# dict

Words: gargoyle
Meaning:
gar.goyle\n   gargoyle  gargoyles\n  A gargoyle is a decorative stone carving on old buildings. It is usually shaped like the head of a strange and ugly creature, and water drains through it from the roof of the building.\n  N-COUNT


Words: garish
Meaning:
gar.ish\n   garish\n  You describe something as garish when you dislike it because it is very bright in an unattractive, showy way.\nThey climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.\n...the restaurant’s garish, illuminated signs.\n  ADJ  disapproval\n  = gaudy\n=>  gar.ish.ly\n...a garishly patterned three-piece suite.\n  ADV: ADV adj/-ed


Words: garland
Meaning:
gar.land\n   garland  garlands\n  A garland is a circular decoration made from flowers and leaves. People sometimes wear garlands of flowers on their heads or around their necks.\nThey wore garlands of summer flowers in their hair.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl, oft N of n


Words: garlic
Meaning:
gar.lic\n   garlic\n  Garlic is the small, white, round bulb of a plant that is related to the onion plant. Garlic has a very strong smell and taste and is used in cooking.\n...a clove of garlic.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: garlicky
Meaning:
gar.licky\n   garlicky\n  Something that is garlicky tastes or smells of garlic.\n...a garlicky salad.\n...garlicky breath.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: garment
Meaning:
gar.ment\n   garment  garments\n  A garment is a piece of clothing; used especially in contexts where you are talking about the manufacture or sale of clothes.\nMany of the garments have the customers’ name tags sewn into the linings.\n  N-COUNT


Words: garner
Meaning:
gar.ner\n   garner  garners  garnering  garnered\n  If someone has garnered something useful or valuable, they have gained it or collected it. (FORMAL)\nDurham had garnered three times as many votes as Carey...\nHe has garnered extensive support for his proposals...\n  VERB: V n, V n\n  = acquire


Words: garnet
Meaning:
gar.net\n   garnet  garnets\n  A garnet is a hard, shiny stone that is used in making jewellery. Garnets can be red, yellow, or green in colour.\n  N-COUNT


Words: garnish
Meaning:
gar.nish\n   garnish  garnishes  garnishing  garnished\n1. A garnish is a small amount of salad, herbs, or other food that is used to decorate cooked or prepared food.\n...a garnish of chopped raw onion, tomato and fresh coriander...\nReserve some watercress for garnish.\n  N-VAR\n\n2. If you garnish cooked or prepared food, you decorate it with a garnish.\nShe had finished the vegetables and was garnishing the roast.\n  VERB: V n


Words: garrison
Meaning:
gar.ri.son\n   garrison  garrisons  garrisoning  garrisoned\n1. A garrison is a group of soldiers whose task is to guard the town or building where they live.\n...a five-hundred man French army garrison.\n  N-COUNT-COLL\n\n2. A garrison is the buildings which the soldiers live in.\nThe approaches to the garrison have been heavily mined.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. To garrison a place means to put soldiers there in order to protect it. You can also say that soldiers are garrisoned in a place.\nBritish troops still garrisoned the country...\nNo other soldiers were garrisoned there.\n...the large, heavily garrisoned towns.\n  VERB: V n, be V-ed, V-ed


Words: garrotte
Meaning:
gar.rotte\n   garrotte  garrottes  garrotting  garrotted\n1. If someone is garrotted, they are killed by having something such as a piece of wire or cord pulled tightly round their neck.\nThe two guards had been garrotted.\n  VERB: be V-ed, also V n\n\n2. A garrotte is a piece of wire or cord used to garrotte someone.\n  N-COUNT


Words: garrulous
Meaning:
gar.ru.lous\n   garrulous\n  If you describe someone as garrulous, you mean that they talk a great deal, especially about unimportant things.\n...a garrulous old woman.\n  ADJ


Words: garter
Meaning:
gar.ter\n   garter  garters\n  A garter is a piece of elastic worn round the top of a stocking or sock in order to prevent it from slipping down.\n  N-COUNT


Words: garter belt
Meaning:
gar.ter belt\n   garter belt  garter belts\n  A garter belt is a piece of underwear for women that is used for holding up stockings. (AM; in BRIT, use suspender belt)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gas
Meaning:
gas  gases  gasses  gassing  gassed\n\n  The form gases is the plural of the noun. The form gasses is the third person singular of the verb.\n\n1. Gas is a substance like air that is neither liquid nor solid and burns easily. It is used as a fuel for cooking and heating.\nCoal is actually cheaper than gas...\nShell signed a contract to develop oil and gas reserves near Archangel.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. A gas is any substance that is neither liquid nor solid, for example oxygen or hydrogen.\nHelium is a very light gas.\n...a huge cloud of gas and dust from the volcanic eruption.\n  N-VAR\n\n3. Gas is a poisonous gas that can be used as a weapon.\n...mustard gas...\nThe problem was that the exhaust gases contain many toxins.\n  N-MASS\n\n4. Gas is a gas used for medical purposes, for example to make patients feel less pain or go to sleep during an operation. (INFORMAL)\n...an anaesthetic gas used by many dentists.\n  N-MASS\n\n5. Gas is the fuel which is used to drive motor vehicles. (AM; in BRIT, use petrol)\n...a tank of gas.\n...gas stations.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n  = gasoline\n6. To gas a person or animal means to kill them by making them breathe poisonous gas.\nHer husband ran a pipe from her car exhaust to the bedroom in an attempt to gas her.\n  VERB: V n\n\n7.\n  see also gas chamber, gas mask, greenhouse gas, laughing gas, natural gas, tear gas\n8. If you step on the gas when you are driving a vehicle, you go faster. (mainly AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, use step on it)\n  PHRASE: V inflects


Words: gas chamber
Meaning:
gas cham.ber\n   gas chamber  gas chambers\n  A gas chamber is a room that has been specially built so that it can be filled with poisonous gas in order to kill people or animals.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gas guzzler
Meaning:
gas guz.zler\n   gas guzzler  gas guzzlers   also gas-guzzler\n  If you say that a car is a gas guzzler you mean that it uses a lot of fuel and is not cheap to run. (AM INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gas mask
Meaning:
gas mask  gas masks\n  A gas mask is a device that you wear over your face in order to protect yourself from poisonous gases.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gas pedal
Meaning:
gas pe.dal\n   gas pedal  gas pedals\n  The gas pedal is another name for the accelerator. (mainly AM)\n  N-COUNT: usu the N


Words: gas ring
Meaning:
gas ring  gas rings\n  A gas ring is a metal device on top of a cooker or stove, where you can burn gas in order to cook food on it. (BRIT; in AM, use burner)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gas station
Meaning:
gas sta.tion\n   gas station  gas stations\n  A gas station is a place where you can buy fuel for your car. (AM; in BRIT, use petrol station)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gaseous
Meaning:
gas.eous\n   gaseous\n  You use gaseous to describe something which is in the form of a gas, rather than a solid or liquid.\nFreon exists both in liquid and gaseous states.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: gash
Meaning:
gash  gashes  gashing  gashed\n1. A gash is a long, deep cut in your skin or in the surface of something.\nThere was an inch-long gash just above his right eye.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you gash something, you accidentally make a long and deep cut in it.\nHe gashed his leg while felling trees.\n  VERB: V n


Words: gasket
Meaning:
gas.ket\n   gasket  gaskets\n  A gasket is a flat piece of soft material that you put between two joined surfaces in a pipe or engine in order to make sure that gas and oil cannot escape.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gaslight
Meaning:
gas.light\n   gaslight  gaslights   also gas light\n  A gaslight is a lamp that produces light by burning gas.\n  N-COUNT\n\n  Gaslight is also the light that the lamp produces.\nHe would show his collection by gaslight.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gasman
Meaning:
gas.man\n   gasman  gasmen\n  The gasman is a man who works for a gas company, repairing gas appliances in people’s houses, or checking how much gas they have used. (BRIT INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT: usu the N in sing


Words: gasp
Meaning:
gasp  gasps  gasping  gasped\n1. A gasp is a short quick breath of air that you take in through your mouth, especially when you are surprised, shocked, or in pain.\nAn audible gasp went round the court as the jury announced the verdict...\nShe gave a small gasp of pain.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp\n\n2. When you gasp, you take a short quick breath through your mouth, especially when you are surprised, shocked, or in pain.\nShe gasped for air and drew in a lungful of water...\nI heard myself gasp and cry out.\n  VERB: V for n, V, also V with quote\n\n3. You describe something as the last gasp to emphasize that it is the final part of something or happens at the last possible moment.\n...the last gasp of a dying system of censorship...\n  PHRASE: usu PHR of n, PHR n  emphasis


Words: gassy
Meaning:
gas.sy\n   gassy  gassier  gassiest\n  Something that is gassy contains a lot of bubbles or gas.\nThe champagne was sweet and too gassy.\n  ADJ


Words: gastric
Meaning:
gas.tric\n   gastric\n  You use gastric to describe processes, pain, or illnesses that occur in someone’s stomach. (MEDICAL)\nHe suffered from diabetes and gastric ulcers.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gastroenteritis
Meaning:
gas.tro.en.teri.tis\n   gastroenteritis   also gastro-enteritis\n  Gastroenteritis is an illness in which the lining of your stomach and intestines becomes swollen and painful. (MEDICAL)\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gastrointestinal
Meaning:
gas.tro.in.tes.ti.nal\n   gastrointestinal\n  Gastrointestinal means relating to the stomach and intestines. (MEDICAL)\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gastronome
Meaning:
gas.tro.nome\n   gastronome  gastronomes\n  A gastronome is someone who enjoys preparing and eating good food, especially unusual or expensive food. (FORMAL)\n  N-COUNT\n  = gourmet


Words: gastronomic
Meaning:
gas.tro.nom.ic\n   gastronomic\n  Gastronomic is used to describe things that are concerned with good food. (FORMAL)\nParis is the gastronomic capital of the world...\nShe is sampling gastronomic delights along the Riviera.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gastronomy
Meaning:
gas.trono.my\n   gastronomy\n  Gastronomy is the activity and knowledge involved in preparing and appreciating good food. (FORMAL)\nBurgundy has always been considered a major centre of gastronomy.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gasworks
Meaning:
gas.works\n   gasworks  gasworks   also gas works\n  A gasworks is a factory where gas is made, usually from coal, so that it can be used as a fuel.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gate
Meaning:
gate  gates\n1. A gate is a structure like a door which is used at the entrance to a field, a garden, or the grounds of a building.\nHe opened the gate and started walking up to the house.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. In an airport, a gate is a place where passengers leave the airport and get on their aeroplane.\nPassengers with hand luggage can go straight to the departure gate to check in there.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. Gate is used in the names of streets in Britain that are in a place where there once was a gate into a city.\n...9 Palace Gate.\n  N-IN-NAMES\n\n4. The gate at a sporting event such as a football match or baseball game is the total number of people who attend it.\nTheir average gate is less than 23,000.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gate money
Meaning:
gate mon.ey\n   gate money\n  Gate money is the total amount of money that is paid by the people who go to a sports match or other event. (mainly BRIT)\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gateau
Meaning:
ga.teau\n   gateau  gateaux\n  A gateau is a very rich, elaborate cake, especially one with cream in it. (mainly BRIT)\n...a large slice of gateau.\n...a huge selection of gateaux, cakes and pastries.\n  N-VAR


Words: gatecrash
Meaning:
gate.crash\n   gatecrash  gatecrashes  gatecrashing  gatecrashed\n  If someone gatecrashes a party or other social event, they go to it, even though they have not been invited.\nScores of people tried desperately to gatecrash the party...\nHe had gatecrashed but he was with other people we knew and there was no problem.\n  VERB: V n, V\n\n=>  gate.crash.er      gatecrashers\nPanic set in as gatecrashers tried to force their way through the narrow doors and corridors.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gated community
Meaning:
gat.ed com.mu.nity\n   gated community  gated communities\n  A gated community is an area of houses and sometimes shops that is surrounded by a wall or fence and has an entrance that is guarded. (mainly AM)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gatehouse
Meaning:
gate.house\n   gatehouse  gatehouses\n  A gatehouse is a small house next to a gate on the edge of a park or country estate.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gatekeeper
Meaning:
gate.keeper\n   gatekeeper  gatekeepers\n  A gatekeeper is a person who is in charge of a gate and who allows people through it.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gatepost
Meaning:
gate.post\n   gatepost  gateposts\n  A gatepost is a post in the ground which a gate is hung from, or which it is fastened to when it is closed.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gateway
Meaning:
gate.way\n   gateway  gateways\n1. A gateway is an entrance where there is a gate.\nHe walked across the park and through a gateway.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A gateway to somewhere is a place which you go through because it leads you to a much larger place.\nLyons is the gateway to the Alps for motorists driving out from Britain.\n  N-COUNT: usu N to n\n\n3. If something is a gateway to a job, career, or other activity, it gives you the opportunity to make progress or get further success in that activity.\nThe prestigious title offered a gateway to success in the highly competitive world of modelling.\n  N-COUNT: with supp, usu N to n\n\n4. In computing, a gateway connects different computer networks so that information can be passed between them. (COMPUTING)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gateway drug
Meaning:
gate.way drug\n   gateway drug gateway drugs\n  A gateway drug is a drug such as cannabis that is believed by some people to lead to the use of more harmful drugs such as heroin or cocaine.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gather
Meaning:
gath.er\n   gather  gathers  gathering  gathered\n1. If people gather somewhere or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group.\nIn the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked...\nThe man signalled for me to gather the children together.\n  VERB: V prep/adv, V n with together\n  = assemble, collect\n2. If you gather things, you collect them together so that you can use them.\nI suggest we gather enough firewood to last the night...\nShe stood up and started gathering her things together.\n  VERB: V n, V n together\n  = collect\n  Gather up means the same as gather.\nWhen Sutcliffe had gathered up his papers, he went out...\nHe gathered the leaves up off the ground.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P\n\n3. If you gather information or evidence, you collect it, especially over a period of time and after a lot of hard work.\n...a private detective using a hidden tape recorder to gather information...\n  VERB: V n\n  = collect, amass\n4. If something gathers speed, momentum, or force, it gradually becomes faster or more powerful.\nDemands for his dismissal have gathered momentum in recent weeks...\nThe raft gathered speed as the current dragged it toward the falls.\n  VERB: V n, V n\n  = gain\n5. When you gather something such as your strength, courage, or thoughts, you make an effort to prepare yourself to do something.\nYou must gather your strength for the journey.\n  VERB: V n\n  = muster\n  Gather up means the same as gather.\nShe was gathering up her courage to approach him when he called to her.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P\n\n6. You use gather in expressions such as `I gather’ and `as far as I can gather’ to introduce information that you have found out, especially when you have found it out in an indirect way.\nI gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge...\n`He speaks English,’ she said to Graham. `I gathered that.’...\nFrom what I could gather, he was trying to raise money by organising festivals.\n  VERB: V that, V n, V n\n\n7.\nto gather dust: see dust


Words: gatherer
Meaning:
gath.er.er\n   gatherer  gatherers\n  A gatherer is someone who collects or gathers a particular thing.\n...professional intelligence gatherers.\n  N-COUNT: usu n N


Words: gathering
Meaning:
gath.er.ing\n   gathering  gatherings\n1. A gathering is a group of people meeting together for a particular purpose.\n...the twenty-second annual gathering of the South Pacific Forum.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If there is gathering darkness, the light is gradually decreasing, usually because it is nearly night.\nThe lighthouse beam was quite distinct in the gathering dusk.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n  see also gather


Words: gauche
Meaning:
gauche\n  If you describe someone as gauche, you mean that they are awkward and uncomfortable in the company of other people.\nWe’re all a bit gauche when we’re young...\nShe was a rather gauche, provincial creature.\n  ADJ\n  = awkward


Words: gaudy
Meaning:
gaudy  gaudier  gaudiest\n  If something is gaudy, it is very brightly-coloured and showy.\n...her gaudy orange-and-purple floral hat.\n  ADJ  disapproval\n  = garish


Words: gauge
Meaning:
gauge  gauges  gauging  gauged\n1. If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind.\nHe gauged the wind at over thirty knots...\nDistance is gauged by journey time rather than miles.\n  VERB: V n, V n\n\n2. A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured.\n...temperature gauges.\n...pressure gauges.\n  N-COUNT: oft n N\n\n3. If you gauge people’s actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them.\n...as he gauged possible enemy moves and his own responses...\n  VERB: V n\n  = assess\n4. A gauge of someone’s feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them.\nThe index is the government’s chief gauge of future economic activity.\n  N-SING: usu N of n\n  = measure\n5. A gauge is the distance between the two rails on a railway line.\n...a narrow gauge railway.\n  N-COUNT: usu n N\n\n6. A gauge is the thickness of something, especially metal or wire.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gaunt
Meaning:
gaunt\n1. If someone looks gaunt, they look very thin, usually because they have been very ill or worried.\nLooking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.\n  ADJ\n  = drawn\n2. If you describe a building as gaunt, you mean it is very plain and unattractive. (LITERARY)\nAbove on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gauntlet
Meaning:
gaunt.let\n   gauntlet  gauntlets\n1. Gauntlets are long, thick, protective gloves.\n...a pair of black leather driving gauntlets.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl\n\n2. If you pick up the gauntlet or take up the gauntlet, you accept the challenge that someone has made.\nShe picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference...\nWhoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n3. If you run the gauntlet, you go through an unpleasant experience in which a lot of people criticize or attack you.\nThe trucks tried to drive to the British base, running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR of n\n\n4. If you throw down the gauntlet to someone, you say or do something that challenges them to argue or compete with you.\nLuxury car firm Jaguar has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors by giving the best guarantee on the market.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to n


