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- goby noun (a goby, gobies)
A goby is a small fish that lives near the sea floor, in rock pools or on coral reefs. - god noun (a god, gods; God — a proper noun)
1) God, with a capital G, is the name many religions, such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam, give to the one being they believe made and… - godchild noun (godchild, godchildren)
A godchild is a child whose godparent has promised to help look after them in the Christian faith. - goddess noun (a goddess, goddesses)
A goddess is a female god, a powerful being in some religions and myths, such as Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom, or Freya in Norse myths. - godfather noun (a godfather, godfathers)
A godfather is a man who promises at a child's baptism or christening to help bring the child up in the Christian faith and care for them. - godmother noun (a godmother, godmothers)
A godmother is a woman who promises at a child's baptism or christening to help bring the child up in the Christian faith and care for them. - godparent noun (a godparent, godparents; godmother, godfather)
1) (church) A godparent is a person chosen by a child's family to promise at the child's baptism to help them grow up in the Christian… - godson noun (godson, godsons)
A godson is a boy whose godparent has promised to look after him in the Christian faith. - goggle verb (goggle, goggles, goggled, goggling); noun (goggles)
To goggle is to stare with wide, bulging eyes, often in surprise. - goggles noun, plural (goggles; a pair of goggles)
Goggles are special glasses that fit tightly round your eyes to protect them from water, wind, snow, dust, chemicals or flying bits. - going verb form (go, goes, went, gone, going); noun (the going, goings); adjective (going)
1) (verb form) Moving or travelling somewhere; leaving. 2) (going to + verb) Used to talk about the future or a plan, as in «I'm going to… - golconda noun (a golconda — old, rare); proper noun (Golconda)
Golconda is an old fort and city ruin near Hyderabad in India, once famous for its diamond mines and diamond trade. - gold noun (gold — uncountable); adjective (gold, golden)
Gold is a soft, shiny yellow metal that is rare and costs a lot of money. - golden adjective (golden)
1) Golden means made of gold. 2) Golden means having the bright yellow colour of gold. 3) Golden means very special, happy or excellent… - goldfish noun (a goldfish, goldfish — the plural is usually the same)
A small orange or gold-coloured fish, often kept as a pet in a tank or pond. - goldilocks name (Goldilocks); adjective (Goldilocks — informal, «just right»)
1) (a name) Goldilocks is the girl in the fairy tale «Goldilocks and the Three Bears», who tries the bears' porridge, chairs and beds and… - goldsmith noun (a goldsmith, goldsmiths)
A person who makes jewellery, cups, plates or other objects out of gold. - golf noun (golf — uncountable); verb (golf, golfs, golfed, golfing — mostly «go golfing», «play golf»)
Golf is a game in which players hit a small hard ball with clubs into a series of holes, using as few hits as possible. - golfer noun (golfer, golfers)
1) A golfer is a person who plays golf, a game in which you hit a small ball into holes with a club, using as few hits as possible. - goliath proper noun (Goliath); noun (a goliath — something huge)
Goliath was a giant Philistine warrior whom the young shepherd David killed with a stone from his sling. - golly exclamation (golly!; also «golly gosh», «good golly»)
an exclamation of surprise, delight or shock, used instead of swearing or saying God. - golosh noun (a golosh, goloshes); usual spelling galosh, galoshes
1) (old) A rubber shoe worn over an ordinary shoe to keep it dry in rain or snow; an overshoe. - gondola noun (a gondola, gondolas)
1) A long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat with a high point at each end, rowed by one person standing at the back with one oar, used on the… - gondolier noun (a gondolier, gondoliers)
1) A person who rows or steers a gondola in Venice, standing at the back and pushing with one long oar. - gong noun (gong, gongs)
A gong is a round metal plate that is struck with a stick to make a loud, ringing sound. - goo noun (goo, uncountable); adjective gooey
A sticky, wet, soft substance, like slime, glue or melted cheese. - goober noun (goober, goobers) (regional, southern US)
A goober is a peanut, a word used in parts of the southern United States. - good adjective (good, better, best); noun (good — what is right; goods — things to sell); interjection (Good!)
1) Of high quality, done well: "a good drawing". 2) Kind, right and honest: "a good person". 3) Pleasant or enjoyable: "a good time". 4)… - goodbye exclamation (Goodbye!); noun (a goodbye, goodbyes); also good-bye, good-by (USA)
1) Goodbye is what you say when you leave someone or when they leave. 2) A goodbye is the act of saying this: a sad goodbye. - goodly adjective (goodly, goodlier, goodliest — old-fashioned)
1) (old-fashioned) A goodly amount means quite a large amount. 2) (old, Bible) Goodly means good-looking, fine or pleasant. - goodness noun (goodness; uncountable); interjection («Goodness!», «My goodness!»)
