G
- gear noun (gear — uncountable for equipment; a gear, gears — countable for machine parts); verb (gear up)
The equipment or clothes you need for an activity, like camping gear or football gear. - gecko noun (gecko, geckos or geckoes)
1) A gecko is a small lizard that lives in warm countries, with sticky toe pads that let it climb walls and even walk on ceilings. - gee interjection (gee — informal, mostly US); verb (gee up — UK, to a horse)
Gee is a word showing surprise, delight or mild annoyance, like "wow" or "oh". - gel noun (gel, gels); verb (gel, gels, gelled, gelling)
Gel is a thick, wobbly or sticky substance, between a liquid and a solid, like hair gel, shower gel or hand gel. - gelatine noun (gelatine, uncountable); US spelling gelatin
1) Gelatine is a clear substance with no taste, made by boiling animal bones and skin, which makes liquids set into a wobbly solid when… - gelatinous adjective (gelatinous, more gelatinous)
1) Thick, soft and wobbly like jelly. 2) Made of or containing gelatine, the clear substance used to set jelly. - gem noun (a gem, gems)
A beautiful, valuable stone, such as a diamond, ruby or emerald, cut and polished for jewellery; a jewel. - gemini proper noun (Gemini); noun (a Gemini, Geminis — astrology)
Gemini is a group of stars (a constellation) in the night sky, named after the twins Castor and Pollux from Greek myths. - gemma proper noun (Gemma — a girl's name); noun (a gemma, gemmae — science, rare)
Gemma is a girl's name, popular in the UK, Ireland and Australia; it comes from Italian and Latin for «gem» or «jewel». - gemstone noun (a gemstone, gemstones)
1) A precious or beautiful stone that is cut and polished to be used in jewellery, such as a diamond, ruby, sapphire or emerald. - gen noun (gen — UK informal: information; Gen — short for generation; Gen. — General, Genesis); adverb (UK slang «gen» = genuinely)
«Gen» is short for «generation», as in «Gen Z» or «Gen Alpha», a group of people born around the same time. - gender noun (a gender, genders; also uncountable)
1) Gender is being a boy or a girl, a man or a woman, especially the roles and ideas people and societies connect with that; some people… - gene noun (a gene, genes)
1) A gene is a tiny part of the DNA inside the cells of a living thing that carries instructions passed down from parents to children… - genealogical adjective
Genealogical means about the history of a family, showing who was whose parent or ancestor. - genealogy noun (genealogies)
A genealogy is a list or history of who your ancestors were, going back through the family. - general adjective (general); noun (a general, generals)
General means about most people or things, not one in particular: «a general rule». - generalisation noun (a generalisation, generalisations; generalisation — uncountable)
A generalisation is a statement about all or most things of a kind, based on some examples. - generally adverb (generally)
1) Generally means usually, in most cases. 2) Generally means by most people, widely: "It is generally believed." 3) Generally means in a… - generalship noun (uncountable)
1) The skill of a general in leading an army and planning battles. 2) Clever leadership and planning of any big task. - generate verb (generate, generates, generated, generating)
To generate something is to produce or make it, like electricity, heat or power. - generation noun (a generation, generations; generation — uncountable, of making power)
A generation is all the people born and living at about the same time, like children, parents or grandparents. - generator noun (generator, generators)
A generator is a machine that makes electricity. - generosity noun (generosity, uncountable)
Being happy to give money, time, help or things to others, more than is expected. - generous adjective (generous, more generous, most generous)
A generous person is kind and happy to give money, time, help or things to others. - generously adverb (more generously, most generously)
In a kind way that gives more money, time or help than expected. - genesis noun (genesis — the beginning; Genesis — the book)
Genesis is the first book of the Bible, which tells of the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Noah's ark, Abraham, and Joseph. - genetic adjective (genetic); adverb (genetically)
1) Genetic means to do with genes, the tiny instructions inside living cells that are passed from parents to children and decide things… - genetics noun (genetics, uncountable; takes a singular verb); adjective (genetic)
Genetics is the science of how features, like eye colour, are passed from parents to children through genes. - geneva noun (Geneva — a name)
1) (a name) Geneva is a city in Switzerland on Lake Geneva, where many world organisations such as parts of the United Nations and the Red… - genial adjective (genial, genialer, genialest)
Genial means friendly, warm and kind in manner, cheerful and pleasant. - genie noun (a genie, genies or genii)
1) In stories from Arabia and the Middle East, a magic spirit, often living in a lamp or bottle, who must obey whoever sets it free and… - genitive noun (the genitive, genitives); adjective (genitive)
1) (grammar) The form of a noun or pronoun that shows who owns something or what it belongs to: in English, «the dog's bone», «Sam's… - genius noun (a genius, geniuses; genius — uncountable for the talent); adjective use (informal: «That's genius!»)
