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- grind verb (grind, grinds, ground, grinding); noun (the grind)
To crush something into tiny pieces or powder, like grinding wheat into flour or coffee beans. - grinder noun (a grinder, grinders)
A machine or tool that crushes something into small bits or powder: a coffee grinder, a pepper grinder. - grindstone noun (grindstones)
A flat round stone that turns on an axle, used to sharpen tools such as axes and knives. - grinning verb, -ing form of grin (grin, grins, grinned, grinning); adjective (grinning)
1) Smiling widely, often showing the teeth. 2) (adjective) Having a big smile: «a grinning face». - griot noun (a griot, griots)
1) In West Africa, a traditional storyteller, singer, poet and historian who keeps the history of families and peoples alive by telling it… - grip noun (a grip, grips); verb (grip, grips, gripped, gripping)
1) To grip is to hold something very tightly. 2) A grip is a tight hold: Keep a firm grip on the rope. 3) A grip is the part of something… - gripping adjective (gripping); also the -ing form of the verb «grip» (grip, grips, gripped, gripping)
1) Very exciting and holding your attention, so you cannot stop reading or watching. 2) Holding something tightly (from the verb «grip»). - grisly adjective (grislier, grisliest)
Causing horror and disgust; very gruesome, often with death, blood or bones. Do not confuse with «grizzly» (a bear, or grey-haired). - grit noun (grit — uncountable); verb (grit, grits, gritted, gritting)
1) Tiny hard bits of stone or sand. 2) Courage and determination to keep going when things are hard. 3) To spread grit or salt on icy… - gritty adjective (gritty, grittier, grittiest); noun grit
Gritty means full of tiny hard bits like sand or small stones. - grizzly noun (a grizzly, grizzlies); adjective (grizzly, grizzled)
A grizzly, or grizzly bear, is a large brown bear of North America with a hump on its shoulders and grey-tipped fur. - groan verb (groan, groans, groaned, groaning); noun (a groan, groans)
To groan is to make a long, low sound because you are in pain, unhappy, bored or annoyed. - groats noun (plural only)
1) Hulled grain, such as oats, crushed and cooked as porridge. (old use) 2) An old English coin worth four pence. (old use) - grocer noun (a grocer, grocers)
A person who owns or runs a shop that sells food and things for the home, such as tea, sugar, tins and cleaning things. - grocery noun (grocery, groceries); adjective (grocery store, grocery list)
A grocery, or grocery store, is a shop that sells food and things for the home. - grommet noun (a grommet, grommets)
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… - groom noun (a groom, grooms); verb (groom, grooms, groomed, grooming)
A man on his wedding day, or a man who has just got married; also called the bridegroom. - grooming noun (grooming); also the -ing form of groom
Cleaning and brushing an animal's fur or coat. - groove noun (a groove, grooves; the groove); verb (groove, grooves, grooved, grooving — informal)
A groove is a long, narrow cut or channel in a surface, like the lines on a screw or a record. - groovy adjective (groovy, groovier, grooviest) — 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. - grope verb (gropes, groped, groping)
To feel about with the hands because you cannot see, searching for something. - groping verb (present participle of grope); adjective
1) Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see. 2) Searching slowly and uncertainly for a way. - gross adjective (gross, grosser, grossest); noun (gross — a dozen dozens; gross earnings); verb (gross, grosses, grossed — to earn in total)
Gross means disgusting, very unpleasant: «Ew, that's gross!». - grotesque adjective (more grotesque, most grotesque); noun (grotesques)
1) Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way. 2) A grotesque is a strange carved or painted figure. (noun) - grotto noun (grottoes or grottos)
A small cave, often a shady or decorated place, sometimes made in a garden. - ground noun (ground, grounds); verb (ground, grounds, grounded); also past of grind (grind, ground)
1) The surface of the Earth that you stand on. 2) Soil, earth: "The ground is hard." 3) An area of land used for something: "playground"… - groundhog noun (a groundhog, groundhogs)
1) A groundhog is a North American animal, a large brown rodent that lives in burrows and sleeps through the winter; it is also called a… - groundsman noun (a groundsman, groundsmen) — (UK)
1) (UK) A person whose job is to look after a sports field, park or school grounds: cutting grass, marking lines, caring for the pitch. - group noun (group, groups); verb (group, groups, grouped, grouping)
A group is a number of things or people that are together or belong together: a group of friends. - grouper noun (a grouper, groupers or grouper)
1) A grouper is a big, heavy sea fish with a wide mouth that lives in warm seas, often near coral reefs and rocks. - grouping noun (a grouping, groupings); verb form (group, groups, grouped, grouping)