Words: gauze
Meaning:
gauze\n  Gauze is a type of light, soft cloth with tiny holes in it.\nStrain the juice through a piece of gauze or a sieve.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gauzy
Meaning:
gauzy\n  Gauzy material is light, soft, and thin, so that you can see through it.\n...thin, gauzy curtains.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gavel
Meaning:
gav.el\n   gavel  gavels\n  A gavel is a small wooden hammer that the person in charge of a law court, an auction, or a meeting bangs on a table to get people’s attention.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing, oft poss N


Words: gawd
Meaning:
gawd\n  Gawd is used to represent the word `God’ pronounced in a particular accent or tone of voice, especially to show that someone is bored, irritated, or shocked. (INFORMAL, WRITTEN)\nI thought, oh my gawd!\n  EXCLAM


Words: gawk
Meaning:
gawk  gawks  gawking  gawked\n  To gawk at someone or something means to stare at them in a rude, stupid, or unthinking way. (INFORMAL)\nThe youth continued to gawk at her and did not answer...\nTens of thousands came to gawk.\n  VERB: V at n, V


Words: gawky
Meaning:
gawky\n  If you describe someone, especially a young person, as gawky, you mean they are awkward and clumsy.\n...a gawky lad with spots.\n  ADJ\n  = gangling


Words: gawp
Meaning:
gawp  gawps  gawping  gawped\n  To gawp means the same as to gawk. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nAt weekends the roads are jammed with holidaymakers coming to gawp at the parade...\nThorpe could only stand and gawp.\n  VERB: V at n, V


Words: gay
Meaning:
gay  gays  gayer  gayest\n1. A gay person is homosexual.\nThe quality of life for gay men has improved over the last two decades.\n...the gay community.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  !=straight\n  Gays are homosexual people, especially homosexual men.\nMore importantly, gays have proved themselves to be style leaders.\n  N-PLURAL\n\n=>  gay.ness\n...Mike’s admission of his gayness.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. A gay person is fun to be with because they are lively and cheerful. (OLD-FASHIONED)\nI am happy and free, in good health, gay and cheerful.\n  ADJ\n\n3. A gay object is brightly coloured and pretty to look at. (OLD-FASHIONED)\nI like gay, relaxing paintings.\n  ADJ\n  = cheerful


Words: gaze
Meaning:
gaze  gazes  gazing  gazed\n1. If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.\nShe stood gazing at herself in the mirror...\nSitting in his wicker chair, he gazed reflectively at the fire...\n  VERB: V at n, V at n\n\n2. You can talk about someone’s gaze as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it. (WRITTEN)\nShe felt increasingly uncomfortable under the woman’s steady gaze...\nThe interior was shielded from the curious gaze of passersby.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with poss\n\n3. If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.\nYou won’t find a couple more in the public gaze than Michael and Lizzie.\n  PHRASE: oft v-link PHR


Words: gazebo
Meaning:
ga.zebo\n   gazebo  gazebos\n  A gazebo is a small building with open sides. Gazebos are often put up in gardens so that people can sit in them to enjoy the view.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gazelle
Meaning:
ga.zelle\n   gazelle  gazelles\n  A gazelle is a type of small African or Asian deer. Gazelles move very quickly and gracefully.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gazette
Meaning:
ga.zette\n   gazette  gazettes\n1. Gazette is often used in the names of newspapers.\n...the Arkansas Gazette.\n  N-IN-NAMES: n N\n\n2. In Britain, a gazette is an official publication in which information such as honours, public appointments, and important decisions are announced.\n  N-COUNT: oft adj N


Words: gazetteer
Meaning:
gaz.et.teer\n   gazetteer  gazetteers\n  A gazetteer is a book or a part of a book which lists and describes places.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gazump
Meaning:
ga.zump\n   gazump  gazumps  gazumping  gazumped\n  If you are gazumped by someone, they agree to sell their house to you, but then sell it to someone else who offers to pay a higher price. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nIn France you cannot be gazumped...\n  VERB: usu passive, be V-ed\n\n=>  ga.zump.ing\nDuring the 1980s property boom, gazumping was common.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: GCSE
Meaning:
GCSE  GCSEs\n  GCSEs are British educational qualifications which schoolchildren take when they are fifteen or sixteen years old. GCSE is an abbreviation for `General Certificate of Secondary Education’.\nShe quit school as soon as she had taken her GCSEs.\n...GCSE candidates.\n  N-VAR


Words: gdn
Meaning:
gdn gdns\n  gdn is a written abbreviation for garden, for example in addresses, or in advertisements for houses that are for sale.\nThe Piazza, Covent Gdn, WC2.\n...flat, private gdn, close to station.


Words: GDP
Meaning:
GDP  GDPs\n  In economics, a country’s GDP is the total value of goods and services produced within a country in a year, not including its income from investments in other countries. GDP is an abbreviation for `gross domestic product’. Compare GNP.\n  N-VAR


Words: gear
Meaning:
gear  gears  gearing  geared\n1. The gears on a machine or vehicle are a device for changing the rate at which energy is changed into motion.\nOn hills, he must use low gears...\nThe car was in fourth gear...\nHe put the truck in gear and drove on.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. The gear involved in a particular activity is the equipment or special clothing that you use.\nAbout 100 officers in riot gear were needed to break up the fight.\n...fishing gear...\nThey helped us put our gear back into the van.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3. Gear means clothing. (INFORMAL)\nI used to wear trendy gear but it just looked ridiculous.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n4. If someone or something is geared to or towards a particular purpose, they are organized or designed in order to achieve that purpose.\nColleges are not always geared to the needs of mature students...\nMy training was geared towards winning gold in Munich.\n  V-PASSIVE: be V-ed to n, be V-ed towards -ing


Words: gear lever
Meaning:
gear lev.er\n   gear lever  gear levers   or gear stick\n  A gear lever or a gear stick is the lever that you use to change gear in a car or other vehicle. (BRIT; in AM, usually use gearshift)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gear up
Meaning:
gear up\n  If someone is gearing up for a particular activity, they are preparing to do it. If they are geared up to do a particular activity, they are prepared to do it.\n...another indication that the Government is gearing up for an election...\nThe factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day.\n  PHRASAL VERB: usu passive, V P for/to n, be V-ed P to-inf


Words: gearbox
Meaning:
gear.box\n   gearbox  gearboxes\n  A gearbox is the system of gears in an engine or vehicle.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gearshift
Meaning:
gear.shift\n   gearshift  gearshifts   also gear shift\n  In a vehicle, the gearshift is the same as the gear lever. (mainly AM)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gee
Meaning:
gee\n  People sometimes say gee to emphasize a reaction or remark. (AM INFORMAL)\nGee, it’s hot...\nGee thanks, Stan.\n  EXCLAM  emphasis


Words: gee whiz
Meaning:
gee whiz   also gee whizz\n1. People sometimes say gee whiz in order to express a strong reaction to something or to introduce a remark or response. (AM INFORMAL)\nGee whiz, they carried on and on, they loved the evening.\n  EXCLAM  feelings\n\n2. You use gee whiz to describe something that is new, exciting, and impressive, but that is perhaps more complicated or showy than it needs to be. (mainly AM INFORMAL)\nThe trend now is towards `lifestyle’ electronics.black, shiny gee-whiz things that people like to own.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: geek
Meaning:
geek  geeks\n  If you call someone, usually a man or boy, a geek, you are saying in an unkind way that they are stupid, awkward, or weak. (INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT  disapproval\n  = nerd


Words: geezer
Meaning:
gee.zer\n   geezer  geezers\n  Some people use geezer to refer to a man. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)\n...an old bald geezer in a posh raincoat.\n  N-COUNT\n  = bloke


Words: Geiger counter
Meaning:
Geiger coun.ter\n   Geiger counter  Geiger counters\n  A Geiger counter is a device which finds and measures radioactivity.\n  N-COUNT


Words: geisha
Meaning:
gei.sha\n   geisha  geishas\n  A geisha is a Japanese woman who is specially trained in music, dancing, and the art of conversation. Her job is to entertain men.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gel
Meaning:
gel  gels  gelling  gelled\n\n  The spelling jell is usually used in American English and is sometimes used in British English for meanings 1 and 2.\n\n1. If people gel with each other, or if two groups of people gel, they work well together because their skills and personalities fit together well.\nThey have gelled very well with the rest of the side...\nThere were signs on Saturday that the team is starting to gel at last...\nTheir partnership gelled and scriptwriting for television followed.\n  V-RECIP: V with n, V, V (non-recip)\n\n2. If a vague shape, thought, or creation gels, it becomes clearer or more definite.\nEven if her interpretation has not yet gelled into a satisfying whole, she displays real musicianship...\nIt was not until 1974 that his ability to write gelled again.\n  VERB: V into n, V\n\n3. Gel is a thick jelly-like substance, especially one used to keep your hair in a particular style.\n  N-MASS


Words: gelatine
Meaning:
gela.tine\n   gelatine  gelatines   also gelatin\n  Gelatine is a clear tasteless powder that is used to make liquids become firm, for example when you are making desserts such as jelly.\n  N-MASS


Words: gelatinous
Meaning:
ge.lati.nous\n   gelatinous\n  Gelatinous substances or mixtures are wet and sticky.\nPour a cup of the gelatinous mixture into the blender.\n  ADJ


Words: gem
Meaning:
gem  gems\n1. A gem is a jewel or stone that is used in jewellery.\n...a gold mask inset with emeralds and other gems.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you describe something or someone as a gem, you mean that they are especially pleasing, good, or helpful. (INFORMAL)\n...a gem of a hotel, Castel Clara...\nMiss Famous, as she was called, was a gem.\n  N-COUNT: oft N of n


Words: Gemini
Meaning:
Gemi.ni\n   Gemini  Geminis\n1. Gemini is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a pair of twins. People who are born approximately between 21st May and 20th June come under this sign.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. A Gemini is a person whose sign of the zodiac is Gemini.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gemstone
Meaning:
gem.stone\n   gemstone  gemstones\n  A gemstone is a jewel or stone used in jewellery.\n  N-COUNT\n  = gem


Words: Gen.
Meaning:
Gen. is a written abbreviation for General.\nGen. de Gaulle sensed that nuclear weapons would fundamentally change the nature of international relations.


Words: gender
Meaning:
gen.der\n   gender  genders\n1. A person’s gender is the fact that they are male or female.\nWomen are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.\n...groups that are traditionally discriminated against on grounds of gender, colour, race, or age.\n  N-VAR\n  = sex\n2. You can refer to all male people or all female people as a particular gender.\nWhile her observations may be true about some men, they could hardly apply to the entire gender.\n...the different abilities and skills of the two genders.\n  N-COUNT\n  = sex\n3. In grammar, the gender of a noun, pronoun, or adjective is whether it is masculine, feminine, or neuter. A word’s gender can affect its form and behaviour. In English, only personal pronouns such as `she’, reflexive pronouns such as `itself’, and possessive determiners such as `his’ have gender.\nIn both Welsh and Irish the word for `moon’ is of feminine gender.\n  N-VAR


Words: gender-bender
Meaning:
gender-bender  gender-benders\n  People sometimes use gender-bender to refer to a man who dresses or behaves like a woman, or a woman who dresses or behaves like a man. (INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT  disapproval\n\n=>  gender-bending\n...a gender-bending production of the ballet Swan Lake with lines of male swans.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gene
Meaning:
gene  genes\n  A gene is the part of a cell in a living thing which controls its physical characteristics, growth, and development.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gene therapy
Meaning:
gene thera.py\n   gene therapy\n  Gene therapy is the use of genetic material to treat disease.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: genealogy
Meaning:
ge.neal.ogy\n   genealogy\n  Genealogy is the study of the history of families, especially through studying historical documents to discover the relationships between particular people and their families.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n=>  ge.nea.logi.cal\n...genealogical research on his family.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: general
Meaning:
gen.er.al\n   general  generals\n1. A general is a high-ranking officer in the armed forces, usually in the army.\nThe General’s visit to Sarajevo is part of preparations for the deployment of extra troops.\n  N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC\n\n2. If you talk about the general situation somewhere or talk about something in general terms, you are describing the situation as a whole rather than considering its details or exceptions.\nThe figures represent a general decline in employment.\n...the general deterioration of English society.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n  If you describe something in general terms, you describe it without giving details.\nShe recounted in very general terms some of the events of recent months.\n  PHRASE\n\n3. You use general to describe several items or activities when there are too many of them or when they are not important enough to mention separately.\n.2,500 for software is soon swallowed up in general costs...\nHis firm took over the planting and general maintenance of the park last March.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n4. You use general to describe something that involves or affects most people, or most people in a particular group.\nThe project should raise general awareness about bullying.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n5. If you describe something as general, you mean that it is not restricted to any one thing or area.\n...a general ache radiating from the back of the neck.\n...a general sense of well-being.\n...raising the level of general physical fitness.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n6. General is used to describe a person’s job, usually as part of their title, to indicate that they have complete responsibility for the administration of an organization or business. (BUSINESS)\nHe joined Sanders Roe, moving on later to become General Manager.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n7.\n  see also generally\n8. You use in general to indicate that you are talking about something as a whole, rather than about part of it.\nI think we need to improve our educational system in general...\nShe had a confused idea of life in general.\n  PHRASE: n PHR\n\n9. You say in general to indicate that you are referring to most people or things in a particular group.\nPeople in general will support us...\nShe enjoys a sterling reputation in law enforcement circles and among the community in general.\n  PHRASE: n PHR\n\n10. You say in general to indicate that a statement is true in most cases.\nIn general, it was the better-educated voters who voted Yes in the referendum.\n  PHRASE: PHR with cl\n  = on the whole


Words: general election
Meaning:
gen.er.al elec.tion\n   general election  general elections\n1. In Britain, a general election is an election where everyone votes for people to represent them in Parliament.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. In the United States, a general election is a local, state, or national election where the candidates have been selected by a primary election. Compare primary.\n  N-COUNT


Words: general knowledge
Meaning:
gen.er.al knowl.edge\n   general knowledge\n  General knowledge is knowledge about many different things, as opposed to detailed knowledge about one particular subject.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: general practice
Meaning:
gen.er.al prac.tice\n   general practice  general practices\n1. When a doctor is in general practice, he or she treats sick people at a surgery or office, or visits them at home, and does not specialize in a particular type of medicine.\nIn recent years, doctors have been trained specifically for general practice.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n  General practice is also a noun.\nThe sample was selected from the medical records of two general practices.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. When lawyers deal with all kinds of legal matters, rather than specializing in one kind of law, you can say they have a general practice or are in general practice. (mainly AM)\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: general practitioner
Meaning:
gen.er.al prac.ti.tion.er\n   general practitioner  general practitioners\n  A general practitioner is the same as a GP. (BRIT FORMAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: general public
Meaning:
gen.er.al pub.lic\n   general public\n  You can refer to the people in a society as the general public, especially when you are contrasting people in general with a small group.\nThese charities depend on the compassionate feelings and generosity of the general public...\nUnemployment is 10 percent among the general public and about 40 percent among North African immigrants.\n  N-SING-COLL: the N


Words: general strike
Meaning:
gen.er.al strike\n   general strike  general strikes\n  A general strike is a situation where most or all of the workers in a country are on strike and are refusing to work.\n  N-COUNT


Words: generality
Meaning:
gen.er.al.ity\n   generality  generalities\n1. A generality is a general statement that covers a range of things, rather than being concerned with specific instances. (FORMAL)\nI’ll start with some generalities and then examine a few specific examples...\nHe avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. The generality of a statement or description is the fact that it is a general one, rather than a specific, detailed one.\nThat there are problems with this kind of definition is hardly surprising, given its level of generality.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: generalization
Meaning:
gen.er.ali.za.tion\n   generalization  generalizations\nin BRIT, also use generalisation\n  A generalization is a statement that seems to be true in most situations or for most people, but that may not be completely true in all cases.\nHe is making sweeping generalisations to get his point across...\nThe evaluation of conduct involves some amount of generalization.\n  N-VAR


Words: generalize
Meaning:
gen.er.al.ize\n   generalize  generalizes  generalizing  generalized\nin BRIT, also use generalise\n1. If you generalize, you say something that seems to be true in most situations or for most people, but that may not be completely true in all cases.\n`In my day, children were a lot better behaved’..`It’s not true, you’re generalizing’...\nIt’s hard to generalize about Cole Porter because he wrote so many great songs that were so varied.\n  VERB: V, V prep\n\n2. If you generalize something such as an idea, you apply it more widely than its original context, as if it was true in many other situations.\nA child first labels the household pet cat as a `cat’ and then generalises this label to other animals that look like it.\n  VERB: V n across/to n


Words: generalized
Meaning:
gen.er.al.ized\n   generalized\nin BRIT, also use generalised\n1. Generalized means involving many different things, rather than one or two specific things.\n...a generalised discussion about admirable singers.\n...generalised feelings of inadequacy.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  = general  !=specific\n2. You use generalized to describe medical conditions or problems which affect the whole of someone’s body, or the whole of a part of their body. (MEDICAL)\nShe experienced an increase in generalized aches and pains.\n...generalised muscle disorders.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: generally
Meaning:
gen.er.al.ly\n   generally\n1. You use generally to give a summary of a situation, activity, or idea without referring to the particular details of it.\nUniversity teachers generally have admitted a lack of enthusiasm about their subjects...\nSpeaking generally, the space enterprise has served astronomy well.\n  ADV: ADV with cl/group, ADV with v\n\n2. You use generally to say that something happens or is used on most occasions but not on every occasion.\nAs women we generally say and feel too much about these things...\nIt is generally true that the darker the fruit the higher its iron content...\nThe warmer a place is, generally speaking, the more types of plants and animals it will usually support.\n  ADV: ADV with cl/group, ADV with v\n  = usually