A genius is a person who is extremely clever or talented. - genocide noun (genocide — uncountable; a genocide, genocides)
1) Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large number of people because they belong to a particular nation, ethnic group, race or… - gent noun (a gent, gents); the Gents (UK — men's toilet)
A gentleman; a polite or well-dressed man: a real gent. - genteel adjective
Genteel means polite and well-mannered, in an old-fashioned way belonging to a respectable, well-off class. - gentle adjective (gentler, gentlest)
Gentle means kind and careful, not rough or violent. - gentleman noun (a gentleman, gentlemen)
1) A gentleman is a polite word for a man. 2) A gentleman is a man who is kind, honest and has good manners. 3) (old-fashioned) A… - gentleness noun (gentleness, uncountable)
Gentleness is the quality of being kind, calm and careful, not rough or harsh. - gently adverb (gently, more gently, most gently)
In a soft, careful way, not rough: "Hold the baby gently.". - gentry noun (no plural form)
Gentry means people of high social class, the landowners and nobility who are well-off and of high rank. (old use) - genuine adjective (genuine); adverb genuinely; noun genuineness
Real; truly what it seems or claims to be, not fake (genuine leather, a genuine diamond). - genuinely adverb
1) Really and truly; honestly, not pretending: I'm genuinely sorry. 2) In a way that is real and not fake: a genuinely old coin. - genuineness noun (genuineness — uncountable)
1) Being real and not fake: the genuineness of a painting or a coin. 2) Being honest and sincere, really meaning what you say or feel. - genus noun (a genus, genera)
A genus is a group of closely related kinds (species) of living things; it is a step in how scientists sort life. - geographer noun (a geographer, geographers)
1) A geographer is a person who studies geography: the Earth's land, seas, weather, places and the people who live there. - geographic adjective (geographic; also geographical)
1) To do with geography: the study of places, land, seas, countries and people. 2) To do with where things are on Earth. - geographical adjective (geographical)
Geographical means to do with geography: the places, land, seas, climate and people of the Earth. - geography noun (geography)
The school subject about the Earth: places, countries, land, weather, rivers, people and how they live. - geological adjective (geological)
To do with geology, the science of the Earth's rocks, soil, layers and how they formed and changed. - geologist noun (a geologist, geologists)
1) A geologist is a scientist who studies rocks, soil, minerals and how the Earth was formed and changes. - geology noun (geology, uncountable); adjective geological; noun geologist
The science of the Earth's rocks, soil, minerals, volcanoes, earthquakes and how the Earth has changed over time. - geordie noun (a Geordie, Geordies; Geordie — the dialect); adjective (Geordie)
A Geordie is a person from Newcastle upon Tyne or Tyneside in North-East England. - geothermal adjective (geothermal — no other forms)
1) To do with the natural heat inside the Earth. 2) Geothermal energy or power is electricity or heating made from that underground heat… - geranium noun (geranium, geraniums)
A garden or pot plant with bright red, pink, white or purple flowers and round, often furry leaves. - gerbil noun (a gerbil, gerbils)
1) A small furry rodent with a long tail and strong back legs, from the deserts of Africa and Asia, often kept as a pet. - germ noun (germ, germs)
A very tiny living thing, too small to see, that can make people or animals ill. - german adjective (German); noun (German = the language; a German, Germans = people of Germany)
German is the language of Germany; it is also spoken in Austria and Switzerland. - germanic adjective (Germanic — usually with a capital G)
Germanic describes the family of languages that includes English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic. - germinate verb (germinate, germinates, germinated, germinating)
1) When a seed germinates, it starts to grow and puts out a root and a shoot. 2) To germinate an idea is to begin to develop it (formal). - germination noun (germination; uncountable)
1) Germination is the process in which a seed starts to grow into a new plant, putting out a root and then a shoot. - gestation noun (gestation) — (science)
1) (science) The time a baby animal grows inside its mother before it is born. 2) The time an idea or plan takes to develop. - gesture noun (a gesture, gestures); verb (gesture, gestures, gestured, gesturing)
A movement of your hand, head or body that shows a meaning, like waving, nodding or pointing. - get verb (get, gets, got, gotten/got, getting)
To get is to receive or be given: get a present. - getting verb (-ing form of get: get, gets, got, got/gotten, getting)
Receiving or obtaining: "I'm getting a new bike.". - geyser noun (a geyser, geysers)
A geyser is a hot spring in the ground that shoots hot water and steam high into the air from time to time. - ghanaian adjective (Ghanaian); noun (a Ghanaian, Ghanaians)