A set of people or things that are put together because they are alike or work together. - grouse noun (a grouse, grouse — bird; a grouse, grouses — complaint); verb (grouse, grouses, groused, grousing); adjective (grouse — Australia, slang)
A grouse is a plump, brown wild bird with feathered legs that lives on moors and in forests. - grove noun (a grove, groves)
1) A small group of trees, or a small wood. 2) An orchard of fruit trees, such as an orange grove or olive grove. 3) Used in street names… - grovel verb (grovels, grovelled, grovelling; US groveled)
1) To lie or crawl low on the ground, especially to show fear or respect. 2) To beg or act very humbly to win favour. - grow verb (grow, grows, grew, grown, growing)
To grow is to get bigger or taller, like a child or a plant. - grower noun (a grower, growers)
A grower is a person or company that grows plants, fruit or vegetables to sell, such as a fruit grower or a flower grower. - growing verb form (present participle of grow); adjective (growing)
Growing means getting bigger or taller right now. - growl verb (growl, growls, growled, growling); noun (a growl, growls)
Of an animal like a dog, bear or lion, to make a low, rough, deep sound in the throat as a warning or because it is angry. - grown verb (past participle of grow: grow, grows, grew, grown, growing); adjective (grown — adult, fully developed)
The form of "grow" used after have/has/had or in the passive: "She has grown taller." "Rice is grown in China.". - grownup noun (a grownup, grownups; also grown-up); adjective (grown-up)
A grownup is an adult, a person who is fully grown. - growth noun (growth — uncountable; a growth, growths — a lump)
Getting bigger, taller or more developed: "a growth spurt". - groyne noun (a groyne, groynes); US spelling groin
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. - grub noun (a grub, grubs — larva; grub — uncountable, slang: food); verb (grub, grubs, grubbed, grubbing)
A grub is the young, worm-like form (larva) of some insects, especially beetles, which lives in soil or wood. - grubby adjective (grubby, grubbier, grubbiest)
1) Rather dirty, usually from mud, sweat or touching things. 2) (informal) Not quite honest or decent: a grubby little trick. - grudge noun (a grudge, grudges); verb (grudge, grudges, grudged, grudging)
A grudge is a feeling of anger or dislike you keep for a long time against someone who you think treated you badly. - gruel noun (no plural)
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) - gruesome adjective (more gruesome, most gruesome)
Horrible and disgusting, often involving blood, injury or death. - gruff adjective (gruff, gruffer, gruffest); adverb (gruffly)
1) (of a voice) Low, deep and rough. 2) (of a person) Rather unfriendly or impatient in the way they speak, though maybe kind underneath. - gruffly adverb
In a rough, deep, unfriendly voice. - grumble verb (grumble, grumbles, grumbled, grumbling); noun (a grumble, grumbles)
1) (verb) To complain in a low, unhappy voice. 2) (noun) A complaint. 3) (verb) To make a low rumbling sound: «My tummy grumbled»… - grumbler noun (a grumbler, grumblers)
1) A person who often grumbles: someone who complains in a low, unhappy voice about small things. - grumpiness noun (grumpiness — uncountable)
1) The state of being grumpy: in a bad, cross mood and easily annoyed. - grumpy adjective (grumpy, grumpier, grumpiest)
1) Grumpy means in a bad mood, easily annoyed and complaining a lot. - grunt verb (grunt, grunts, grunted, grunting); noun (a grunt, grunts)
To grunt is to make a short low sound in your throat, like a pig. - gryphon noun (a gryphon, gryphons); also spelt griffin or griffon
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. - gu fragment; (Mandarin, pinyin) syllable
1) Gu on its own is not an English word. 2) (Mandarin, pinyin) gu is a syllable with many meanings by tone: gǔ means old or ancient, bone… - guacamole noun (guacamole — uncountable)
1) A green dip or sauce from Mexico made of mashed avocado, usually with lime, onion, tomato, chilli and salt. - guanaco noun (a guanaco, guanacos)
1) A wild South American animal like a small, slim llama, with a light brown woolly coat, living in the Andes mountains and Patagonia. - guano noun (guano, uncountable)
Guano is the droppings of seabirds or bats, which pile up in huge amounts on rocks and in caves. - guarantee noun (guarantee, guarantees); verb (guarantee, guarantees, guaranteed, guaranteeing)
A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work. - guard noun (a guard, guards; guard — protection); verb (guard, guards, guarded, guarding)
A guard is a person whose job is to protect a place or people, or to watch prisoners. - guardian noun (guardian, guardians); adjective (guardian)
1) (law) A person who is legally responsible for looking after a child who is not their own, for example when the parents have died or… - guardianship noun (guardianship; no plural)
Guardianship is the job of looking after someone or something that cannot yet look after itself, such as a child, a treasure or a kingdom. - guardroom noun (a guardroom, guardrooms)