Words: generate
Meaning:
gen.er.ate\n   generate  generates  generating  generated\n1. To generate something means to cause it to begin and develop.\nThe Employment Minister said the reforms would generate new jobs.\n...the excitement generated by the changes in Eastern Europe.\n  VERB: V n, V-ed\n  = create\n2. To generate a form of energy or power means to produce it.\nThe company, New England Electric, burns coal to generate power.\n  VERB: V n


Words: generation
Meaning:
gen.era.tion\n   generation  generations\n1. A generation is all the people in a group or country who are of a similar age, especially when they are considered as having the same experiences or attitudes.\n...the younger generation of Party members...\nDavid Mamet has long been considered the leading American playwright of his generation.\n  N-COUNT: with supp\n\n2. A generation is the period of time, usually considered to be about thirty years, that it takes for children to grow up and become adults and have children of their own.\nWithin a generation flight has become the method used by many travellers.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. You can use generation to refer to a stage of development in the design and manufacture of machines or equipment.\n...a new generation of IBM/Apple computers.\n  N-COUNT: N of n\n\n4. Generation is used to indicate how long members of your family have had a particular nationality. For example, second generation means that you were born in the country you live in, but your parents were not.\n...second generation Asians in Britain...\n  ADJ: ord ADJ n\n\n5. Generation is also the production of a form of energy or power from fuel or another source of power such as water.\nJapan has announced plans for a sharp rise in its nuclear power generation.\n  N-UNCOUNT: with supp


Words: generation gap
Meaning:
gen.era.tion gap\n   generation gap  generation gaps\n  If you refer to the generation gap, you are referring to a difference in attitude and behaviour between older people and younger people, which may cause them to argue or may prevent them from understanding each other fully.\n  N-COUNT


Words: generational
Meaning:
gen.era.tion.al\n   generational\n  Generational means relating to a particular generation, or to the relationship between particular generations.\nPeople’s lifestyles are usually fixed by generational habits and fashions.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: generative
Meaning:
gen.era.tive\n   generative\n1. If something is generative, it is capable of producing something or causing it to develop. (FORMAL)\n...the generative power of the sun.\n  ADJ\n\n2. In linguistics, generative is used to describe linguistic theories or models which are based on the idea that a single set of rules can explain how all the possible sentences of a language are formed. (TECHNICAL)\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: generator
Meaning:
gen.era.tor\n   generator  generators\n1. A generator is a machine which produces electricity.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A generator of something is a person, organization, product, or situation which produces it or causes it to happen.\nThe US economy is still an impressive generator of new jobs...\nThe company has been a very good cash generator.\n  N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n


Words: generic
Meaning:
ge.ner.ic\n   generic  generics\n1. You use generic to describe something that refers or relates to a whole class of similar things.\nParmesan is a generic term used to describe a family of hard Italian cheeses.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  !=specific\n=>  ge.neri.cal.ly\nI will refer to child abuse generically (which includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect).\n...something generically called `rock `n’ roll’.\n  ADV: usu ADV after v, ADV -ed/adj, also ADV with cl\n\n2. A generic drug or other product is one that does not have a trademark and that is known by a general name, rather than the manufacturer’s name.\nThey encourage doctors to prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  !=branded\n  Generic is also a noun.\nThe program saved $11 million in 1988 by substituting generics for brand-name drugs.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. People sometimes use generic to refer to something that is exactly typical of the kind of thing mentioned, and that has no special or unusual characteristics.\n...generic California apartments, the kind that have white walls and white drapes and were built five years ago.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n  = archetypal


Words: generosity
Meaning:
gen.er.os.ity\n   generosity\n  If you refer to someone’s generosity, you mean that they are generous, especially in doing or giving more than is usual or expected.\nThere are stories about his generosity, the massive amounts of money he gave to charities.\n...a man of great generosity of spirit.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n  !=meanness


Words: generous
Meaning:
gen.er.ous\n   generous\n1. A generous person gives more of something, especially money, than is usual or expected.\nGerman banks are more generous in their lending...\nThe gift is generous by any standards.\n  ADJ\n  !=mean\n=>  gen.er.ous.ly\nWe would like to thank all the judges who gave so generously of their time.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n2. A generous person is friendly, helpful, and willing to see the good qualities in someone or something.\nHe was always generous in sharing his enormous knowledge...\nHe was generous enough to congratulate his successor on his decision.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gen.er.ous.ly\nThe students generously gave them instruction in social responsibility.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n3. A generous amount of something is much larger than is usual or necessary.\n...a generous six weeks of annual holiday...\nHe should be able to keep his room tidy with the generous amount of storage space.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gen.er.ous.ly\n...a generously sized sitting room...\nSeason the steaks generously with salt and pepper.\n  ADV: ADV -ed, ADV after v


Words: genesis
Meaning:
gen.esis\n   genesis\n  The genesis of something is its beginning, birth, or creation. (FORMAL)\nThe project had its genesis two years earlier...\n  N-SING: usu with poss\n  = origin


Words: genetic
Meaning:
ge.net.ic\n\n  You use genetic to describe something that is concerned with genetics or with genes.\nCystic fibrosis is the most common fatal genetic disease in the United States.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  ge.neti.cal.ly\nSome people are genetically predisposed to diabetes.\n  ADV: usu ADV adj


Words: genetic engineering
Meaning:
ge.net.ic en.gi.neer.ing\n   genetic engineering\n  Genetic engineering is the science or activity of changing the genetic structure of an animal, plant, or other organism in order to make it stronger or more suitable for a particular purpose.\nScientists have used genetic engineering to protect tomatoes against the effects of freezing.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: genetic fingerprinting
Meaning:
ge.net.ic finger.print.ing\n   genetic fingerprinting\n  Genetic fingerprinting is a method of identifying people using the genetic material in their bodies.\n  N-SING


Words: genetically modified
Meaning:
ge.neti.cal.ly modi.fied\n   genetically modified\n  Genetically modified plants and animals have had one or more genes changed, for example so that they resist pests and diseases better. Genetically modified food contains ingredients made from genetically modified plants or animals. The abbreviation GM is often used.\nTop supermarkets are to ban many genetically modified foods.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: geneticist
Meaning:
ge.neti.cist\n   geneticist  geneticists\n  A geneticist is a person who studies or specializes in genetics.\n  N-COUNT


Words: genetics
Meaning:
ge.net.ics\n   genetics\n  Genetics is the study of heredity and how qualities and characteristics are passed on from one generation to another by means of genes.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: genial
Meaning:
gen.ial\n   genial\n  Someone who is genial is kind and friendly.\nBob was always genial and welcoming...\nHe was a warm-hearted friend and genial host.\n  ADJ  approval\n  = amiable\n=>  gen.ial.ly\n`If you don’t mind,’ Mrs. Dambar said genially.\n  ADV\n\n=>  ge.ni.al.ity\nHe soon recovered his habitual geniality.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: genie
Meaning:
ge.nie\n   genie  genies\n1. In stories from Arabia and Persia, a genie is a spirit which appears and disappears by magic and obeys the person who controls it.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you say that the genie is out of the bottle or that someone has let the genie out of the bottle, you mean that something has happened which has made a great and permanent change in people’s lives, especially a bad change.\n  PHRASE: V inflects


Words: genital
Meaning:
geni.tal\n   genital  genitals\n1. Someone’s genitals are their external sexual organs.\n  N-PLURAL\n\n2. Genital means relating to a person’s external sexual organs.\nKeep the genital area clean.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: genitalia
Meaning:
geni.ta.lia\n   genitalia\n  A person’s or animal’s genitalia are their external sexual organs. (FORMAL)\n  N-PLURAL


Words: genitive
Meaning:
geni.tive\n   genitive\n  In the grammar of some languages, the genitive, or the genitive case, is a noun case which is used mainly to show possession. In English grammar, a noun or name with ’s added to it, for example `dog’s’ or `Anne’s’, is sometimes called the genitive form.\n  N-SING: the N


Words: genius
Meaning:
ge.ni.us\n   genius  geniuses\n1. Genius is very great ability or skill in a particular subject or activity.\nThis is the mark of her real genius as a designer...\nThe man had genius and had made his mark in the aviation world...\nIts very title is a stroke of genius.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. A genius is a highly talented, creative, or intelligent person.\nChaplin was not just a genius, he was among the most influential figures in film history.\n  N-COUNT


Words: genocidal
Meaning:
geno.cid.al\n   genocidal\n  Genocidal means relating to genocide or carrying out genocide.\nThey have been accused of genocidal crimes.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: genocide
Meaning:
geno.cide\n   genocide\n  Genocide is the deliberate murder of a whole community or race.\nThey have alleged that acts of genocide and torture were carried out.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: genome
Meaning:
ge.nome\n   genome  genomes\n  In biology and genetics, a genome is the particular number and combination of certain chromosomes necessary to form the single nucleus of a living cell. (TECHNICAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: genomics
Meaning:
ge.nom.ics\n\n  Genomics is the study of genomes. (TECHNICAL)\n...the genomics revolution.\n  N-SING


Words: genre
Meaning:
gen.re\n   genre  genres\n  A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics. (FORMAL)\n...his love of films and novels in the horror genre.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gent
Meaning:
gent  gents\n1. Gent is an informal and old-fashioned word for gentleman.\nMr Blake was a gent. He knew how to behave.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. People sometimes refer to a public toilet for men as the gents. (BRIT INFORMAL)\n  N-SING-COLL: usu the N\n\n3. Gents is used when addressing men in an informal, humorous way, especially in the expression `ladies and gents’. (HUMOROUS, INFORMAL)\nDon’t be left standing, ladies and gents, while a bargain slips past your eyes.\n  N-VOC


Words: genteel
Meaning:
gen.teel\n   genteel\n1. A genteel person is respectable and well-mannered, and comes or seems to come from a high social class.\nIt was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet.\n...two maiden ladies with genteel manners and voices.\n  ADJ\n  !=common\n2. A genteel place or area is quiet and traditional, but may also be old-fashioned and dull.\n...the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: gentian
Meaning:
gen.tian\n   gentian  gentians\n  A gentian is a small plant with a blue or purple flower shaped like a bell which grows in mountain regions.\n  N-COUNT


Words: Gentile
Meaning:
Gen.tile\n   Gentile  Gentiles   also gentile\n  A Gentile is a person who is not Jewish.\n  N-COUNT\n\n  Gentile is also an adjective.\n...a flood of Jewish and Gentile German refugees.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: gentility
Meaning:
gen.til.ity\n   gentility\n  Gentility is the fact or appearance of belonging to a high social class.\nThe hotel has an air of faded gentility.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gentle
Meaning:
gen.tle\n   gentle  gentler  gentlest\n1. Someone who is gentle is kind, mild, and calm.\nMy son was a quiet and gentle man who liked sports and enjoyed life...\nMichael’s voice was gentle and consoling.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gen.tly\nShe smiled gently at him...\n`I’m sorry to disturb you,’ Webb said gently.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n=>  gen.tle.ness\n...the gentleness with which she treated her pregnant mother.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. Gentle actions or movements are performed in a calm and controlled manner, with little force.\n...a gentle game of tennis...\nHis movements were gentle and deliberate.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gen.tly\nPatrick took her gently by the arm and led her to a chair.\n  ADV\n\n3. If you describe the weather, especially the wind, as gentle, you mean it is pleasant and calm and not harsh or violent.\nThe blustery winds of spring had dropped to a gentle breeze.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gen.tly\nLight airs blew gently out of the south-east.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n4. A gentle slope or curve is not steep or severe.\n...gentle, rolling meadows...\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gen.tly\nWith its gently rolling hills it looks like Tuscany...\n  ADV: ADV after v, ADV adj\n\n5. A gentle heat is a fairly low heat.\nCook for 30 minutes over a gentle heat.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gen.tly\nAdd the onion and cook gently for about 5 minutes.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: gentleman
Meaning:
gentle.man\n   gentleman  gentlemen\n1. A gentleman is a man who comes from a family of high social standing.\n...this wonderful portrait of English gentleman Joseph Greenway.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you say that a man is a gentleman, you mean he is polite and educated, and can be trusted.\nHe was always such a gentleman.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. You can address men as gentlemen, or refer politely to them as gentlemen.\nThis way, please, ladies and gentlemen...\nIt seems this gentleman was waiting for the doctor.\n  N-COUNT; N-VOC  politeness


Words: gentlemanly
Meaning:
gentle.man.ly\n   gentlemanly\n  If you describe a man’s behaviour as gentlemanly, you approve of him because he has good manners.\nHe was respected by all who knew him for his kind and gentlemanly consideration.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n  approval


Words: gentlewoman
Meaning:
gentle.woman\n   gentlewoman  gentlewomen\n  A gentlewoman is a woman of high social standing, or a woman who is cultured, educated, and well-mannered. (OLD-FASHIONED)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gentrify
Meaning:
gen.tri.fy\n   gentrify  gentrifies  gentrifying  gentrified\n  When a street or area is gentrified, it becomes a more expensive place to live because wealthy people move into the area and buy the houses where people with less money used to live.\nThe local neighbourhood, like so many areas of Manhattan, is gradually being gentrified.\n  VERB: usu passive, be V-ed\n\n=>  gen.tri.fi.ca.tion\n...the gentrification of the area.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gentry
Meaning:
gen.try\n   gentry\n  The gentry are people of high social status or high birth. (mainly BRIT OLD-FASHIONED)\nMost of the country estates were built by the landed gentry during the late 19th century.\n  N-PLURAL


Words: genuflect
Meaning:
genu.flect\n   genuflect  genuflects  genuflecting  genuflected\n1. If you genuflect, you bend one or both knees and bow, especially in church, as a sign of respect. (FORMAL)\nHe genuflected in front of the altar.\n  VERB: V\n\n2. You can say that someone is genuflecting to something when they are giving it a great deal of attention and respect, especially if you think it does not deserve this. (mainly JOURNALISM)\nThey refrained from genuflecting to the laws of political economy.\n  VERB: V to n, also V prep  disapproval\n  = bow down


Words: genuine
Meaning:
genu.ine\n   genuine\n1. Genuine is used to describe people and things that are exactly what they appear to be, and are not false or an imitation.\nThere was a risk of genuine refugees being returned to Vietnam.\n...genuine leather...\nThey’re convinced the picture is genuine.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  !=fake\n2. Genuine refers to things such as emotions that are real and not pretended.\nThere was genuine joy in this room...\nIf this offer is genuine I will gladly accept it.\n  ADJ\n  = sincere\n=>  genu.ine.ly\nHe was genuinely surprised.\n  ADV\n\n=>  genu.ine.ness\nHe needed at least three days to assess the genuineness of their intentions.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp\n\n3. If you describe a person as genuine, you approve of them because they are honest, truthful, and sincere in the way they live and in their relationships with other people.\nShe is very caring and very genuine.\n  ADJ  approval\n\n=>  genu.ine.ness\nI have no doubt about their genuineness.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: genus
Meaning:
ge.nus\n   genus  genera\n  A genus is a class of similar things, especially a group of animals or plants that includes several closely related species. (TECHNICAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: geo-
Meaning:
geo-\n  Geo- is used at the beginning of words that refer to the whole of the world or to the Earth’s surface.\n...geo-politics.\n...the Geophysical Institute.\n  PREFIX


Words: geographer
Meaning:
ge.og.ra.pher\n   geographer  geographers\n  A geographer is a person who studies geography or is an expert in it.\n  N-COUNT


Words: geographical
Meaning:
geo.graphi.cal\n   geographical\n  Geographical or geographic means concerned with or relating to geography.\n...a vast geographical area.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  The form geographic   is also used.\n\n=>  geo.graphi.cal.ly\nIt is geographically more diverse than any other continent.\n  ADV


Words: geography
Meaning:
ge.og.ra.phy\n   geography\n1. Geography is the study of the countries of the world and of such things as the land, seas, climate, towns, and population.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. The geography of a place is the way that features such as rivers, mountains, towns, or streets are arranged within it.\n...policemen who knew the local geography.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss


Words: geological
Meaning:
geo.logi.cal\n   geological\n  Geological means relating to geology.\n...a lengthy geological survey.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n=>  geo.logi.cal.ly\nAt least 10,000 of these hectares are geologically unsuitable for housing.\n  ADV


Words: geology
Meaning:
ge.ol.ogy\n   geology\n1. Geology is the study of the Earth’s structure, surface, and origins.\nHe was visiting professor of geology at the University of Jordan.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n=>  ge.olo.gist      geologists\nGeologists have studied the way that heat flows from the earth.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. The geology of an area is the structure of its land, together with the types of rocks and minerals that exist within it.\n...an expert on the geology of southeast Asia.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss


Words: geometric
Meaning:
geo.met.ric\n   geometric\n\n  The form geometrical   is also used.\n\n1. Geometric or geometrical patterns or shapes consist of regular shapes or lines.\nGeometric designs were popular wall decorations in the 14th century.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n=>  geo.met.ri.cal.ly\n...a few geometrically planted trees.\n  ADV\n\n2. Geometric or geometrical means relating to or involving the principles of geometry.\nEuclid was trying to convey his idea of a geometrical point.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: geometry
Meaning:
ge.om.etry\n   geometry\n1. Geometry is the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relationships of lines, angles, curves, and shapes.\n...the very ordered way in which mathematics and geometry describe nature.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. The geometry of an object is its shape or the relationship of its parts to each other.\nThey have tinkered with the geometry of the car’s nose.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss


Words: geophysicist
Meaning:
geo.physi.cist\n   geophysicist  geophysicists\n  A geophysicist is someone who studies or specializes in geophysics.\n  N-COUNT


