📖 G — The English dictionary · page 32

guiltiness — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The state of having done wrong and deserving blame.↗ Example: Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.↗ (Writings PSA.68.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abimelech said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.'↗ (Torah GEN.26.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And they forsook the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.↗ (Writings 2CH.24.18, JPS 1917)↗ · and I said: 'O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to Thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.↗ (Writings EZR.9.6, JPS 1917)↗

guiltless — Everyday, meaning 1: Guiltless means not to blame and having done no wrong.↗ Example: "I am quite guiltless," the boy said.↗ · The guiltless prince was killed by mistake.↗ · The judge found the farmer guiltless and set him free.↗ · If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.↗ (Writings JOB.9.23, JPS 1917)↗ · I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.↗ (Writings JOB.9.28, JPS 1917)↗ · And the men said unto her: 'We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.↗ (Prophets JOS.2.17, JPS 1917)↗

guilty — Everyday, meaning 1: Feeling bad because you know you did something wrong.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Having done something wrong or against the law.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Decided by a court to have broken the law.↗ Example: I felt guilty about eating my sister's chocolate.↗ · The dog looked guilty next to the chewed shoe.↗ · The judge said the man was guilty of stealing.↗ · He had a guilty conscience after telling a lie.↗ · Don't feel guilty about saying no to a stranger.↗ · She was found not guilty.↗ · I am guilty, wretch that I am!↗ · It is a guilt-offering — he is certainly guilty before the LORD.↗ (Torah LEV.5.19, JPS 1917)↗ · and it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that wherein he hath sinned; (Torah LEV.5.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.↗ (Torah NUM.35.31, JPS 1917)↗ · Evil shall kill the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.↗ (Writings PSA.34.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.↗ (Writings PRO.30.10, JPS 1917)↗ · When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.↗ (Prophets HOS.13.1, JPS 1917)↗

guinea — Everyday, meaning 1: Guinea is most often heard in «guinea pig», a small furry pet rodent with no tail.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A guinea pig can also mean a person used to test something new.↗ e.g. Be my guinea pig for this recipe.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A guinea was an old British gold coin worth a little more than a pound.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Guinea (capital G) is a country in West Africa; Papua New Guinea and Equatorial Guinea are other countries.↗ Example: Our class has two guinea pigs.↗ · A guinea pig is a rodent, not a pig.↗ · Guinea pigs love fresh hay and carrots.↗ · I was the guinea pig for Mum's new soup.↗ · Guinea is a country in West Africa.↗ · A guinea was an old British coin.↗ · Papua New Guinea is north of Australia.↗ · Guinea pigs squeak when they are excited.↗ · ‘There is a guinea for you,’ said he; ‘go and bring her here.’↗

guinean — Everyday, meaning 1: From or to do with Guinea, a country in West Africa.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A person from Guinea.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Sometimes used for Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau, which are different countries (more exactly.↗ e.g. Equatoguinean, Bissau-Guinean).↗ Example: The Guinean capital is Conakry.↗ · Guinean griots play the kora.↗ · Our football coach is Guinean.↗ · The River Niger starts in the Guinean highlands.↗ · Many Guineans speak French as well as local languages.↗

guinness — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Guinness is a famous dark Irish beer (a stout) made in Dublin since 1759; it is an alcoholic drink for adults.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Guinness World Records is a book and organisation that checks and lists world records, like the tallest person or the fastest runner.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Guinness is also an Irish family name, such as Arthur Guinness, who started the brewery.↗ Example: I got the Guinness World Records book for my birthday.↗ · She wants to set a Guinness world record for the longest hula-hoop spin.↗ · The Guinness book lists the tallest man who ever lived.↗ · Guinness is a dark beer from Dublin.↗ · Grandad drinks a pint of Guinness on Sundays.↗ · Arthur Guinness opened his brewery in Dublin in 1759.↗

guise — Everyday, meaning 1: A guise is the outward form or appearance someone takes, often to hide who they really are.↗ Example: The witch came in the guise of a kind old woman.↗ · Our Lord walks the earth under the guise of a beggar.↗ · The fox came back in a new guise, as a travelling trader.↗

guitar — Everyday, meaning 1: A guitar is a musical instrument with strings that you play with your fingers or a small pick.↗ A guitar usually has 6 strings.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An electric guitar needs an amplifier to sound loud.↗ Example: A guitar costs $120.↗ · Each guitar has 6 strings.↗ · The shop sold 4 guitars.↗ · How many strings do 5 guitars have?↗ · My brother plays the guitar in a band.↗ · She strummed her guitar around the campfire.↗ · A tighter string gives a higher note.↗ · He has guitar lessons every Thursday.↗

guitarist — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who plays the guitar.↗ Example: My brother wants to be a guitarist in a rock band.↗ · The guitarist played a long solo.↗ · Our school band needs a bass guitarist.↗ · Jimi Hendrix was a famous guitarist.↗ · The guitarist tuned her strings before the show.↗ · She is the best guitarist in our class.↗

gulch — Everyday, meaning 1: A gulch is a deep, narrow valley cut out by running water, found especially in the American west.↗ Example: The outlaws hid in the gulch until dark.↗ · The riders went down into the gulch.↗ · We will meet at the old gulch at noon.↗

gulf — Everyday, meaning 1: A large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land, bigger than a bay (the Gulf of Mexico).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A big difference or gap between people, groups or ideas (a gulf between rich and poor).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A deep hole or opening in the ground (old or literary).↗ Example: The Gulf of Mexico is south of the USA.↗ · A gulf is like a very big bay.↗ · The Gulf of Carpentaria is in the north of Australia.↗ · The Gulf Stream carries warm water across the Atlantic.↗ · There was a huge gulf between what he said and what he did.↗ · Hurricanes often form over the warm Gulf waters.↗ · The Lion was about to reply when suddenly they came to another gulf across the road.↗ · For there is no sincerity in their mouth; their inward part is a yawning gulf, their throat is an open sepulchre; they make smooth their tongue.↗ (Writings PSA.5.10, JPS 1917)↗