Goodness is the quality of being good, kind and honest. - goody noun (a goody, goodies); exclamation (goody!, goody gumdrops); noun (goody-goody)
Goodies are nice things, especially treats such as sweets, cakes or small presents: "a bag of goodies". - gooey adjective (gooey, gooier, gooiest)
1) Soft, sticky and wet: gooey chocolate cake. 2) (informal) Too sweet and sentimental, full of soppy feelings: a gooey love song. - goofy adjective (goofy, goofier, goofiest); noun, a name (Goofy)
1) (informal) Silly, clumsy and funny in a harmless way. 2) (informal) Having big, sticking-out front teeth: a goofy grin. 3) (a name)… - google proper noun (Google); verb (google, googles, googled, googling)
Google is a large technology company and its search engine, a website used to find information on the internet (a name). - googly adjective (googly — informal, of eyes); noun (a googly, googlies — cricket)
Googly eyes are big round eyes that stick out, or the toy plastic eyes with a loose black dot that wobbles. - goose noun (goose, geese)
A goose is a big bird with a long neck and webbed feet that swims and lives on farms or near water. - gooseberry noun (a gooseberry, gooseberries)
A small, round, sour green or reddish fruit with fine hairs and stripes that grows on a prickly bush. - goosebump noun (a goosebump, goosebumps — mostly used in the plural)
Goosebumps are tiny bumps that appear on your skin when you are cold, scared or very excited. - gop abbreviation, noun (the GOP)
GOP: short for «Grand Old Party», a nickname for the Republican Party, one of the two main political parties in the United States. - gopher noun (a gopher, gophers)
A small North American burrowing animal with large cheek pouches, which digs tunnels and eats plant roots (pocket gopher). - gore noun (gore — uncountable; a gore, gores — cloth); verb (gore, gores, gored, goring)
Thick blood from a wound, especially lots of it, as in violent films. - gorge noun (a gorge, gorges); verb (gorge, gorges, gorged, gorging)
noun A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, usually with a river at the bottom. - gorgeous adjective (gorgeous, more gorgeous, most gorgeous)
1) Very beautiful or attractive. 2) Very pleasant or enjoyable: gorgeous weather, a gorgeous cake. 3) (informal, UK) A friendly way to… - gorgeously adverb
In a very beautiful or splendid way, with great show. - gorilla noun (a gorilla, gorillas)
A gorilla is the largest kind of ape, a very strong, mostly gentle animal with dark fur that lives in the forests of central Africa. - gorse noun (gorse, uncountable)
1) A thick, prickly bush with sharp spines and bright yellow flowers that smell a little like coconut, growing on heaths, hillsides and… - gory adjective (gory, gorier, goriest); noun gore
Gory means full of blood and violence, often in a film, game or story. - gosh exclamation (gosh!; also «oh my gosh», «gosh darn it»)
1) (mild) an exclamation of surprise, shock or delight, a soft stand-in for «God». 2) used to add emphasis: «Gosh, it's hot». - goshawk noun (goshawks)
a large, fierce hawk with short, broad wings that hunts birds and small animals - gosling noun (a gosling, goslings)
1) A baby goose. 2) (rare) A young, silly or inexperienced person. - gospel noun (a gospel, gospels; the Gospel); adjective (gospel music)
1) (Bible) The Gospels are the four books of the New Testament — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — that tell the life, teaching, death and… - gospels noun (the Gospels; a gospel, gospels; gospel music)
The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament, by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which tell the life and teaching of Jesus. - gossip noun (gossip — uncountable; a gossip, gossips for people); verb (gossip, gossips, gossiped, gossiping)
Gossip is talk about other people's private lives, often unkind or not true. - gothic adjective (gothic, also Gothic); noun (Gothic)
1) (architecture, history) In the style of many churches and cathedrals built in Europe from about 1150 to 1500, with pointed arches, tall… - gourd noun (a gourd, gourds)
A large fruit with a hard skin, related to pumpkins and melons, often dried and hollowed out. - gout noun (gout)
A painful illness that makes joints, especially the big toe, swollen, red and sore. - govern verb (govern, governs, governed, governing)
To govern is to rule a country, state or group officially. - governance noun (governance, uncountable)
1) (formal) Governance is the way a country, organisation or school is run and controlled, including who makes decisions and how. - governed verb form (govern, governs, governed, governing); adjective (governed)
1) Governed is the past of govern: ruled or controlled. 2) The governed are the people who are ruled. - governess noun (governesses)
(old-fashioned) a woman who lived in a family's house and taught its children at home - government noun (a government, governments)
The group of people who run a country, state or city and make decisions about laws, taxes and services. - governmental adjective (governmental)
1) To do with a government, the group of people who run a country, state or area and make its laws and decisions. - governor noun (a governor, governors)
A governor is a person who is chosen or elected to be in charge of a region, such as a state of the USA or an Australian state. - gown noun (a gown, gowns)
A gown is a long, formal dress worn for special events like a ball or a wedding. - gp noun, abbreviation (a GP, GPs)
1) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) GP stands for general practitioner: a family doctor who sees people for all kinds of illness at a… - gps noun (GPS — abbreviation, usually uncountable; a GPS, GPSs)
Abbreviation of Global Positioning System: a system using satellites to show exactly where you are on Earth. - grab verb (grab, grabs, grabbed, grabbing); noun (a grab)
To grab is to take hold of something quickly and roughly. - grabby adjective (grabby, grabbier, grabbiest — informal)
Grabby means wanting to grab or take things for yourself, often greedily. - grace noun (grace); verb (grace — formal)
Grace is a smooth, beautiful and easy way of moving. - graceful adjective (graceful, more graceful, most graceful)
1) Moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way. 2) Having a beautiful, elegant shape. 3) Polite and kind, especially when things are… - gracefully adverb (gracefully, more gracefully, most gracefully)
Gracefully means moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way. - gracious adjective (gracious, more gracious, most gracious); exclamation (gracious!, goodness gracious!)