Words: geophysics
Meaning:
geo.phys.ics\n   geophysics\n  Geophysics is the branch of geology that uses physics to examine the earth’s structure, climate, and oceans.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: geopolitical
Meaning:
geo.po.liti.cal\n   geopolitical\n  Geopolitical means relating to or concerned with geopolitics.\nHungary and Poland have suffered before because of their unfortunate geopolitical position on the European map.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: geopolitics
Meaning:
geo.poli.tics\n   geopolitics\n  Geopolitics is concerned with politics and the way that geography affects politics or relations between countries.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: Georgian
Meaning:
Geor.gian\n   Georgian\n  Georgian means belonging to or connected with Britain in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, during the reigns of King George I to King George IV.\n...the restoration of his Georgian house.\n  ADJ


Words: geranium
Meaning:
ge.ra.nium\n   geranium  geraniums\n  A geranium is a plant with red, pink, or white flowers.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gerbil
Meaning:
ger.bil\n   gerbil  gerbils\n  A gerbil is a small, furry animal that is often kept as a pet.\n  N-COUNT


Words: geriatric
Meaning:
geri.at.ric\n   geriatric  geriatrics\n1. Geriatric is used to describe things relating to the illnesses and medical care of old people. (MEDICAL)\nThere is a question mark over the future of geriatric care...\nThe geriatric patients will be moved out.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n2. Geriatrics is the study of the illnesses that affect old people and the medical care of old people.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3. If you describe someone as a geriatric, you are implying that they are old and that their mental or physical condition is poor. This use could cause offence.\nHe will complain about having to spend time with such a boring bunch of geriatrics.\n...how can it be acceptable to have a load of geriatric judges deciding what should happen?\n  N-COUNT: oft N n  disapproval


Words: germ
Meaning:
germ  germs\n1. A germ is a very small organism that causes disease.\nChlorine is widely used to kill germs.\n...a germ that destroyed hundreds of millions of lives.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. The germ of something such as an idea is something which developed or might develop into that thing.\nThe germ of an idea took root in Rosemary’s mind...\n  N-SING: N of n\n\n3.\n  see also wheatgerm


Words: germ warfare
Meaning:
germ war.fare\n   germ warfare\n  Germ warfare is the use of germs in a war in order to cause disease in enemy troops, or to destroy crops that they might use as food.\n...an international treaty banning germ warfare.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: German
Meaning:
Ger.man\n   German  Germans\n1. German means belonging or relating to Germany.\n  ADJ\n\n  A German is a person who comes from Germany.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. German is the language used in Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland.\nI heard a very angry man talking in German.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: German measles
Meaning:
Ger.man mea.sles\n   German measles\n  German measles is a disease which causes you to have a cough, a sore throat, and red spots on your skin.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n  = rubella


Words: germane
Meaning:
ger.mane\n   germane\n  Something that is germane to a situation or idea is connected with it in an important way. (FORMAL)\n...the suppression of a number of documents which were very germane to the case...\nFenton was a good listener, and his questions were germane.\n  ADJ: oft ADJ to n\n  = relevant


Words: Germanic
Meaning:
Ger.man.ic\n   Germanic\n1. If you describe someone or something as Germanic, you think that their appearance or behaviour is typical of German people or things.\nHe asked in his Germanic English if I was enjoying France.\n  ADJ\n\n2. Germanic is used to describe the ancient culture and language of the peoples of northern Europe.\n...the Germanic tribes of pre-Christian Europe.\n  ADJ


Words: germinate
Meaning:
ger.mi.nate\n   germinate  germinates  germinating  germinated\n1. If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow.\nSome seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so...\nFirst, the researchers germinated the seeds.\n  VERB: V, V n\n\n=>  ger.mi.na.tion\nThe poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp\n\n2. If an idea, plan, or feeling germinates, it comes into existence and begins to develop.\nHe wrote to Eliot about a `big book’ that was germinating in his mind.\n  VERB: V, also V into n


Words: gerontology
Meaning:
ger.on.tol.ogy\n   gerontology\n  Gerontology is the study of the process by which we get old, how our bodies change, and the problems that old people have.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gerrymandering
Meaning:
ger.ry.man.der.ing\n   gerrymandering\n  Gerrymandering is the act of altering political boundaries in order to give an unfair advantage to one political party or group of people.\n  N-UNCOUNT  disapproval


Words: gerund
Meaning:
ger.und\n   gerund  gerunds\n  A gerund is a noun formed from a verb which refers to an action, process, or state. In English, gerunds end in `-ing’, for example `running’ and `thinking’.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gestalt
Meaning:
ge.stalt\n   gestalt\n  In psychology, a gestalt is something that has particular qualities when you consider it as a whole which are not obvious when you consider only the separate parts of it. (TECHNICAL)\n  N-SING


Words: gestation
Meaning:
ges.ta.tion\n   gestation\n1. Gestation is the process in which babies grow inside their mother’s body before they are born. (TECHNICAL)\n...the seventeenth week of gestation...\nThe gestation period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. Gestation is the process in which an idea or plan develops. (FORMAL)\n...the prolonged period of gestation of this design.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n  = development


Words: gesticulate
Meaning:
ges.ticu.late\n   gesticulate  gesticulates  gesticulating  gesticulated\n  If you gesticulate, you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words. (mainly WRITTEN)\nA man with a paper hat upon his head was gesticulating wildly...\nThe architect was gesticulating at a hole in the ground.\n  VERB: V, V prep\n\n=>  ges.ticu.la.tion      gesticulations\nWe communicated mainly by signs, gesticulation and mime.\n  N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl


Words: gesture
Meaning:
ges.ture\n   gesture  gestures  gesturing  gestured\n1. A gesture is a movement that you make with a part of your body, especially your hands, to express emotion or information.\nSarah made a menacing gesture with her fist...\nHe throws his hands open in a gesture which clearly indicates his relief.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A gesture is something that you say or do in order to express your attitude or intentions, often something that you know will not have much effect.\nHe questioned the government’s commitment to peace and called on it to make a gesture of good will...\n  N-COUNT: oft N of n\n\n3. If you gesture, you use movements of your hands or head in order to tell someone something or draw their attention to something.\nI gestured towards the boathouse, and he looked inside...\nHe gestures, gesticulates, and moves with the grace of a dancer.\n  VERB: V prep, V


Words: get
Meaning:
PHRASES AND PHRASAL VERBS\n   get  gets  getting  got  or gotten\n1. You can say that something is, for example, as good as you can get to mean that it is as good as it is possible for that thing to be.\nConsort has a population of 714 and is about as rural and isolated as you can get.\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v\n\n2. If you say you can’t get away from something or there is no getting away from something, you are emphasizing that it is true, even though people might prefer it not to be true. (INFORMAL)\nThere is no getting away from the fact that he is on the left of the party.\n  PHRASE: PHR n  emphasis\n\n3. If you get away from it all, you have a holiday in a place that is very different from where you normally live and work.\n...the ravishing island of Ischia, where rich Italians get away from it all.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n4. Get is used in rude expressions like get stuffed and get lost to express contempt, disagreement, or refusal to do something. (RUDE)\n  CONVENTION  feelings\n\n5. You can say, for example, `How lucky can you get?’ or `How stupid can you get?’ to show your surprise that anyone could be as lucky or stupid as the person that you are talking about. (INFORMAL)\nI mean, how crazy can you get?\n  PHRASE  feelings\n\n6. You can use you get instead of `there is’ or `there are’ to say that something exists, happens, or can be experienced. (SPOKEN)\nYou get a lot of things like that now don’t you...\nThat’s where you get some differences of opinion.\n  PHRASE: PHR n\n\nCHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING\n   get  gets  getting  got  or gotten\n\n  In most of its uses get is a fairly informal word. Gotten is an American form of the past tense and past participle.\n\n1. You use get with adjectives to mean `become’. For example, if someone gets cold, they become cold, and if they get angry, they become angry.\nThe boys were getting bored...\nThere’s no point in getting upset...\nFrom here on, it can only get better.\n  V-LINK: V adj, V adj, V adj\n\n2. Get is used with expressions referring to states or situations. For example, to get into trouble means to start being in trouble.\nHalf the pleasure of an evening out is getting ready...\nPerhaps I shouldn’t say that.I might get into trouble...\nHow did we get into this recession, and what can we do to get out of it?\n  V-LINK: V adj, V prep/adv, V prep/adv\n\n3. To get someone or something into a particular state or situation means to cause them to be in it.\nI don’t know if I can get it clean...\nWhat got me interested was looking at an old New York Times...\nBrian will get them out of trouble.\n  VERB: V n adj, V n adj, V n prep\n\n4. If you get someone to do something, you cause them to do it by asking, persuading, or telling them to do it.\n...a long campaign to get US politicians to take the Aids epidemic more seriously...\nHow did you get him to pose for this picture?\n  VERB: V n to-inf, V n to-inf\n  = persuade\n5. If you get something done, you cause it to be done.\nI might benefit from getting my teeth fixed...\nIt was best to get things done quickly.\n  VERB: V n -ed, V n -ed\n\n6. To get somewhere means to move there.\nI got off the bed and opened the door...\nI heard David yelling and telling them to get back.\n  VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv\n\n7. When you get to a place, you arrive there.\nGenerally I get to work at 9.30am...\nIt was dark by the time she got home.\n  VERB: V to n, V adv\n\n8. To get something or someone into a place or position means to cause them to move there.\nMack got his wallet out...\nThe UN was supposed to be getting aid to where it was most needed.\n  VERB: V n with adv, V n prep\n\n9. Get is often used in place of `be’ as an auxiliary verb to form passives.\nDoes she ever get asked for her autograph?...\nA pane of glass got broken.\n  AUX: AUX -ed, AUX -ed\n\n10. If you get to do something, you eventually or gradually reach a stage at which you do it.\nNo one could figure out how he got to be so wealthy.\n  VERB: V to-inf\n\n11. If you get to do something, you manage to do it or have the opportunity to do it.\nDo you get to see him often?...\nThey get to stay in nice hotels.\n  VERB: V to-inf, V to-inf\n\n12. You can use get in expressions like get moving, get going, and get working when you want to tell people to begin moving, going, or working quickly.\nI aim to be off the lake before dawn, so let’s get moving...\n  VERB: V -ing\n\n13. If you get to a particular stage in your life or in something you are doing, you reach that stage.\nWe haven’t got to the stage of a full-scale military conflict...\nIf she gets that far, Jane may get legal aid to take her case to court...\nIt got to the point where I was so ill I was waiting to die.\n  VERB: V to n, V adv, it V to n\n\n14. You can use get to talk about the progress that you are making. For example, if you say that you are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress, and if you say that something won’t get you anywhere, you mean it will not help you to progress at all.\nRadical factions say the talks are getting nowhere and they want to withdraw...\nMy perseverance was getting me somewhere.\n  VERB: V adv, V n adv\n\n15. When it gets to a particular time, it is that time. If it is getting towards a particular time, it is approaching that time.\nIt got to after 1am and I was exhausted...\nIt was getting towards evening when we got back...\nIt’s getting late.\n  V-LINK: it V to n, it V towards n, it V adj\n\n16. If something that has continued for some time gets to you, it starts causing you to suffer.\n(next)\n\nOBTAINING, RECEIVING, OR CATCHING\n   get  gets  getting  got  or gotten\n1. If you get something that you want or need, you obtain it.\nI got a job at the sawmill...\nHe had been having trouble getting a hotel room...\nI asked him to get me some information.\n  VERB: V n, V n, V n n, also V n for n\n\n2. If you get something, you receive it or are given it.\nI’m getting a bike for my birthday...\nHe gets a lot of letters from women...\n  VERB: V n, V n\n\n3. If you get someone or something, you go and bring them to a particular place.\nI came down this morning to get the newspaper...\nGo and get me a large brandy...\nGo and get your daddy for me.\n  VERB: V n, V n n, V n for n\n\n4. If you get a meal, you prepare it.\nShe was getting breakfast as usual.\n  VERB: V n\n\n5. If you get a particular result, you obtain it from some action that you take, or from a calculation or experiment.\nYou could run that race again and get a different result each time...\nWhat do you get if you multiply six by nine?\n  VERB: V n, V n\n\n6. If you get a particular price for something that you sell, you obtain that amount of money by selling it.\nHe can’t get a good price for his crops.\n  VERB: V n for n\n\n7. If you get the time or opportunity to do something, you have the time or opportunity to do it.\nYou get time to think in prison...\nWhenever I get the chance I go to Maxim’s for dinner.\n  VERB: V n, V n\n\n8. If you get an idea, impression, or feeling, you begin to have that idea, impression, or feeling as you learn or understand more about something.\nI get the feeling that you’re an honest man...\nThe study is an attempt to get a better idea of why people live where they do...\n  VERB: V n, V n\n\n9. If you get a feeling or benefit from an activity or experience, the activity or experience gives you that feeling or benefit.\nCharles got a shock when he saw him...\nShe gets enormous pleasure out of working freelance...\n  VERB: V n, V n out of/from n/-ing\n\n10. If you get a look, view, or glimpse of something, you manage to see it.\nYoung men climbed on buses and fences to get a better view...\nCrowds shouted and pushed to get a glimpse of their hero.\n  VERB: V n, V n\n  = obtain\n11. If a place gets a particular type of weather, it has that type of weather.\nRiyadh got 25 mm of rain in just 12 hours...\nNorthern Kentucky is likely to get snow mixed with sleet.\n  VERB: V n, V n\n\n12. If you get a joke or get the point of something that is said, you understand it.\nDid you get that joke, Ann? I’ll explain later...\nYou don’t seem to get the point.\n  VERB: V n, V n\n\n13. If you get an illness or disease, you become ill with it.\nWhen I was five I got measles.\n  VERB: V n\n\n14. When you get a train, bus, plane, or boat, you leave a place on a particular train, bus, plane, or boat.\nWhat time are you getting your train?\n  VERB: V n\n\n15. If you get a person or animal, you succeed in catching, killing, or hitting them.\nTake it easy. We’ve got him. He’s not going to kill anyone else.\n  VERB: V n\n\n16.\n  see also getting, got


Words: get .1
Meaning:
That’s the first time I lost my cool in 20 years in this job. This whole thing’s getting to me.\n  VERB: V to n\n\n17. If something gets you, it annoys you. (INFORMAL)\nWhat gets me is the attitude of so many of the people.\n  VERB: no passive, V n


Words: get about
Meaning:
get about\n1. If you get about, you go to different places and visit different people.\nSo you’re getting about a bit again? Not shutting yourself away?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n2. The way that someone gets about is the way that they walk or go from one place to another.\nShe was finding it increasingly difficult to get about.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n3. If news gets about, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people. (mainly BRIT)\nThe story had soon got about that he had been suspended.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = get around


Words: get across
Meaning:
get across\n  When an idea gets across or when you get it across, you succeed in making other people understand it.\nOfficers felt their point of view was not getting across to ministers...\nI had created a way to get my message across while using as few words as possible.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to n, V n P\n  = get over


Words: get ahead
Meaning:
get ahead\n  If you want to get ahead, you want to be successful in your career.\nHe wanted safety, security, a home, and a chance to get ahead.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = get on


Words: get along
Meaning:
get along\n1. If you get along with someone, you have a friendly relationship with them. You can also say that two people get along.\nIt’s impossible to get along with him...\nThey seemed to be getting along fine.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P with n, pl-n V P\n  = get on\n2. Get along means the same as get by.\nYou can’t get along without water...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P prep\n  = manage, survive


Words: get around
Meaning:
get around\n1. To get around a problem or difficulty means to overcome it.\nNone of these countries has found a way yet to get around the problem of the polarization of wealth.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n  = get over\n2. If you get around a rule or law, you find a way of doing something that the rule or law is intended to prevent, without actually breaking it.\nAlthough tobacco ads are prohibited, companies get around the ban by sponsoring music shows.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n3. If news gets around, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people.\nThey threw him out because word got around that he was taking drugs...\nI’ll see that it gets round that you’ve arrived.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P that, it V P that\n  = get about\n4. If you get around someone, you persuade them to allow you to do or have something by pleasing them or flattering them.\nMax could always get round her.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n5. If you get around, you visit a lot of different places as part of your way of life.\nHe claimed to be a journalist, and he got around.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: get around to
Meaning:
get around to\n  When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it. (in BRIT, also use get round to)\nI said I would write to you, but as usual I never got around to it...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n/-ing


Words: get at
Meaning:
get at\n1. To get at something means to succeed in reaching it.\nA goat was standing up against a tree on its hind legs, trying to get at the leaves.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n2. If you get at the truth about something, you succeed in discovering it.\nWe want to get at the truth. Who killed him? And why?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n  = find out\n3. If you ask someone what they are getting at, you are asking them to explain what they mean, usually because you think that they are being unpleasant or are suggesting something that is untrue.\n`What are you getting at now?’ demanded Rick.\n  PHRASAL VERB: usu cont, V P


Words: get away
Meaning:
get away\n1. If you get away, you succeed in leaving a place or a person’s company.\nShe’d gladly have gone anywhere to get away from the cottage...\nI wanted a divorce. I wanted to get away.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P from n, V P\n  = escape\n2. If you get away, you go away for a period of time in order to have a holiday.\nHe is too busy to get away.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n3. When someone or something gets away, or when you get them away, they escape.\nDr Dunn was apparently trying to get away when he was shot...\nI wanted to get her away to somewhere safe.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P


Words: get away with
Meaning:
get away with\n  If you get away with doing something wrong or risky, you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences because of it.\nThe criminals know how to play the system and get away with it...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n/-ing