1) From or to do with Ghana, a country in West Africa. 2) (noun) A person from Ghana. - ghastly adjective (ghastly, ghastlier, ghastliest)
1) Very bad, horrible or unpleasant. 2) Shocking and frightening, like something terrible to see. 3) Very pale and ill-looking, like a… - gherkin noun (a gherkin, gherkins)
A small cucumber kept in vinegar, eaten as a pickle; in the USA and Canada usually called a «pickle». - ghost noun (a ghost, ghosts); verb (ghost, ghosts, ghosted, ghosting — slang)
In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people believe can be seen or heard. - ghostly adjective (ghostly, ghostlier, ghostliest)
Like a ghost or to do with ghosts: pale, faint, strange and scary. - ghoul noun (ghoul, ghouls)
1) A ghoul is an evil spirit or monster, in old tales, that haunts graveyards and feeds on dead bodies. - giant noun (a giant, giants); adjective
In stories, a giant is an imaginary person who is enormously big and strong. - giantess noun (giantess, giantesses)
1) A giantess is a female giant, a woman of huge size in a story. - gibberish noun (gibberish, no plural)
1) Gibberish is talk or writing that makes no sense, or words that are not real words. - gibbet noun (gibbet, gibbets)
1) (old use) A gibbet was a wooden frame on which a criminal was hanged, and the body was left there to be seen. - gibbon noun (a gibbon, gibbons)
1) A gibbon is a small ape with very long arms and no tail that lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia and swings quickly from branch… - gibbous adjective (gibbous)
1) A gibbous moon is more than half lit but not yet full, so it looks like a bulging circle. - gibe noun (gibe, gibes)
1) A gibe is a mocking remark, meant to hurt someone's feelings or make them look foolish. - giddily adverb (giddily)
1) Giddily means in a dizzy, wild or silly way, as if one's head is spinning. - giddy adjective (giddy, giddier, giddiest)
Feeling that everything is spinning and you might fall; dizzy. - gift noun (gift, gifts); verb (gift, gifts, gifted — less common)
A gift is something you give to someone without asking for money, like a present for a birthday. - gig noun (a gig, gigs); verb (gig, gigs, gigged, gigging — informal)
A live music show or performance by a band or comedian: We went to a gig. - gigantic adjective (gigantic)
1) Gigantic means extremely big, like a giant. - gigantism noun (gigantism — uncountable)
A rare condition in which a child grows far taller than usual, usually because a gland in the brain makes too much growth hormone. - giggle verb (giggle, giggles, giggled, giggling); noun (a giggle, giggles; the giggles)
To laugh in a quick, high, silly way, often because something is funny or because you are nervous or shy. - gilbert noun, a name (Gilbert); noun (a gilbert — science unit, rare)
1) (a name) A boy's or man's first name, or a surname. 2) (science, rare) An old unit used to measure magnetic force. - gilded adjective (gilded); verb form, past of gild (gild, gilds, gilded, gilding)
Covered with a thin layer of gold or gold-coloured paint. - gilding noun (gilding, no plural); also the verb gild, gilds, gilded, gilding
1) Gilding is a thin layer of gold, or of a gold-coloured paint, put on the surface of something to make it shine. - gill noun (a gill, gills)
Gills are the body parts that fish and some other water animals use to breathe; they take oxygen from the water. - gillie noun (gillie, gillies)
1) (old use) A gillie was a male servant who helped a hunter or fisherman, especially in Scotland. - gilt adjective (gilt); noun (gilt, no plural)
1) Gilt means covered with a thin layer of gold or gold colour. - gimlet noun (gimlet, gimlets)
1) A gimlet is a small hand tool with a sharp, twisted point, used for boring small holes in wood. - gin noun (gin, gins); verb (gin, gins, ginned, ginning — rare)
Gin is a strong, clear alcoholic drink flavoured with juniper berries; it is for adults only. - ginger noun (ginger — uncountable; a ginger, gingers — informal); adjective (ginger)
A plant root with a hot, spicy taste, used in cooking and drinks: ginger biscuits. - gingerbread noun (gingerbread, uncountable; a gingerbread man, gingerbread men)
A sweet, spicy cake or biscuit flavoured with ginger, often with treacle or golden syrup. - gingerly adverb (gingerly); adjective (gingerly — less common)
1) Very carefully and slowly, because you are afraid of hurting yourself or breaking something, or of what might happen. - gingham noun (gingham, no plural)
1) Gingham is a cotton cloth woven in a pattern of checks or stripes, often blue and white. - ginkgo noun (a ginkgo, ginkgos or ginkgoes)
1) A tall tree with fan-shaped leaves that turn bright yellow in autumn; it is called a living fossil because trees like it grew in the… - gipsy noun (a gipsy, gipsies); also spelt gypsy, gypsies; adjective (gipsy)
An old word for a member of the Romani people, who came to Europe from India long ago and many of whom lived and travelled in caravans.
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