Kind, polite and generous, especially to people who have less power. - graciously adverb (no forms)
in a kind, polite and dignified way, as a grand person does - grad noun (grad, grads) — informal
Grad is a short, informal word for a graduate, a person who has finished high school, college or university. - grade noun (grade, grades); verb (grade, grades, graded, grading)
A grade is a year or class at school, like second grade (mostly in the USA and Canada; the UK says Year. - gradient noun (a gradient, gradients)
1) How steep a slope, hill or road is. 2) (maths) A number that shows how steep a line is on a graph. 3) (art) A smooth change from one… - gradual adjective (gradual, more gradual)
1) Happening slowly and little by little over time, not suddenly. 2) Of a slope: rising or falling gently, not steeply. - gradually adverb (gradually)
1) Gradually means slowly, a little at a time, over a period, not all at once or suddenly. - graduate verb (graduate, graduates, graduated, graduating); noun (a graduate, graduates)
To finish a course at university, college or (US) school and get a degree or diploma. - graffiti noun (graffiti; uncountable, or plural of graffito)
Words or pictures painted, sprayed or scratched on walls, trains or other public places, usually without permission. - graft noun (graft, grafts — for plants and skin; graft, uncountable — work, corruption); verb (graft, grafts, grafted, grafting)
A graft is a piece of skin, bone or other body tissue moved by a surgeon to repair another part of the body. - grafting verb form of graft (graft, grafts, grafted, grafting); noun (grafting, uncountable)
Grafting is joining a piece cut from one plant onto another plant so that they grow together, as gardeners do with apple trees. - graham noun (graham flour; graham cracker — US); Graham (a name)
Graham is a boy's or man's first name and a family name. - grail noun (grails)
a cup or dish that knights in old legends search for, said to be holy - grain noun (grain, grains; uncountable for the crop)
Grain is the seeds of plants like wheat, rice, oats, barley and corn, used for food. - grainy adjective (grainy, grainier, grainiest)
Grainy means having a rough texture with small bits or grains in it, like sand, or food that is not smooth. - gram noun (gram, grams); short form g
A gram is a small unit for measuring how heavy something is (its mass). - grammar noun (grammar, grammars)
The rules of a language about how words change and are put together into sentences. - grammarian noun (a grammarian, grammarians)
A person who studies grammar, the rules of how words and sentences are built in a language, or who writes books about it. - grammatical adjective (grammatical)
1) Correct according to the rules of grammar. 2) To do with grammar: «a grammatical mistake». - grammatically adverb (grammatically)
In a way that follows the rules of grammar, as in «grammatically correct». - gramophone noun (a gramophone, gramophones)
1) An old machine for playing music from records, flat discs with grooves, often with a big horn to make the sound louder. - gramps noun (informal)
1) (informal) Grandfather; a friendly name for your grandad. 2) (informal, sometimes cheeky) A way of talking to or about any old man. - gran noun (gran, grans)
1) Gran is a friendly, informal word for grandmother. - granary noun (granaries)
a building or store room where grain such as wheat is kept after harvest - grand adjective (grand, grander, grandest); noun (a grand — plural also grand, informal)
Grand means big, impressive and splendid, like a grand palace. - grandad noun (a grandad, grandads; Grandad as a name)
Grandad is a friendly word for your grandfather, your mum's or dad's father. - grandchild noun (a grandchild, grandchildren)
1) A grandchild is a child of your son or daughter. 2) A grandchild can be a grandson (a boy) or a granddaughter (a girl). - granddad noun (a granddad, granddads; Granddad as a name)
1) Granddad is a friendly, informal word for grandfather, the father of your mother or father.
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