Words: get back
Meaning:
get back\n1. If someone or something gets back to a state they were in before, they are then in that state again.\nThen life started to get back to normal...\nI couldn’t get back to sleep.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to n, V P to n, also V P into n\n\n2. If you get back to a subject that you were talking about before, you start talking about it again.\nIt wasn’t until we had sat down to eat that we got back to the subject of Tom Halliday.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to/onto n\n  = return\n3. If you get something back after you have lost it or after it has been taken from you, you then have it again.\nYou have 14 days in which you can cancel the contract and get your money back.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P\n\n4. If you get back at someone or get them back, you do something unpleasant to them in order to have revenge for something unpleasant that they did to you. (INFORMAL)\nThe divorce process should not be used as a means to get back at your former partner...\nI’m going to get you back so badly you’ll never to be able to show your face again.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P at n, V n P


Words: get back to
Meaning:
get back to\n  If you get back to an activity, you start doing it again after you have stopped doing it.\nI think I ought to get back to work.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: get by
Meaning:
get by\n  If you can get by with what you have, you can manage to live or do things in a satisfactory way.\nI’m a survivor. I’ll get by...\nMelville managed to get by on a small amount of money.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P on n\n  = survive, manage


Words: get down
Meaning:
get down\n1. If something gets you down, it makes you unhappy.\nAt times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P\n\n2. If you get down, you lower your body until you are sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground.\nShe got down on her hands and knees on the floor...\n`Get down!’ she yelled. `Somebody’s shooting!’\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P on n, V P\n\n3. If you get something down, especially something that someone has just said, you write it down.\nThe idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)\n\n4. If you get food or medicine down, you swallow it, especially with difficulty. (INFORMAL)\nI bit into a hefty slab of bread and cheese. When I had got it down I started talking.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)


Words: get down to
Meaning:
get down to\n  If you get down to something, especially something that requires a lot of attention, you begin doing it.\nWith the election out of the way, the government can get down to business.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: get in
Meaning:
get in\n1. If a political party or a politician gets in, they are elected.\nIf the Conservatives got in they might decide to change it.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n2. If you get something in, you manage to do it at a time when you are very busy doing other things.\nI plan to get a few lessons in.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P\n\n3. To get crops or the harvest in means to gather them from the land and take them to a particular place.\nWe didn’t get the harvest in until Christmas, there was so much snow.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P\n\n4. When a train, bus, or plane gets in, it arrives.\nWe would have come straight here, except our flight got in too late.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: get into
Meaning:
get into\n1. If you get into a particular kind of work or activity, you manage to become involved in it.\nHe was eager to get into politics.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n2. If you get into a school, college, or university, you are accepted there as a student.\nI was working hard to get into Cambridge.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n3. If you ask what has got into someone, you mean that they are behaving very differently from the way they usually behave. (INFORMAL)\nWhat has got into you today? Why are you behaving like this?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: get off
Meaning:
get off\n1. If someone who has broken a law or rule gets off, they are not punished, or are given only a very small punishment.\nHe is likely to get off with a small fine.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P with n\n\n2. If you get off, you leave a place because it is time to leave.\nAt eight I said `I’m getting off now.’\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n3. If you tell someone to get off a piece of land or a property, you are telling them to leave, because they have no right to be there and you do not want them there.\nI told you. Get off the farm.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n4. You can tell someone to get off when they are touching something and you do not want them to.\nI kept telling him to get off...\n`Get off me!’ I screamed.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n


Words: get on
Meaning:
get on\n1. If you get on with someone, you like them and have a friendly relationship with them.\nThe host fears the guests won’t get on...\nWhat are your neighbours like? Do you get on with them?\n  PHRASAL VERB: pl-n V P, V P with n\n  = get along\n2. If you get on with something, you continue doing it or start doing it.\nJane got on with her work...\nLet’s get on.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P with n, V P\n\n3. If you say how someone is getting on, you are saying how much success they are having with what they are trying to do.\nLivy’s getting on very well in Russian. She learns very quickly...\nWhen he came back to see me I asked how he had got on.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P adv, V P adv\n\n4. If you try to get on, you try to be successful in your career. (mainly BRIT)\nPolitics is seen as a man’s world. It is very difficult for women to get on.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n5. If someone is getting on, they are getting old. (INFORMAL)\nI’m nearly 31 and that’s getting on a bit for a footballer.\n  PHRASAL VERB: usu cont, V P


Words: get on to
Meaning:
get on to\n1. If you get on to a topic when you are speaking, you start talking about it.\nWe got on to the subject of relationships.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n\n\n2. If you get on to someone, you contact them in order to ask them to do something or to give them some information. (mainly BRIT)\nI got on to him and explained some of the things I had been thinking of.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: get out
Meaning:
get out\n1. If you get out, you leave a place because you want to escape from it, or because you are made to leave it.\nThey probably wanted to get out of the country...\nI told him to leave and get out.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P of n, V P\n\n2. If you get out, you go to places and meet people, usually in order to have a more enjoyable life.\nGet out and enjoy yourself, make new friends.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = go out\n3. If you get out of an organization or a commitment, you withdraw from it.\nI wanted to get out of the group, but they wouldn’t let me...\nGetting out of the contract would be no problem.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P of n, V P of n, also V P\n\n4. If news or information gets out, it becomes known.\nIf word got out now, a scandal could be disastrous...\nOnce the news gets out that Armenia is in a very critical situation, I think the world will respond.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P that


Words: get out of
Meaning:
get out of\n  If you get out of doing something that you do not want to do, you succeed in avoiding doing it.\nIt’s amazing what people will do to get out of paying taxes.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P -ing


Words: get over
Meaning:
get over\n1. If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it.\nIt took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n2. If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it.\nHow would they get over that problem, he wondered?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n  = get around\n3. If you get your message over to people, they hear and understand it.\nWe have got to get the message over to the young that smoking isn’t cool.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P to n\n  = get across


Words: get over with
Meaning:
get over with\n  If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.\nThe sooner we start, the sooner we’ll get it over with.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P P


Words: get through
Meaning:
get through\n1. If you get through a task or an amount of work, especially when it is difficult, you complete it.\nI think you can get through the first two chapters.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n2. If you get through a difficult or unpleasant period of time, you manage to live through it.\nIt is hard to see how people will get through the winter...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n  = survive\n3. If you get through a large amount of something, you use it. (mainly BRIT)\nYou’ll get through at least ten nappies a day.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n4. If you get through to someone, you succeed in making them understand something that you are trying to tell them.\nAn old friend might well be able to get through to her and help her...\nThe message was finally getting through to him.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to n, V P to n, also V P\n\n5. If you get through to someone, you succeed in contacting them on the telephone.\nLook, I can’t get through to this number...\nI’ve been trying to ring up all day and I couldn’t get through.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to n, V P\n\n6. If you get through an examination or get through, you pass it. (mainly BRIT)\nDid you have to get through an entrance examination?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n, also V P\n\n7. If a law or proposal gets through, it is officially approved by something such as a parliament or committee.\n...if his referendum law failed to get through...\nSuch a radical proposal would never get through parliament.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n\n  = go through


Words: get together
Meaning:
get together\n1. When people get together, they meet in order to discuss something or to spend time together.\nThis is the only forum where East and West can get together.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n  see also get-together\n2. If you get something together, you organize it.\nPaul and I were getting a band together, and we needed a new record deal.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P\n\n3. If you get an amount of money together, you succeed in getting all the money that you need in order to pay for something.\nNow you’ve finally got enough money together to put down a deposit on your dream home.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P\n  = scrape together


Words: get up
Meaning:
get up\n1. When someone who is sitting or lying down gets up, they rise to a standing position.\nI got up and walked over to where he was.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = stand up\n2. When you get up, you get out of bed.\nThey have to get up early in the morning.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n3.\n  see also get-up


Words: get up to
Meaning:
get up to\n  If you say that someone gets up to something, you mean that they do it and you do not approve of it. (BRIT mainly SPOKEN)\nThey get up to all sorts behind your back.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: get-together
Meaning:
get-together  get-togethers\n  A get-together is an informal meeting or party, usually arranged for a particular purpose.\n...a get-together I had at my home.\n  N-COUNT


Words: get-up
Meaning:
get-up  get-ups\n  If you refer to a set of clothes as a get-up, you think that they are unusual or ridiculous. (INFORMAL)\nNaturally he couldn’t work in this get-up.\n  N-COUNT  disapproval


Words: getaway
Meaning:
get.away\n   getaway  getaways   also get-away\n1. If someone makes a getaway, they leave a place quickly, especially after committing a crime or when trying to avoid someone.\nThey made their getaway along a pavement on a stolen motorcycle.\n...the burglar’s getaway car.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N n\n\n2. A getaway is a short holiday somewhere. (INFORMAL)\nWeekend tours are ideal for families who want a short getaway.\n  N-COUNT\n  = break


Words: getting
Meaning:
get.ting\n   getting\n1. Getting is the present participle of get.\n\n2. Getting on for means the same as nearly. (BRIT mainly SPOKEN)\nI’ve been trying to give up smoking for getting on for two years now...\nIt was getting on for two o’clock.\n  PREP-PHRASE


Words: geyser
Meaning:
gey.ser\n   geyser  geysers\n  A geyser is a hole in the Earth’s surface from which hot water and steam are forced out, usually at irregular intervals of time.\n  N-COUNT


Words: Ghanaian
Meaning:
Gha.na.ian\n   Ghanaian  Ghanaians\n  Something that is Ghanaian belongs or relates to Ghana or to its people.\n  ADJ\n\n  Ghanaians are people who are Ghanaian.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ghastly
Meaning:
ghast.ly\n   ghastly\n  If you describe someone or something as ghastly, you mean that you find them very unpleasant. (INFORMAL)\n...a mother accompanied by her ghastly unruly child...\nIt was the worst week of my life. It was ghastly.\n  ADJ\n  = awful


Words: ghee
Meaning:
ghee\n  Ghee is a hard fat that is obtained by heating butter made from the milk of a cow or a buffalo. Ghee is used in Indian cooking.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gherkin
Meaning:
gher.kin\n   gherkin  gherkins\n  Gherkins are small green cucumbers that have been preserved in vinegar.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ghetto
Meaning:
ghet.to\n   ghetto  ghettos  or ghettoes\n  A ghetto is a part of a city in which many poor people or many people of a particular race, religion, or nationality live separately from everyone else.\n...the black ghettos of New York and Los Angeles.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ghetto blaster
Meaning:
ghet.to blast.er\n   ghetto blaster  ghetto blasters   also ghetto-blaster\n  A ghetto blaster is a large portable radio and cassette player with built-in speakers, especially one that is played loudly in public by young people. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use boom box)\n  N-COUNT


Words: ghost
Meaning:
ghost  ghosts  ghosting  ghosted\n1. A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel.\n...the ghost of Marie Antoinette...\nThe village is haunted by the ghosts of the dead children.\n  N-COUNT: oft N of n\n\n2. The ghost of something, especially of something bad that has happened, is the memory of it.\n...the ghost of anti-Americanism.\n  N-COUNT: N of n\n\n3. If there is a ghost of something, that thing is so faint or weak that it hardly exists.\nHe gave the ghost of a smile...\nThe sun was warm and there was just a ghost of a breeze from the north-west.\n  N-SING: N of n\n\n4. If a book or other piece of writing is ghosted, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.\nI published his autobiography, which was very competently ghosted by a woman journalist from the Daily Mail...\nI ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph.\n  VERB: be V-ed, V n\n  = ghost-write\n5. If someone does not stand or does not have a ghost of a chance of doing something, they have very little chance of succeeding in it. (INFORMAL)\nHe doesn’t stand a ghost of a chance of selling the house.\n  PHRASE: v PHR, with neg


Words: ghost town
Meaning:
ghost town  ghost towns\n  A ghost town is a town which used to be busy and wealthy but is now poor and deserted.\nMogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two-thirds of its residents.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ghost writer
Meaning:
ghost writ.er\n   ghost writer  ghost writers   also ghostwriter\n  A ghost writer is someone who writes a book or other published work instead of the person who is named as the author.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ghost-write
Meaning:
ghost-write  ghost-writes  ghost-writing  ghost-wrote  ghost-written   also ghostwrite\n  If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.\nArticles were ghost-written by company employees.\n  VERB: usu passive, be V-ed\n  = ghost


Words: ghostly
Meaning:
ghost.ly\n   ghostly\n1. Something that is ghostly seems unreal or unnatural and may be frightening because of this.\nThe moon shone, shedding a ghostly light on the fields.\n...Sonia’s ghostly laughter.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n2. A ghostly presence is the ghost or spirit of a dead person.\n...the ghostly presences which haunt these islands...\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: ghoul
Meaning:
ghoul  ghouls\n  A ghoul is an imaginary evil spirit. Ghouls are said to steal bodies from graves and eat them.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ghoulish
Meaning:
ghoul.ish\n   ghoulish\n1. Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies.\nThey are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n  disapproval\n\n2. Something that is ghoulish looks or behaves like a ghoul.\n...the ghoulish apparitions at the window.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: GHQ
Meaning:
GHQ\n  GHQ is used to refer to the place where the people who organize military forces or a military operation work. GHQ is an abbreviation for `General Headquarters’. (MILITARY)\n...the dispatches he was carrying from GHQ to the Eighth Army.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: giant
Meaning:
gi.ant\n   giant  giants\n1. Something that is described as giant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind.\n...Italy’s giant car maker, Fiat.\n...a giant oak table.\n...a giant step towards unification with the introduction of monetary union.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n  = huge\n2. Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country. (JOURNALISM)\n...Japanese electronics giant Sony.\n...one of Germany’s industrial giants, Daimler-Benz.\n  N-COUNT: usu n N\n\n3. A giant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories.\n...a Nordic saga of giants.\n  N-COUNT\n\n4. You can refer to someone, especially a man, as a giant, if they seem important or powerful or if they are big and strong.\nThe biggest man in the patrol, a giant of a man, lifted Mattie on to his shoulders.\n  N-COUNT: usu a N of n\n\n5. You can refer to someone such as a famous musician or writer as a giant, if they are regarded as one of the most important or successful people in their field.\nHe was without question one of the giants of Japanese literature.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n


Words: giant-killer
Meaning:
giant-killer  giant-killers   also giant killer\n  A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM)\nGiant-killers Yeovil became the most successful non-league club in history with their 5-2 win at Torquay.\n  N-COUNT


Words: giant-killing
Meaning:
giant-killing  giant-killings\n  In sport, when a weaker team or competitor beats a much stronger, well-known team or competitor, their success is sometimes called a giant-killing. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM)\nScarborough are aiming to pull off a repeat of their giant-killing act against Chelsea three years ago.\n  N-COUNT: usu N n


Words: giant-sized
Meaning:
giant-sized\n  An object that is giant-sized is much bigger than objects of its kind usually are.\n...a giant-sized TV.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: gibber
Meaning:
gib.ber\n   gibber  gibbers  gibbering  gibbered\n  If you say that someone is gibbering, you mean that they are talking very fast and in a confused manner. (INFORMAL)\nEveryone is gibbering insanely, nerves frayed as showtime approaches...\nI was a gibbering wreck by this stage.\n  VERB: V, V-ing\n  = babble


Words: gibberish
Meaning:
gib.ber.ish\n   gibberish\n  If you describe someone’s words or ideas as gibberish, you mean that they do not make any sense.\nWhen he was talking to a girl he could hardly speak, and when he did speak he talked gibberish.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n  = nonsense


Words: gibbon
Meaning:
gib.bon\n   gibbon  gibbons\n  A gibbon is an ape with very long arms and no tail that lives in southern Asia.\n  N-COUNT


Words: giblets
Meaning:
gib.lets\n   giblets\n  Giblets are the parts such as the heart and liver that you remove from inside a chicken or other bird before you cook and eat it. Some people cook the giblets separately to make soup or a sauce.\n  N-PLURAL


Words: giddy
Meaning:
gid.dy\n   giddy  giddier  giddiest\n1. If you feel giddy, you feel unsteady and think that you are about to fall over, usually because you are not well.\nHe felt giddy and light-headed.\n  ADJ\n  = dizzy\n=>  gid.di.ness\nA wave of giddiness swept over her.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. If you feel giddy with delight or excitement, you feel so happy or excited that you find it hard to think or act normally.\nAnthony was giddy with self-satisfaction...\nBeing there gave me a giddy pleasure.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gid.di.ness\nThere’s almost a giddiness surrounding the talks in Houston.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gift
Meaning:
gift  gifts\n1. A gift is something that you give someone as a present.\n...a gift of $50.00...\nThey believed the unborn child was a gift from God.\n...gift shops.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If someone has a gift for doing something, they have a natural ability for doing it.\nAs a youth he discovered a gift for teaching...\nHer grandmother had the gift of making people happy.\n  N-COUNT: oft N for/of -ing


Words: gifted
Meaning:
gift.ed\n   gifted\n1. Someone who is gifted has a natural ability to do something well.\n...one of the most gifted players in the world...\nHe was witty, amusing and gifted with a sharp business brain.\n  ADJ\n\n2. A gifted child is much more intelligent or talented than average.\n...a state program for gifted children.\n  ADJ


Words: gig
Meaning:
gig  gigs  gigging  gigged\n1. A gig is a live performance by someone such as a musician or a comedian. (INFORMAL)\nThe two bands join forces for a gig at the Sheffield Arena on November 28...\nHe supplemented his income with occasional comedy gigs.\n  N-COUNT\n  = show\n2. When musicians or other performers gig, they perform live in public. (INFORMAL)\nBy the time he was 15, Scott had gigged with a handful of well-known small bands.\n  VERB: V