gull — Everyday, meaning 1: A large grey and white seabird with long wings and a loud cry, often seen at beaches and harbours; also called a seagull.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned verb) To trick or fool someone.↗ Example: A gull stole my chips at the beach!↗ · The gulls cried loudly over the harbour.↗ · We watched gulls following the fishing boat.↗ · Gulls have webbed feet for swimming.↗ · Please don't feed the gulls.↗ · A gull was standing on one leg on the rooftop.↗ · Kotick swam back to Novastoshnah, leaving the gulls to scream.↗

gullet — Everyday, meaning 1: The tube that food goes down from the mouth to the stomach; the oesophagus.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The throat.↗ Example: Food passes down the gullet to the stomach.↗ · A fishbone got stuck in his gullet.↗ · The pelican swallowed the fish whole down its gullet.↗ · The Whale's throat, or gullet, was blocked by a grating in Kipling's story.↗ · The heron gulped the frog into its gullet.↗ · Muscles in the gullet push food down even if you are upside down.↗ · In her youth she had once swallowed a hook, and still swam patiently about with it in her gullet.↗ · He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned it, combined and formed with it Aquarius in the Year, and the gullet in Man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned, combined, and formed Aquarius in the world, Sebat in the year, and the gullet in man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · The twelve organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestines, liver, gullet [39] or esophagus, stomach and milt.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

gully — Everyday, meaning 1: A gully is a narrow channel or ditch cut into the ground by rain or running water.↗ Example: After the storm the gully was full of mud.↗ · The wagon rolled into the gully and broke.↗ · He ran through gullies and over rocks.↗

gulp — Everyday, meaning 1: To swallow food or drink quickly in big mouthfuls.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To swallow suddenly because you are nervous, scared or surprised.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A big swallow or mouthful: «a gulp of water».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To breathe in air quickly: «gulp air».↗ Example: He gulped down his milk and ran out of the door.↗ · Don't gulp your food; chew it properly.↗ · She drank the water in one gulp.↗ · I gulped when the teacher called my name.↗ · The swimmer came up and gulped air.↗ · Take a big gulp of air before you go under.↗ · Gulp!↗ The giant was looking right at me.↗ · And holding the glass with his two hands, he swallowed the medicine at one gulp.↗

gum — Everyday, meaning 1: Gum, or chewing gum, is a soft sweet you chew for a long time but do not swallow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Your gums are the pink flesh in your mouth that holds your teeth.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Gum is also a sticky substance from some trees, or a kind of glue.↗ Example: Please put your gum in the bin.↗ · Brush your teeth and your gums twice a day.↗ · He blew a big bubble with his bubble gum.↗ · There was gum stuck under the desk.↗ · My gums hurt where the new tooth is coming in.↗ · Koalas eat the leaves of gum trees.↗ · Chewing gum is not allowed in class.↗ · Sugar-free gum is better for your teeth.↗

gumdrop — Everyday, meaning 1: A gumdrop is a small, soft, chewy sweet shaped like a little dome, usually coated in sugar and brightly coloured.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Used as a pet name for a sweet person.↗ Example: We put gumdrops on the roof of the gingerbread house.↗ · She shared 12 gumdrops equally among 3 friends.↗ · Red gumdrops are my favourite.↗ · The jar was full of gumdrops.↗ · Don't eat too many gumdrops — they're sticky on your teeth.↗ · Grandma called the baby «my little gumdrop».↗

gummy — Everyday, meaning 1: Gummy means sticky like glue or gum.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A gummy smile shows a lot of gum (the pink part above the teeth), and a gummy baby has no teeth yet.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A gummy is a chewy sweet, like a gummy bear or gummy worm (US: gummies, also vitamins).↗ Example: I had a bag of gummy bears at the cinema.↗ · The baby gave a big gummy smile.↗ · Grandad took his teeth out and grinned a gummy grin.↗ · The glue went all gummy in the sun.↗ · Gummy sweets stick to your teeth, so brush afterwards.↗ · Mum takes gummy vitamins every morning.↗

gun — Everyday, meaning 1: A gun is a weapon that fires bullets or other objects through a metal tube using explosive force.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A gun is a tool that shoots something out, like a water gun, glue gun or starting gun.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To gun an engine (informal) is to make it go very fast.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To be gunning for someone (informal) is to be trying to harm or criticise them.↗ Example: If you find a gun, don't touch it; tell an adult right away.↗ · We had a water gun fight in the garden.↗ · The race began with the starting gun.↗ · Use the glue gun only with a teacher's help.↗ · Don't jump the gun; wait until everyone is ready.↗ · She stuck to her guns and kept telling the truth.↗ · Police in the UK usually don't carry guns.↗ · The pirate ship fired its guns.↗ · Niels took his gun with him.↗

gunboat — Everyday, meaning 1: A small warship with big guns, used especially on rivers or near the coast.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Gunboat diplomacy» means a strong country forcing weaker ones to agree by threatening to use its navy or army.↗ Example: A gunboat sailed up the river.↗ · The navy sent two gunboats to guard the harbour.↗ · The gunboat's guns pointed at the shore.↗ · Historians call this «gunboat diplomacy».↗ · Gunboats were used in the Opium Wars in China.↗ · The model gunboat had tiny cannons.↗