A room where soldiers or guards on duty stay, often near a gate. - guatemalan adjective (Guatemalan); noun (a Guatemalan, Guatemalans)
1) From or to do with Guatemala, a country in Central America, south of Mexico. 2) (noun) A person from Guatemala. - guava noun (a guava, guavas)
A tropical fruit, round or pear-shaped, with green or yellow skin and pink or white sweet flesh full of small seeds. - guerdon noun (guerdon, guerdons) (old use)
1) A guerdon is a reward or payment given for good work or service, in old stories. - guernsey noun (Guernsey; a guernsey, guernseys)
Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands, between England and France (a place name). - guess verb (guess, guesses, guessed, guessing); noun (guess, guesses)
To guess means to give an answer when you are not sure, without knowing all the facts. - guesser noun (a guesser, guessers)
A person who guesses, who gives an answer without knowing for sure. - guesswork noun (guesswork — uncountable)
1) Finding an answer by guessing, without enough facts or careful working out. - guest noun (guest, guests)
A guest is a person who is invited to your home, to a party or to an event. - guidance noun (uncountable)
Help and advice about what to do or how to behave. - guide noun (a guide, guides); verb (guide, guides, guided, guiding)
A person who shows people the way or shows them around a place and tells them about it (a tour guide). - guidebook noun (a guidebook, guidebooks)
1) A book that gives information to visitors about a place, such as a city, country, museum or castle, with maps, history and tips. - guild noun (guild, guilds)
A guild is a group of people who do the same craft or job and join together to help each other and keep up good standards. - guilt noun (guilt — uncountable)
The bad, uncomfortable feeling you have when you know you have done something wrong. - guiltless adjective (guiltless; more guiltless, most guiltless)
1) Guiltless means not to blame and having done no wrong. - guilty adjective (guilty, guiltier, guiltiest)
Feeling bad because you know you did something wrong. - guinea noun (a guinea, guineas); part of names (guinea pig, Guinea, New Guinea)
Guinea is most often heard in «guinea pig», a small furry pet rodent with no tail. - guinean adjective (Guinean); noun (a Guinean, Guineans)
From or to do with Guinea, a country in West Africa. - guinness proper noun (Guinness)
Guinness is a famous dark Irish beer (a stout) made in Dublin since 1759; it is an alcoholic drink for adults. - guise noun (guise, guises)
1) A guise is the outward form or appearance someone takes, often to hide who they really are. - guitar noun (guitar, guitars)
A guitar is a musical instrument with strings that you play with your fingers or a small pick. - guitarist noun (a guitarist, guitarists)
1) A person who plays the guitar. - gulch noun (gulch, gulches)
1) A gulch is a deep, narrow valley cut out by running water, found especially in the American west. - gulf noun (a gulf, gulfs)
A large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land, bigger than a bay (the Gulf of Mexico). - gull noun (a gull, gulls); verb (gull — old: to trick)
A large grey and white seabird with long wings and a loud cry, often seen at beaches and harbours; also called a seagull. - gullet noun (a gullet, gullets)
1) The tube that food goes down from the mouth to the stomach; the oesophagus. 2) The throat. - gully noun (gully, gullies)
1) A gully is a narrow channel or ditch cut into the ground by rain or running water. - gulp verb (gulp, gulps, gulped, gulping); noun (a gulp, gulps)
To swallow food or drink quickly in big mouthfuls. - gum noun (gum, gums; a piece of gum); verb (gum up — rare)
Gum, or chewing gum, is a soft sweet you chew for a long time but do not swallow. - gumdrop noun (a gumdrop, gumdrops)
A gumdrop is a small, soft, chewy sweet shaped like a little dome, usually coated in sugar and brightly coloured. - gummy adjective (gummy, gummier, gummiest); noun (a gummy, gummies)
1) Gummy means sticky like glue or gum. 2) A gummy smile shows a lot of gum (the pink part above the teeth), and a gummy baby has no teeth… - gun noun (a gun, guns); verb (gun, guns, gunned, gunning — informal)
A gun is a weapon that fires bullets or other objects through a metal tube using explosive force. - gunboat noun (a gunboat, gunboats)
A small warship with big guns, used especially on rivers or near the coast. - gunk noun (gunk — uncountable, informal)
1) (informal) Any thick, sticky, dirty or slimy stuff that you do not want, such as grease in a drain or goo on a shoe. - gunman noun (a gunman, gunmen)
1) A man who uses a gun to hurt people or commit a crime. - gunpowder noun (gunpowder, uncountable)
1) Gunpowder is a black powder that explodes when lit, made from saltpetre, charcoal and sulphur; it was used in old guns and cannons and… - gurgle verb (gurgle, gurgles, gurgled, gurgling); noun (a gurgle, gurgles)
To gurgle means for water or liquid to make a bubbling sound as it flows, like water going down a drain.
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