Words: gigabyte
Meaning:
gi.ga.byte\n   gigabyte  gigabytes\n  In computing, a gigabyte is one thousand and twenty-four megabytes.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gigantic
Meaning:
gi.gan.tic\n   gigantic\n  If you describe something as gigantic, you are emphasizing that it is extremely large in size, amount, or degree.\n...gigantic rocks...\nA gigantic task of national reconstruction awaits us.\n  ADJ  emphasis\n  = colossal


Words: giggle
Meaning:
gig.gle\n   giggle  giggles  giggling  giggled\n1. If someone giggles, they laugh in a childlike way, because they are amused, nervous, or embarrassed.\nBoth girls began to giggle...\n`I beg your pardon?’ she giggled.\n...a giggling little girl.\n  VERB: V, V with quote, V-ing\n\n  Giggle is also a noun.\nShe gave a little giggle.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you say that someone has the giggles, you mean they cannot stop giggling.\nI was so nervous I got the giggles...\nShe had a fit of the giggles.\n  N-PLURAL: the N\n\n3. If you say that something is a giggle, you mean it is fun or is amusing. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)\nI might buy one for a friend’s birthday as a giggle.\n  N-SING: a N


Words: giggly
Meaning:
gig.gly\n   giggly\n  Someone who is giggly keeps laughing in a childlike way, because they are amused, nervous, or drunk.\nRay was very giggly and joking all the time.\n...giggly girls.\n  ADJ


Words: gigolo
Meaning:
gigo.lo\n   gigolo  gigolos\n  A gigolo is a man who is paid to be the lover of a rich and usually older woman.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing  disapproval


Words: gild
Meaning:
gild  gilds  gilding  gilded\n  If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint.\nCarve the names and gild them.\n...gilded statues.\n  VERB: V n, V-ed


Words: gilding
Meaning:
gild.ing\n   gilding\n  Gilding is a layer of gold or gold paint that is put on something.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gill
Meaning:
gill  gills\n  Gills are the organs on the sides of fish and other water creatures through which they breathe.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl


Words: gilt
Meaning:
gilt  gilts\n1. A gilt object is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint.\n...marble columns and gilt spires.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n2. Gilts are gilt-edged stocks or securities. (BRIT BUSINESS)\n  N-COUNT


Words: gilt-edged
Meaning:
gilt-edged\n  Gilt-edged stocks or securities are issued by the government for people to invest in for a fixed period of time at a fixed rate of interest. (BRIT BUSINESS)\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gimlet
Meaning:
gim.let\n   gimlet\n  If you say that someone has gimlet eyes, you mean that they look at people or things very carefully, and seem to notice every detail. (WRITTEN)\n`Have you read the whole book?’ she asks, gimlet-eyed.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gimme
Meaning:
gim.me\n   gimme\n  Gimme is sometimes used in written English to represent the words `give me’ when they are pronounced informally.\n`Gimme a break, kid! You know how much those things cost?’


Words: gimmick
Meaning:
gim.mick\n   gimmick  gimmicks\n  A gimmick is an unusual and unnecessary feature or action whose purpose is to attract attention or publicity.\nIt is just a public relations gimmick...\nThe exhibition is informative, up to date, and mercifully free of gimmicks.\n  N-COUNT  disapproval


Words: gimmickry
Meaning:
gim.mick.ry\n   gimmickry\n  If you describe features or actions as gimmickry, you mean they are not necessary or useful, and their only purpose is to attract attention or publicity.\nPrivatisation and gimmickry are not the answer to improving Britain’s rail service.\n  N-UNCOUNT  disapproval


Words: gimmicky
Meaning:
gim.micky\n   gimmicky\n  If you describe something as gimmicky, you think it has features which are not necessary or useful, and whose only purpose is to attract attention or publicity. (INFORMAL)\nThe campaign was gimmicky, but it had a serious side to it.\n  ADJ  disapproval


Words: gin
Meaning:
gin  gins\n  Gin is a strong colourless alcoholic drink made from grain and juniper berries.\n  N-MASS\n\n  A gin is a glass of gin.\n...another gin and tonic.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ginger
Meaning:
gin.ger\n   ginger\n1. Ginger is the root of a plant that is used to flavour food. It has a sweet spicy flavour and is often sold in powdered form.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. Ginger is used to describe things that are orangey-brown in colour.\nShe was a mature lady with dyed ginger hair.\n  COLOUR


Words: ginger ale
Meaning:
gin.ger ale\n   ginger ale  ginger ales\n  Ginger ale is a fizzy non-alcoholic drink flavoured with ginger, which is often mixed with an alcoholic drink.\nI live mostly on coffee and ginger ale.\n  N-MASS\n\n  A glass of ginger ale can be referred to as a ginger ale.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ginger beer
Meaning:
gin.ger beer\n   ginger beer  ginger beers\n  Ginger beer is a fizzy drink that is made from syrup and ginger and is sometimes slightly alcoholic.\n  N-MASS\n\n  A glass of ginger beer can be referred to as a ginger beer.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ginger group
Meaning:
gin.ger group\n   ginger group  ginger groups\n  A ginger group is a group of people who have similar ideas and who work together, especially within a larger organization, to try to persuade others to accept their ideas. (BRIT)\nI set up a ginger group on the environment.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing


Words: gingerbread
Meaning:
ginger.bread\n   gingerbread\n  Gingerbread is a sweet biscuit or cookie that is flavoured with ginger. It is often made in the shape of a man or an animal.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gingerly
Meaning:
gin.ger.ly\n   gingerly\n  If you do something gingerly, you do it in a careful manner, usually because you expect it to be dangerous, unpleasant, or painful. (WRITTEN)\nI drove gingerly past the security check points.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n  = cautiously


Words: gingery
Meaning:
gin.gery\n   gingery\n  Something, especially hair, that is gingery is slightly ginger in colour.\n  ADJ


Words: gingham
Meaning:
ging.ham\n   gingham\n  Gingham is cotton cloth which has a woven pattern of small squares, usually in white and one other colour.\n...a gingham apron.\n...gingham check shorts.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: ginseng
Meaning:
gin.seng\n   ginseng\n  Ginseng is the root of a plant found in China, Korea, and America which some people believe is good for your health.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: giraffe
Meaning:
gi.raffe\n   giraffe  giraffes\n  A giraffe is a large African animal with a very long neck, long legs, and dark patches on its body.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gird
Meaning:
gird  girds  girding  girded\n  If you gird yourself for a battle or contest, you prepare yourself for it. (LITERARY)\nWith audiences in the US falling for the first time in a generation, Hollywood is girding itself for recession.\n  VERB: V pron-refl for n\n\nto gird your loins: see loin


Words: girder
Meaning:
gird.er\n   girder  girders\n  A girder is a long, thick piece of steel or iron that is used in the framework of buildings and bridges.\n  N-COUNT


Words: girdle
Meaning:
gir.dle\n   girdle  girdles  girdling  girdled\n  A girdle is a piece of women’s underwear that fits tightly around the stomach and hips.\n  N-COUNT


Words: girl
Meaning:
girl  girls\n1. A girl is a female child.\n...an eleven year old girl...\nI must have been a horrid little girl.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. You can refer to someone’s daughter as a girl.\nWe had a little girl.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. Young women are often referred to as girls. This use could cause offence.\n...a pretty twenty-year old girl.\n  N-COUNT\n\n4. Some people refer to a man’s girlfriend as his girl. (INFORMAL)\nI’ve been with my girl for nine years.\n  N-COUNT


Words: girl band
Meaning:
girl band girl bands\n  A girl band is a band consisting of young women who sing pop music and dance.\n  N-COUNT


Words: Girl Guide
Meaning:
Girl Guide  Girl Guides   also girl guide\n1. In Britain, the Guides used to be called the Girl Guides.\n  N-PROPER-COLL: the N\n\n2. In Britain, a Girl Guide was a girl who was a member of the Girl Guides.\n  N-COUNT\n  = Guide


Words: Girl Scout
Meaning:
Girl Scout  Girl Scouts\n1. In the United States, the Girl Scouts is an organization similar to the Guides.\n  N-PROPER-COLL: the N\n\n2. In the United States, a Girl Scout is a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts.\n  N-COUNT


Words: girlfriend
Meaning:
girl.friend\n   girlfriend  girlfriends\n1. Someone’s girlfriend is a girl or woman with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.\nHe had been going out with his girlfriend for seven months...\nHas he got a girlfriend?\n  N-COUNT: oft poss N\n\n2. A girlfriend is a female friend.\nI met a girlfriend for lunch.\n  N-COUNT


Words: girlhood
Meaning:
girl.hood\n   girlhood\n  Girlhood is the period of a female person’s life during which she is a girl.\nShe had shared responsibility for her brother since girlhood...\nHer girlhood dream had been to study painting.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N


Words: girlie
Meaning:
girlie  girlies   also girly\n1. Girlie magazines or calendars show photographs of naked or almost naked women which are intended to please men. (INFORMAL)\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n2. Girlie things are suitable for girls or women rather than men or boys. (INFORMAL)\nShe swapped her plain suit for an absurdly girlie dress...\nI’m a very girlie person while Polly is one of the lads.\n  ADJ  disapproval\n\n3. Some people refer to women as girlies, especially when they think they are not as intelligent or able as men. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nThey think we’re just a bunch of girlies who don’t know what we’re doing.\n  N-COUNT  disapproval


Words: girlish
Meaning:
girl.ish\n   girlish\n  If you describe a woman as girlish, you mean she behaves, looks, or sounds like a young girl, for example because she is shy, excited, or lively.\nShe gave a little girlish giggle.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: giro
Meaning:
giro  giros   also Giro\n1. In Britain, a giro or a giro cheque is a cheque that is given by the government to a person who is unemployed or ill.\nHe lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. Giro is a system in which banks and post offices transfer money directly from one bank account to another using computers. (BRIT)\nThere will be no further costs as long as the bank is part of the giro network.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: girth
Meaning:
girth  girths\n1. The girth of an object, for example a person’s or an animal’s body, is its width or thickness, considered as the measurement around its circumference. (FORMAL)\nA girl he knew had upset him by commenting on his increasing girth.\n  N-VAR: with supp, oft poss N\n\n2. A girth is a leather strap which is fastened firmly around the middle of a horse to keep the saddle or load in the right place.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gist
Meaning:
gist\n  The gist of a speech, conversation, or piece of writing is its general meaning.\nHe related the gist of his conversation to Naseby.\n  N-SING: the N of n


Words: git
Meaning:
git  gits\n  If you refer to another person as a git, you mean you dislike them and find them annoying. (BRIT OFFENSIVE)\n  N-COUNT: usu adj N  disapproval


Words: give
Meaning:
OTHER USES, PHRASES, AND PHRASAL VERBS\n   give  gives  giving  gave  given\n\nPlease look at category 7 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.\n1. If something gives, it collapses or breaks under pressure.\nMy knees gave under me.\n  VERB: V\n\n2. You say that you are given to understand or believe that something is the case when you do not want to say how you found out about it, or who told you. (FORMAL)\nWe were given to understand that he was ill...\n  V-PASSIVE: be V-ed to-inf  vagueness\n\n3.\n  see also given\n4. You use give me to say that you would rather have one thing than another, especially when you have just mentioned the thing that you do not want.\nI’ve never had anything barbecued and I don’t want it. Give me a good roast dinner any day.\n  PHRASE: PHR n\n\n5. If you say that something requires give and take, you mean that people must compromise or co-operate for it to be successful.\n...a happy relationship where there’s a lot of give and take.\n  PHRASE\n\n6. Give or take is used to indicate that an amount is approximate. For example, if you say that something is fifty years old, give or take a few years, you mean that it is approximately fifty years old.\nThey grow to a height of 12 ins.give or take a couple of inches.\n  PHRASE: PHR amount\n\n7.\nto give the game away: see game\nto give notice: see notice\nto give rise to: see rise\nto give way: see way\n\nTRANSFERRING\n   give  gives  giving  gave  given\n1. If you give someone something that you own or have bought, you provide them with it, so that they have it or can use it.\nThey gave us T-shirts and stickers...\nHe gave money to the World Health Organisation to help defeat smallpox...\nAmericans are still giving to charity despite hard economic times.\n  VERB: V n n, V n to n, V to n\n\n2. If you give someone something that you are holding or that is near you, you pass it to them, so that they are then holding it.\nGive me that pencil...\nHe pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and gave it to him.\n  VERB: V n n, V n to n\n\n3. To give someone or something a particular power or right means to allow them to have it.\n...a citizen’s charter giving rights to gays...\nThe draft would give the president the power to appoint the central bank’s chairman.\n  VERB: V n to n, V n n\n  = grant\n\nUSED WITH NOUNS DESCRIBING ACTIONS\n   give  gives  giving  gave  given\n1. You can use give with nouns that refer to physical actions. The whole expression refers to the performing of the action. For example, She gave a smile means almost the same as `She smiled’.\nShe stretched her arms out and gave a great yawn...\nHe reached for her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.\n  VERB: no cont, V n, V n n\n\n2. You use give to say that a person does something for another person. For example, if you give someone a lift, you take them somewhere in your car.\nI gave her a lift back out to her house...\nHe was given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation...\nSophie asked her if she would like to come and give art lessons.\n  VERB: V n n, V n n, V n\n\n3. You use give with nouns that refer to information, opinions, or greetings to indicate that something is communicated. For example, if you give someone some news, you tell it to them.\nHe gave no details...\nWould you like to give me your name?...\nHe asked me to give his regards to all of you...\nHe gave the cause of death as multiple injuries.\n  VERB: V n, V n n, V n to n, V n as n\n\n4. You use give to say how long you think something will last or how much you think something will be.\nA BBC poll gave the Labour Party a 12 per cent lead...\n  VERB: V n n\n\n5. People use give in expressions such as I don’t give a damn to show that they do not care about something. (INFORMAL)\nThey don’t give a damn about the country.\n  VERB: no cont, no passive, with brd-neg, V n  feelings\n\n6. If someone or something gives you a particular idea or impression, it causes you to have that idea or impression.\nThey gave me the impression that they were doing exactly what they wanted in life...\nThe examiner’s final report does not give an accurate picture.\n  VERB: V n n, V n\n\n7. If someone or something gives you a particular physical or emotional feeling, it makes you experience it.\nHe gave me a shock...\nIt will give great pleasure to the many thousands of children who visit the hospital each year.\n  VERB: V n n, V n to n, also V n\n\n8. If you give a performance or speech, you perform or speak in public.\nKotto gives a stupendous performance...\nI am sure you remember Mrs Butler who gave us such an interesting talk last year.\n  VERB: V n, V n n\n\n9. If you give something thought or attention, you think about it, concentrate on it, or deal with it.\nI’ve been giving it some thought...\nPriority will be given to those who apply early.\n  VERB: V n n, V n to n/-ing\n\n10. If you give a party or other social event, you organize it.\nThat evening, I gave a dinner party for a few close friends.\n  VERB: V n\n  = have


Words: give away
Meaning:
give away\n1. If you give away something that you own, you give it to someone, rather than selling it, often because you no longer want it.\nHe was giving his collection away for nothing...\nWe have six copies of the book to give away.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)\n  !=keep\n2. If someone gives away an advantage, they accidentally cause their opponent or enemy to have that advantage.\nWe gave away a silly goal...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P\n  = throw away\n3. If you give away information that should be kept secret, you reveal it to other people.\nShe would give nothing away...\nThey felt like they were giving away company secrets.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)\n\n4. To give someone or something away means to show their true nature or identity, which is not obvious.\nAlthough they are pretending hard to be young, grey hair and cellulite give them away...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P\n\n5. In a Christian wedding ceremony, if someone gives the bride away, they officially present her to her husband. This is traditionally done by the bride’s father.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P


Words: give back
Meaning:
give back\n  If you give something back, you return it to the person who gave it to you.\nI gave the textbook back to him...\nYou gave me back the projector...\nI gave it back politely.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P to n, V n P n (not pron), V n P


Words: give in
Meaning:
give in\n1. If you give in, you admit that you are defeated or that you cannot do something.\nAll right. I give in. What did you do with the ship?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n2. If you give in, you agree to do something that you do not want to do.\nI pressed my parents until they finally gave in and registered me for skating classes...\nOfficials say they won’t give in to the workers’ demands.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P to n


Words: give off
Meaning:
give off   or give out\n  If something gives off or gives out a gas, heat, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out into the air.\n...natural gas, which gives off less carbon dioxide than coal...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)


Words: give out
Meaning:
give out\n1. If you give out a number of things, you distribute them among a group of people.\nThere were people at the entrance giving out leaflets.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P\n  = hand out\n2. If you give out information, you make it known to people.\nHe wouldn’t give out any information...\nHow often do you give your phone number out?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P\n\n3. If a piece of equipment or part of the body gives out, it stops working.\nAll machines give out eventually...\nOne of his lungs gave out entirely.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P\n\n4.\nsee give off


Words: give over to
Meaning:
give over to   or give up to\n  If something is given over or given up to a particular use, it is used entirely for that purpose.\nMuch of the garden was given over to vegetables...\n  PHRASAL VERB: usu passive, be V-ed P P n


Words: give up
Meaning:
give up\n1. If you give up something, you stop doing it or having it.\nCoastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.\n...smokers who give up before 30.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n/-ing, V P\n\n2. If you give up, you decide that you cannot do something and stop trying to do it.\nAfter a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n3. If you give up your job, you resign from it.\nShe gave up her job to join her husband’s campaign...\nHe is thinking of giving up teaching.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n/-ing (not pron), V P n/-ing (not pron)\n\n4. If you give up something that you have or that you are entitled to, you allow someone else to have it.\nGeorgia refuses to give up any territory...\nOne of the men with him gave up his place on the bench.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P n (not pron)\n\n5. If you give yourself up, you let the police or other people know where you are, after you have been hiding from them.\nA 28-year-old man later gave himself up and will appear in court today.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V pron-refl P


