound in your throat, like a pig.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A grunt is that sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: People grunt when lifting something heavy, or to answer without words when they are tired or grumpy.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang) A grunt is a low-ranking soldier or worker who does hard, boring jobs.↗ Example: The pig grunted in the mud.↗ · Dad grunted as he lifted the sofa.↗ · My brother just grunts when I ask about school.↗ · The tennis player grunted with every shot.↗ · He gave a grunt of agreement.↗ · I got stuck with all the grunt work.↗ · But the ugly old Fairy only grunted and made no answer.↗

gryphon — Everyday, meaning 1: A made-up creature from old stories, with the head, wings and front legs of an eagle and the body, back legs and tail of a lion.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In Alice in Wonderland, the Gryphon is a lazy, rough-talking creature who takes Alice to meet the Mock Turtle and tells her about their school under the sea.↗ Example: The Gryphon was asleep in the sun when the Queen found him.↗ · A gryphon has an eagle's head and a lion's body.↗ · The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle danced the Lobster Quadrille for Alice.↗ · There is a stone gryphon over the door of the old bank.↗ · In the fantasy game, the knight rode a gryphon through the sky.↗ · The Gryphon told Alice that the lessons «lessen» from day to day.↗ · Gryphons are made up, like dragons and unicorns.↗

gu — Everyday, meaning 1: Gu on its own is not an English word.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Mandarin, pinyin) gu is a syllable with many meanings by tone: gǔ means old or ancient, bone, or drum; gū means aunt (father's sister); gù means reason or so.↗ It sounds like goo.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Gu can be part of a name (a surname, Gu).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: It may be a fragment cut from a longer word such as gum or guide.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Gu is also used in some place names, such as Ryn Gu, the name of a realm in a story.↗ Example: Gu is not an English word.↗ · In Mandarin, gǔ can mean drum.↗ · Gūgu is how a Chinese child says auntie on her father's side.↗ · Gu sounds like goo to an English ear.↗ · Mr Gu is our new maths teacher.↗ · The word got cut and only gu was left on the page.↗ · But the Mikoto soon remembered what had brought him to Ryn Gu, and said to his host:↗

guacamole — Everyday, meaning 1: A green dip or sauce from Mexico made of mashed avocado, usually with lime, onion, tomato, chilli and salt.↗ Example: We dipped tortilla chips into the guacamole.↗ · Guacamole is made from mashed avocados.↗ · Add lime juice so the guacamole doesn't go brown.↗ · Can I have extra guac on my burrito?↗ · We made guacamole in our food technology lesson.↗ · Guacamole comes from Mexico and the Aztecs made it long ago.↗

guanaco — Everyday, meaning 1: A wild South American animal like a small, slim llama, with a light brown woolly coat, living in the Andes mountains and Patagonia.↗ Example: A guanaco is a wild cousin of the llama.↗ · We saw a herd of guanacos in Patagonia.↗ · Guanacos can live in very dry places.↗ · Llamas were tamed from guanacos thousands of years ago.↗ · The guanaco spat when the tourist came too close.↗ · Guanacos have thick wool to keep warm in the Andes.↗

guano — Everyday, meaning 1: Guano is the droppings of seabirds or bats, which pile up in huge amounts on rocks and in caves.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Guano is used as a strong fertiliser to help plants grow because it is full of nitrogen and phosphorus.↗ Example: Guano is bird or bat poo.↗ · The rocks were white with seabird guano.↗ · Farmers used guano to help crops grow.↗ · The bat cave floor was covered in guano.↗ · Islands near Peru were mined for guano long ago.↗ · Guano is full of nutrients for plants.↗ · Wear a mask in bat caves because guano dust can make you ill.↗ · Penguins make burrows in old guano.↗

guarantee — Everyday, meaning 1: A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work.↗ To guarantee means to promise it surely.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A guarantee is also a shop's written promise to fix or replace something if it breaks within a certain time.↗ Example: How many socks must you take to guarantee a matching pair?↗ · The shop guarantees the toy for 2 years.↗ · How many marbles must she pick to guarantee 2 red ones?↗ · The farmer is guaranteed $3 a box.↗ · The watch has a one-year guarantee.↗ · There is no guarantee that it will be sunny tomorrow.↗ · Practice does not guarantee a win, but it helps.↗ · The bike was still under guarantee, so they fixed it for free.↗ · Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.↗