Words: give up on
Meaning:
give up on\n  If you give up on something or someone, you decide that you will never succeed in doing what you want to with them, and you stop trying to.\nHe urged them not to give up on peace efforts...\nMy teachers gave up on me.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n, V P P n


Words: giveaway
Meaning:
give.away\n   giveaway  giveaways   also give-away\n1. A giveaway is something that makes you realize the truth about a particular person or situation.\nThe only giveaway was the look of amusement in her eyes.\n  N-SING\n\n2. A giveaway is something that a company or organization gives to someone, usually in order to encourage people to buy a particular product.\nNext week TODAY is celebrating with a great giveaway of FREE garden seeds.\n  N-COUNT


Words: given
Meaning:
giv.en\n   given\n1. Given is the past participle of give.\n\n2. If you talk about, for example, any given position or a given time, you mean the particular position or time that you are discussing.\nIn chess there are typically about 36 legal moves from any given board position...\nOver a given period, the value of shares will rise and fall.\n  ADJ: det ADJ\n  = particular\n3. Given is used when indicating a possible situation in which someone has the opportunity or ability to do something. For example, given the chance means `if I had the chance’.\nWrite down the sort of thing you would like to do, given the opportunity...\nGiven patience, successful breeding of this species can be achieved.\n  PREP\n\n4. If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account.\nUsually, I am sensible with money, as I have to be, given that I don’t earn that much.\n  PHRASE\n  = considering\n5. If you say given something, you mean taking that thing into account.\nGiven the uncertainty over Leigh’s future I was left with little other choice.\n  PREP\n\n6. If you are given to doing something, you often do it. (FORMAL)\nI am not very given to emotional displays.\n  ADJ: v-link ADJ to -ing


Words: given name
Meaning:
giv.en name\n   given name  given names\n  A given name is a person’s first name, which they are given at birth in addition to their surname. (FORMAL)\n  N-COUNT: oft with poss\n  = first name


Words: giver
Meaning:
giv.er\n   giver  givers\n  You can refer to a person or organization that gives or supplies a particular thing as a giver of that thing.\nGermany is the largest giver of aid among the wealthy countries of the West.\n  N-COUNT\n\n  Giver is also a combining form.\n...if the money-givers do not have specific projects in view.\n  COMB in N-COUNT


Words: gizmo
Meaning:
giz.mo\n   gizmo  gizmos\n  A gizmo is a device or small machine which performs a particular task, usually in a new and efficient way. People often use gizmo to refer to a device or machine when they do not know what it is really called. (INFORMAL)\n...a plastic gizmo for holding a coffee cup on the dashboard.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp


Words: glace
Meaning:
gla.ce\n   glace\n  Glace fruits are fruits that have been preserved in a thick sugary syrup and then dried.\n...pieces of glace cherry.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: glacial
Meaning:
gla.cial\n   glacial\n1. Glacial means relating to or produced by glaciers or ice. (TECHNICAL)\n...a true glacial landscape with U-shaped valleys.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n2. If you say that a person, action, or atmosphere is glacial, you mean that they are very unfriendly or hostile.\nInside the jeep the atmosphere was glacial.\n  ADJ  disapproval\n  = frosty, icy\n3. If you say that something moves or changes at a glacial pace, you are emphasizing that it moves or changes very slowly.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n  emphasis\n\n4. If you describe someone, usually a woman, as glacial, you mean they are very beautiful and elegant, but do not show their feelings.\nHer glacial beauty is magnetic.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: glaciation
Meaning:
gla.cia.tion\n   glaciation  glaciations\n  In geology, glaciation is the process by which the land is covered by glaciers. Glaciations are periods when this happens. (TECHNICAL)\n  N-VAR


Words: glacier
Meaning:
glaci.er\n   glacier  glaciers\n  A glacier is an extremely large mass of ice which moves very slowly, often down a mountain valley.\n  N-COUNT


Words: glad
Meaning:
glad\n1. If you are glad about something, you are happy and pleased about it.\nI’m glad I relented in the end...\nThe people seem genuinely glad to see you...\nI ought to be glad about what happened...\nI’d be glad if the boys slept a little longer so I could do some ironing.\n  ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ that, ADJ to-inf, ADJ of/about n\n\n=>  glad.ly\nMallarme gladly accepted the invitation.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n=>  glad.ness\n...a night of joy and gladness.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. If you say that you will be glad to do something, usually for someone else, you mean that you are willing and eager to do it.\nI’ll be glad to show you everything...\nWe should be glad to answer any questions.\n  ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf  feelings\n  = happy\n=>  glad.ly\nThe counselors will gladly baby-sit during their free time.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: glad rags
Meaning:
glad rags\n  You can refer to clothes that you wear to parties and other special occasions as your glad rags. (INFORMAL)\n  N-PLURAL


Words: gladden
Meaning:
glad.den\n   gladden  gladdens  gladdening  gladdened\n1. If you say that something gladdens someone’s heart, you mean that it makes them feel pleased and hopeful. (WRITTEN)\n...a conclusion that should gladden the hearts of all animal-rights activists.\n  PHRASE: V and N inflect\n\n2. If something gladdens you, it makes you feel happy and pleased. (LITERARY)\nCharles’s visit surprised him and gladdened him.\n  VERB: V n\n  !=sadden


Words: gladiator
Meaning:
gladia.tor\n   gladiator  gladiators\n1. In the time of the Roman Empire, a gladiator was a man who had to fight against other men or wild animals in order to entertain an audience.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. You can refer to a sports player or a performer as a gladiator in order to emphasize how brave or dangerous their actions are. (JOURNALISM)\nAs the gladiators rolled away from the starting gates, a gasp went up when the Scottish cyclist’s left foot clicked out of the pedal.\n  N-COUNT  emphasis


Words: gladiolus
Meaning:
gladio.lus\n   gladiolus  gladioli\n  A gladiolus is a type of plant with long thin leaves and several large brightly coloured flowers.\n  N-COUNT


Words: glam
Meaning:
glam\n  Glam is short for glamorous. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nShe was always glam. She looked like a star.\n  ADJ


Words: glamorize
Meaning:
glam.or.ize\n   glamorize  glamorizes  glamorizing  glamorized\nin BRIT, also use glamorise\n  If someone glamorizes something, they make it look or seem more attractive than it really is, especially in a film, book, or programme.\nFilmmakers have often been accused of glamorizing organized crime.\n...a glamorised view of the past.\n  VERB: V n, V-ed  disapproval


Words: glamorous
Meaning:
glam.or.ous\n   glamorous\n  If you describe someone or something as glamorous, you mean that they are more attractive, exciting, or interesting than ordinary people or things.\n...some of the world’s most beautiful and glamorous women...\nThe south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.\n  ADJ


Words: glamour
Meaning:
glam.our\n   glamour\nin AM, also use glamor\n  Glamour is the quality of being more attractive, exciting, or interesting than ordinary people or things.\n...the glamour of show biz.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glance
Meaning:
glance  glances  glancing  glanced\n1. If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately.\nHe glanced at his watch...\nI glanced back.\n  VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv\n\n2. If you glance through or at a newspaper, report, or book, you spend a short time looking at it without reading it very carefully.\nI picked up the phone book and glanced through it...\nI never even glanced at the political page of a daily paper.\n  VERB: V through/at n, V through/at n\n\n3. A glance is a quick look at someone or something.\nTrevor and I exchanged a glance.\n  N-COUNT\n\n4. If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully.\nOne could tell at a glance that she was a compassionate person.\n  PHRASE\n\n5. If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first glance, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong.\nAt first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer.\n  PHRASE: PHR with cl\n\n6. If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking.\nHe stole a glance at the clock behind her.\n  PHRASE: V and N inflect, oft PHR at n


Words: glance off
Meaning:
glance off\n  If an object glances off something, it hits it at an angle and bounces away in another direction.\nMy fist glanced off his jaw.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: glancing
Meaning:
glanc.ing\n   glancing\n  A glancing blow is one that hits something at an angle rather than from directly in front.\nThe car struck him a glancing blow on the forehead.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gland
Meaning:
gland  glands\n  A gland is an organ in the body which produces chemical substances for the body to use or get rid of.\n...the hormones secreted by our endocrine glands.\n...sweat glands.\n  N-COUNT: usu supp N


Words: glandular
Meaning:
glan.du.lar\n   glandular\n  Glandular means relating to or affecting your glands. (TECHNICAL)\n...the amount of fat and glandular tissue in the breasts.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: glandular fever
Meaning:
glan.du.lar fe.ver\n   glandular fever\n  Glandular fever is a disease which causes swollen glands, fever, and a sore throat. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use mononucleosis)\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glare
Meaning:
glare  glares  glaring  glared\n1. If you glare at someone, you look at them with an angry expression on your face.\nThe old woman glared at him...\nJacob glared and muttered something.\n...glaring eyes.\n  VERB: V at n, V, V-ing\n\n2. A glare is an angry, hard, and unfriendly look.\nHis glasses magnified his irritable glare.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. If the sun or a light glares, it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at.\nThe sunlight glared.\n...glaring searchlight beams.\n  VERB: V, V-ing\n\n4. Glare is very bright light that is difficult to look at.\n...the glare of a car’s headlights...\nSpecial-purpose glasses reduce glare.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp\n\n5. If someone is in the glare of publicity or public attention, they are constantly being watched and talked about by a lot of people.\nNorma is said to dislike the glare of publicity...\nShe attacked police in the full glare of TV cameras.\n  N-SING: the N of n


Words: glaring
Meaning:
glar.ing\n   glaring\n  If you describe something bad as glaring, you are emphasizing that it is very obvious and easily seen or noticed.\nI never saw such a glaring example of misrepresentation.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n  emphasis\n  = blatant\n=>  glar.ing.ly\nIt was glaringly obvious...\nHe told a glaringly different story.\n  ADV\n\n  see also glare


Words: glasnost
Meaning:
glas.nost\n   glasnost\n  Glasnost is a policy of making a government more open and democratic. The word glasnost was originally used to describe the policies of President Gorbachev in the former Soviet Union in the 1980s.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glass
Meaning:
glass  glasses\n1. Glass is a hard transparent substance that is used to make things such as windows and bottles.\n...a pane of glass.\n...a sliding glass door.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. A glass is a container made from glass, which you can drink from and which does not have a handle.\nGrossman raised the glass to his lips.\n  N-COUNT\n\n  The contents of a glass can be referred to as a glass of something.\n...a glass of milk.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n\n\n3. Glass is used to mean objects made of glass, for example drinking containers and bowls.\nThere’s a glittering array of glass to choose from at markets.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n4. Glasses are two lenses in a frame that some people wear in front of their eyes in order to help them see better.\nHe took off his glasses.\n  N-PLURAL\n\n5.\n  see also dark glasses, magnifying glass


Words: glass ceiling
Meaning:
glass ceil.ing\n   glass ceiling  glass ceilings\n  When people refer to a glass ceiling, they are talking about the attitudes and traditions in a society that prevent women from rising to the top jobs. (JOURNALISM)\nIn her current role she broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman to reach senior management level in the company...\n  N-COUNT: usu sing


Words: glass fibre
Meaning:
glass fi.bre\n   glass fibre\nin AM, use glass fiber\n  Glass fibre is another name for fibreglass.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glasshouse
Meaning:
glass.house\n   glasshouse  glasshouses\n  A glasshouse is a greenhouse, especially a large one which is used for the commercial production of fruit, flowers, or vegetables. (mainly BRIT)\n  N-COUNT


Words: glassware
Meaning:
glass.ware\n   glassware\n  Glassware consists of objects made of glass, such as bowls, drinking containers, and ornaments.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glassy
Meaning:
glassy\n  If you describe something as glassy, you mean that it is very smooth and shiny, like glass. (WRITTEN)\nThe water was glassy.\n...glassy green pebbles.\n  ADJ


Words: glaucoma
Meaning:
glau.co.ma\n   glaucoma\n  Glaucoma is an eye disease which can cause people to go gradually blind.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glaze
Meaning:
glaze  glazes  glazing  glazed\n1. A glaze is a thin layer of liquid which is put on a piece of pottery and becomes hard and shiny when the pottery is heated in a very hot oven.\n...hand-painted French tiles with decorative glazes.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A glaze is a thin layer of beaten egg, milk, or other liquid that you spread onto food in order to make the surface shine and look attractive.\nBrush the glaze over the top and sides of the hot cake.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. When you glaze food such as bread or pastry, you spread a layer of beaten egg, milk, or other liquid onto it before you cook it in order to make its surface shine and look attractive.\nGlaze the pie with beaten egg.\n  VERB: V n


Words: glaze over
Meaning:
glaze over\n  If your eyes glaze over, they become dull and lose all expression, usually because you are bored or are thinking about something else.\n...movie actors whose eyes glaze over as soon as the subject wavers from themselves.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: glazed
Meaning:
glazed\n1. If you describe someone’s eyes as glazed, you mean that their expression is dull or dreamy, usually because they are tired or are having difficulty concentrating on something.\nDoctors with glazed eyes sat chain-smoking in front of a television set...\nThere was a glazed look in her eyes.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n2. Glazed pottery is covered with a thin layer of a hard shiny substance.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n3. A glazed window or door has glass in it.\n  ADJ


Words: glazier
Meaning:
gla.zi.er\n   glazier  glaziers\n  A glazier is someone whose job is fitting glass into windows and doors.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gleam
Meaning:
gleam  gleams  gleaming  gleamed\n1. If an object or a surface gleams, it reflects light because it is shiny and clean.\nHis black hair gleamed in the sun.\n...a gleaming red sports car.\n  VERB: V, V-ing\n\n2. You can refer to the light reflected from something as a gleam. (LITERARY)\n...the gleam of the dark river...\nIn the light from the hall, her hair had a golden gleam.\n  N-SING\n\n3. If your eyes gleam, they look bright and show that you are excited or happy. (WRITTEN)\n  VERB\n  = glisten, shine\n4. A gleam of something is a faint sign of it.\nThere was a gleam of hope for a peaceful settlement.\n  N-COUNT: N of n\n  = glimmer


Words: glean
Meaning:
glean  gleans  gleaning  gleaned\n  If you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly.\nAt present we’re gleaning information from all sources...\n10,000 pages of evidence were gleaned from hundreds and hundreds of interviews.\n  VERB: V n from n, V n\n  = gather


Words: glee
Meaning:
glee\n  Glee is a feeling of happiness and excitement, often caused by someone else’s misfortune.\nThere was much glee among journalists over the leaked letter.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft with N\n  = delight


Words: gleeful
Meaning:
glee.ful\n   gleeful\n  Someone who is gleeful is happy and excited, often because of someone else’s bad luck. (WRITTEN)\nHe took an almost gleeful delight in showing how wrong they can be.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  glee.ful.ly\nI spent the rest of their visit gleefully boring them with tedious details.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: glen
Meaning:
glen  glens\n  A glen is a deep, narrow valley, especially in the mountains of Scotland or Ireland.\n  N-COUNT: oft in names


Words: glib
Meaning:
glib\n  If you describe what someone says as glib, you disapprove of it because it implies that something is simple or easy, or that there are no problems involved, when this is not the case.\n...the glib talk of `past misery’...\nMr. Lewis takes an insufferably glib attitude toward it all.\n  ADJ  disapproval\n\n=>  glib.ly\nWe talk glibly of equality of opportunity.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: glide
Meaning:
glide  glides  gliding  glided\n1. If you glide somewhere, you move silently and in a smooth and effortless way.\nWaiters glide between tightly packed tables bearing trays of pasta.\n  VERB: V prep/adv\n\n2. When birds or aeroplanes glide, they float on air currents.\nOur only companion is the wandering albatross, which glides effortlessly and gracefully behind the yacht.\n  VERB: V prep/adv


Words: glider
Meaning:
glid.er\n   glider  gliders\n  A glider is an aircraft without an engine, which flies by floating on air currents.\n  N-COUNT


Words: glimmer
Meaning:
glim.mer\n   glimmer  glimmers  glimmering  glimmered\n1. If something glimmers, it produces or reflects a faint, gentle, often unsteady light.\nThe moon glimmered faintly through the mists.\n...the glimmering ocean.\n  VERB: V, V-ing\n\n2. A glimmer is a faint, gentle, often unsteady light.\nIn the east there is the slightest glimmer of light.\n  N-COUNT\n  = flicker\n3. A glimmer of something is a faint sign of it.\nDespite an occasional glimmer of hope, this campaign has not produced any results...\nHe is celebrating his first glimmer of success.\n  N-COUNT: N of n


Words: glimmering
Meaning:
glim.mer.ing\n   glimmering  glimmerings\n  A glimmering of something is a faint sign of it.\n...a glimmering of understanding.\n...the first glimmerings of civilization.\n  N-COUNT: N of n


Words: glimpse
Meaning:
glimpse  glimpses  glimpsing  glimpsed\n1. If you get a glimpse of someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well.\nSome of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the Hyde Park Hotel to catch a glimpse of their heroine.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n\n\n2. If you glimpse someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well.\nShe glimpsed a group of people standing on the bank of a river.\n  VERB: V n\n\n3. A glimpse of something is a brief experience of it or an idea about it that helps you understand or appreciate it better.\nAs university campuses become increasingly multi-ethnic, they offer a glimpse of the conflicts society will face tomorrow.\n...a glimpse into the future.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n


Words: glint
Meaning:
glint  glints  glinting  glinted\n1. If something glints, it produces or reflects a quick flash of light. (WRITTEN)\nThe sea glinted in the sun...\nSunlight glinted on his spectacles.\n  VERB: V, V on/off n\n  = glisten\n2. A glint is a quick flash of light. (WRITTEN)\n...a glint of silver.\n...glints of sunlight.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n


Words: glisten
Meaning:
glis.ten\n   glisten  glistens  glistening  glistened\n  If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily.\nThe calm sea glistened in the sunlight...\nDarcy’s face was white and glistening with sweat.\n  VERB: V, V with n


Words: glitch
Meaning:
glitch  glitches\n  A glitch is a problem which stops something from working properly or being successful. (INFORMAL)\nManufacturing glitches have limited the factory’s output.\n  N-COUNT\n  = hitch, problem


Words: glitter
Meaning:
glit.ter\n   glitter  glitters  glittering  glittered\n1. If something glitters, light comes from or is reflected off different parts of it.\nThe bay glittered in the sunshine...\nThe Palace glittered with lights.\n  VERB: V, V prep\n  = sparkle\n2. Glitter consists of tiny shining pieces of metal. It is glued to things for decoration.\nDecorate the tunic with sequins or glitter.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3. You can use glitter to refer to superficial attractiveness or to the excitement connected with something.\nShe was blinded by the glitter and the glamour of her own life.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glitterati
Meaning:
glit.te.ra.ti\n   glitterati\n  The glitterati are rich and famous people such as actors and rock stars. (JOURNALISM)\nThe glitterati of Hollywood are flocking to Janet Vaughan’s nail salon.\n  N-PLURAL


Words: glittering
Meaning:
glit.ter.ing\n   glittering\n  You use glittering to indicate that something is very impressive or successful.\n...a brilliant school pupil destined for a glittering academic career.\n...a glittering array of celebrities.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: glittery
Meaning:
glit.tery\n   glittery\n  Something that is glittery shines with a lot of very small points of light.\n...a gold suit and a glittery bow tie.\n  ADJ


Words: glitz
Meaning:
glitz\n  You use glitz to refer to something that is exciting and attractive in a showy way.\n...the glitz of Beverly Hills.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glitzy
Meaning:
glitzy  glitzier  glitziest\n  Something that is glitzy is exciting and attractive in a showy way.\n...Aspen, Colorado, one of the glitziest ski resorts in the world.\n  ADJ


Words: gloat
Meaning:
gloat  gloats  gloating  gloated\n  If someone is gloating, they are showing pleasure at their own success or at other people’s failure in an arrogant and unpleasant way.\nAnti-abortionists are gloating over the court’s decision...\nThis is nothing to gloat about.\n  VERB: V over/about n, V over/about n, also V  disapproval


Words: glob
Meaning:
glob  globs\n  A glob of something soft or liquid is a small round amount of it. (INFORMAL)\n...oily globs of soup.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n\n  = blob


Words: global
Meaning:
glob.al\n   global\n1. You can use global to describe something that happens in all parts of the world or affects all parts of the world.\n...a global ban on nuclear testing...\nOn a global scale, AIDS may well become the leading cause of infant death.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  = worldwide\n=>  glob.al.ly\n...a globally familiar trade name.\n  ADV\n\n2. A global view or vision of a situation is one in which all the different aspects of it are considered.\n...the global view, the ability to make wider decisions based on a knowledge of all the facts, not just some of them.\n...a global vision of contemporary societies.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: global positioning system
Meaning:
glob.al po.si.tion.ing sys.tem\n   global positioning system global positioning systems\n  A global positioning system is a system that uses signals from satellites to find out the position of an object. The abbreviation GPS is also used.\n  N-COUNT


Words: global reach
Meaning:
glob.al reach\n\n  When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world. (BUSINESS)\nThe company does not yet have the global reach of its bigger competitors...\nIt would have to grow by acquisitions or joint ventures to achieve global reach...\n  N-SING


Words: global village
Meaning:
glob.al vil.lage\n   global village\n  People sometimes refer to the world as a global village when they want to emphasize that all the different parts of the world form one community linked together by electronic communications, especially the Internet.\nNow that we are all part of the global village, everyone becomes a neighbour.\n  N-SING


Words: global warming
Meaning:
glob.al warm.ing\n   global warming\n  Global warming is the gradual rise in the earth’s temperature caused by high levels of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere.\nThe threat of global warming will eventually force the US to slow down its energy consumption.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: globalize
Meaning:
glob.al.ize\n   globalize  globalizes  globalizing  globalized\nin BRIT, also use globalise\n  When industry globalizes or is globalized, companies from one country link with companies from another country in order to do business with them. (BUSINESS)\nAs the world becomes more complex, some things do, of course, standardize and globalize...\nCompanies will come together because of the sheer costs involved in globalising their businesses.\n  VERB: V, V n\n\n=>  glob.ali.za.tion\nTrends toward the globalization of industry have dramatically affected food production in California.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: globe
Meaning:
globe  globes\n1. You can refer to the world as the globe when you are emphasizing how big it is or that something happens in many different parts of it.\n...bottles of beer from every corner of the globe...\n70% of our globe’s surface is water.\n  N-SING: usu the N\n  = planet\n2. A globe is a ball-shaped object with a map of the world on it. It is usually fixed on a stand.\n...a globe of the world...\nThree large globes stand on the floor.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. Any ball-shaped object can be referred to as a globe.\nThe overhead light was covered now with a white globe.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp


Words: globe-trot
Meaning:
globe-trot  globe-trots  globe-trotting  globe-trotted   also globetrot\n  If someone spends their time globe-trotting, they spend a lot of time travelling to different parts of the world. (INFORMAL)\nThe son of a diplomat, he has spent much of his life globe-trotting.\n  VERB: usu cont, V\n\n=>  globe-trotting\n...globe-trotting academic superstars.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  globe-trotter      globe-trotters\nTV globe-trotter Alan Whicker was nearly burned alive by an angry mob in Egypt.\n  N-COUNT


Words: globular
Meaning:
globu.lar\n   globular\n  A globular object is shaped like a ball. (FORMAL)\nThe globular seed capsule contains numerous small seeds.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: globule
Meaning:
glob.ule\n   globule  globules\n  Globules of a liquid or of a soft substance are tiny round particles of it.\n...globules of saliva...\nOur bone marrow contains fat in the form of small globules.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl, oft N of n\n  = droplet


Words: glockenspiel
Meaning:
glock.en.spiel\n   glockenspiel  glockenspiels\n  A glockenspiel is a musical instrument which consists of metal bars of different lengths arranged like the keyboard of a piano. You play the glockenspiel by hitting the bars with wooden hammers.\n  N-COUNT: oft the N


Words: gloom
Meaning:
gloom\n1. The gloom is a state of near darkness.\n...the gloom of a foggy November morning...\nI was peering about me in the gloom.\n  N-SING: the N, oft in/into N\n\n2. Gloom is a feeling of sadness and lack of hope.\n...the deepening gloom over the economy.\n  N-UNCOUNT: also a N


Words: gloomy
Meaning:
gloomy  gloomier  gloomiest\n1. If a place is gloomy, it is almost dark so that you cannot see very well.\nInside it’s gloomy after all that sunshine...\n...this huge gloomy church.\n  ADJ\n\n2. If people are gloomy, they are unhappy and have no hope.\nMiller is gloomy about the fate of the serious playwright in America.\n  ADJ\n  = despondent\n=>  gloomi.ly\nHe tells me gloomily that he has been called up for army service.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n3. If a situation is gloomy, it does not give you much hope of success or happiness.\n...a gloomy picture of an economy sliding into recession...\nOfficials say the outlook for next year is gloomy.\n  ADJ\n  = grim


Words: glorified
Meaning:
glo.ri.fied\n   glorified\n  You use glorified to indicate that something is less important or impressive than its name suggests.\nSometimes they tell me I’m just a glorified waitress...\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: glorify
Meaning:
glo.ri.fy\n   glorify  glorifies  glorifying  glorified\n  To glorify something means to praise it or make it seem good or special, usually when it is not.\nThis magazine in no way glorifies gangs.\n...the banning of songs glorifying war and racism.\n  VERB: V n, V n\n\n=>  glo.ri.fi.ca.tion\n...the glorification of violence.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glorious
Meaning:
glo.ri.ous\n   glorious\n1. Something that is glorious is very beautiful and impressive.\nShe had missed the glorious blooms of the Mediterranean spring.\n...a glorious Edwardian opera house.\n  ADJ\n  = magnificent\n=>  glo.ri.ous.ly\n...gloriously embroidered costumes.\n  ADV: usu ADV adj\n\n2. If you describe something as glorious, you are emphasizing that it is wonderful and it makes you feel very happy.\nThe win revived glorious memories of his championship-winning days...\nWe opened the windows and let in the glorious evening air.\n  ADJ  emphasis\n  = wonderful\n=>  glo.ri.ous.ly\n...her gloriously happy love life.\n  ADV\n\n3. A glorious career, victory, or occasion involves great fame or success.\nHarrison had a glorious career spanning more than six decades...\n  ADJ\n\n=>  glo.ri.ous.ly\nBut the mission was successful, gloriously successful.\n  ADV: usu ADV adj\n\n4. Glorious weather is hot and sunny.\nI got dressed and emerged into glorious sunshine...\nThe sun was out again, and it was a glorious day.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  glo.ri.ous.ly\nFor a change, it was a gloriously sunny day.\n  ADV: ADV adj


Words: glory
Meaning:
glo.ry\n   glory  glories  glorying  gloried\n1. Glory is the fame and admiration that you gain by doing something impressive.\nWalsham had his moment of glory when he won a 20km race.\n...we were still basking in the glory of our Championship win.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. A person’s glories are the occasions when they have done something people greatly admire which makes them famous.\nThe album sees them re-living past glories but not really breaking any new ground.\n  N-PLURAL: with supp\n\n3. The glory of something is its great beauty or impressive nature.\nThe glory of the idea blossomed in his mind.\n  N-UNCOUNT: with poss, usu the N of n\n\n4. The glories of a culture or place are the things that people admire most about it.\n...a tour of Florence, to enjoy the artistic glories of the Italian Renaissance...\n  N-COUNT: usu pl, with supp, usu the N of n\n\n5. If you glory in a situation or activity, you enjoy it very much.\nThe workers were glorying in their new-found freedom...\n  VERB: V in n\n  = revel\n6. If you go out in a blaze of glory, you do something very dramatic at the end of your career or your life which makes you famous.\nI am never going back to prison. I am going to make national news headlines and go out in a blaze of glory.\n  PHRASE: oft in PHR


Words: gloss
Meaning:
gloss  glosses  glossing  glossed\n1. A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.\nRain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.\n  N-SING\n  = sheen\n2. Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.\nTelevision commercials might seem more professional but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3. If you put a gloss on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it.\nHe used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated...\n  N-SING: a N, usu N on n\n\n4. Gloss is the same as gloss paint.\n  N-MASS\n\n5. Gloss is a type of shiny make-up.\nShe brushed gloss on to her eyelids.\n...lip glosses.\n  N-MASS\n\n6. If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.\nOlder editors glossed `drynke’ as `love-potion’.\n  VERB: V n as n


Words: gloss over
Meaning:
gloss over\n  If you gloss over a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try and make it seem unimportant by ignoring it or by dealing with it very quickly.\nSome foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)


Words: glossary
Meaning:
glos.sa.ry\n   glossary  glossaries\n  A glossary of special, unusual, or technical words or expressions is an alphabetical list of them giving their meanings, for example at the end of a book on a particular subject.\n  N-COUNT


Words: glossies
Meaning:
glossies\n  The glossies are expensive magazines which are printed on thick, shiny paper. (BRIT INFORMAL)\n  N-PLURAL


Words: glossy
Meaning:
glossy  glossier glossiest\n1. Glossy means smooth and shiny.\n...glossy black hair...\nThe leaves were dark and glossy.\n  ADJ\n\n2. You can describe something as glossy if you think that it has been designed to look attractive but has little practical value or may have hidden faults.\n...a glossy new office...\nBritish TV commercials are glossy and sophisticated.\n  ADJ\n\n3. Glossy magazines, leaflets, books, and photographs are produced on expensive, shiny paper.\n...a glossy magazine called `Women Today’.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: glove
Meaning:
glove  gloves\n1. Gloves are pieces of clothing which cover your hands and wrists and have individual sections for each finger. You wear gloves to keep your hands warm or dry or to protect them.\n...a pair of white cotton gloves.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you say that something fits like a glove, you are emphasizing that it fits exactly.\n  PHRASE: V inflects  emphasis\n\n3.\nhand in glove: see hand\n  see also kid gloves


Words: glove compartment
Meaning:
glove com.part.ment\n   glove compartment  glove compartments   or glove box\n  The glove compartment in a car is a small cupboard or shelf below the front windscreen.\n  N-COUNT


Words: glow
Meaning:
glow  glows  glowing  glowed\n1. A glow is a dull, steady light, for example the light produced by a fire when there are no flames.\n...the cigarette’s red glow...\nThe rising sun casts a golden glow over the fields.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing\n\n2. A glow is a pink colour on a person’s face, usually because they are healthy or have been exercising.\nThe moisturiser gave my face a healthy glow that lasted all day.\n  N-SING: usu a N\n\n3. If you feel a glow of satisfaction or achievement, you have a strong feeling of pleasure because of something that you have done or that has happened.\nExercise will give you a glow of satisfaction at having achieved something...\nHe felt a glow of pride in what she had accomplished.\n  N-SING: oft N of n\n\n4. If something glows, it produces a dull, steady light.\nThe night lantern glowed softly in the darkness...\nEven the mantel above the fire glowed white.\n  VERB: V, V adj\n\n5. If a place glows with a colour or a quality, it is bright, attractive, and colourful.\nUsed together these colours will make your interiors glow with warmth and vitality.\n...carved wood bathed in glowing colors and gold leaf.\n  VERB: V with n, V-ing, also V\n\n6. If something glows, it looks bright because it is reflecting light.\nThe instruments glowed in the bright orange light...\nThe fall foliage glowed red and yellow in the morning sunlight.\n  VERB: V, V adj\n\n7. If someone’s skin glows, it looks pink because they are healthy or excited, or have been doing physical exercise.\nHer freckled skin glowed with health again.\n...a glowing complexion.\n  VERB: V with n, V-ing, also V\n\n8. If someone glows with an emotion such as pride or pleasure, the expression on their face shows how they feel.\nThe expectant mothers that Amy had encountered positively glowed with pride.\n  VERB: V with n\n\n9.\n  see also glowing


Words: glow-worm
Meaning:
glow-worm  glow-worms\n  A glow-worm is a type of beetle which produces light from its body.\n  N-COUNT


Words: glower
Meaning:
glow.er\n   glower  glowers  glowering  glowered\n  If you glower at someone or something, you look at them angrily.\nHe glowered at me but said nothing...\nHe glowered and glared, but she steadfastly refused to look his way.\n  VERB: V at n, V\n  = glare


Words: glowering
Meaning:
glow.er.ing\n   glowering\n1. If you describe a person as glowering, you mean they look angry and bad tempered. (WRITTEN)\n...his glowering good looks.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n2. If you describe a place as glowering, you mean that it looks dark and threatening. (WRITTEN)\n...glowering castle walls.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: glowing
Meaning:
glow.ing\n   glowing\n  A glowing description or opinion about someone or something praises them highly or supports them strongly.\nThe media has been speaking in glowing terms of the relationship between the two countries...\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n  see also glow\n=>  glow.ing.ly\nWallis spoke glowingly about players like Chapman.\n  ADV


Words: glue
Meaning:
glue  glues  glueing  or gluing  glued\n1. Glue is a sticky substance used for joining things together, often for repairing broken things.\n...a tube of glue.\n...high quality glues.\n  N-MASS\n\n2. If you glue one object to another, you stick them together using glue.\nGlue the fabric around the window...\nThey are glued together.\n  VERB: V n prep/adv, be V-ed together\n\n3. If you say that someone is glued to something, you mean that they are giving it all their attention.\nThey are all glued to the Olympic Games.\n  V-PASSIVE: be V-ed to n


Words: glue sniffing
Meaning:
glue sniff.ing\n   glue sniffing\n  Glue sniffing is the practice of breathing the vapour from glue in order to become intoxicated.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n  = solvent abuse


Words: glum
Meaning:
glum  glummer  glummest\n  Someone who is glum is sad and quiet because they are disappointed or unhappy about something.\nShe was very glum and was obviously missing her children.\n  ADJ: usu v-link ADJ\n  = despondent\n=>  glum.ly\nWhen Eleanor returned, I was still sitting glumly on the settee.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: glut
Meaning:
glut  gluts  glutting  glutted\n1. If there is a glut of something, there is so much of it that it cannot all be sold or used.\nThere’s a glut of agricultural products in Western Europe.\n...a world oil glut.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp\n  = surplus\n2. If a market is glutted with something, there is a glut of that thing. (BUSINESS)\nThe region is glutted with hospitals...\nSoldiers returning from the war had glutted the job market.\n  VERB: be V-ed with n, V n


Words: glutinous
Meaning:
glu.ti.nous\n   glutinous\n  Something that is glutinous is very sticky.\nThe sauce was glutinous and tasted artificial.\n...soft and glutinous mud.\n  ADJ


Words: glutton
Meaning:
glut.ton\n   glutton  gluttons\n1. If you think that someone eats too much and is greedy, you can say they are a glutton.\nI can’t control my eating. It’s hard when people don’t understand and call you a glutton.\n  N-COUNT  disapproval\n\n2. If you say that someone is a glutton for something, you mean that they enjoy or need it very much.\nHe was a glutton for hard work...\nIvy must be a glutton for punishment.\n  N-COUNT: N for n


Words: gluttonous
Meaning:
glut.ton.ous\n   gluttonous\n  If you think that someone eats too much and is greedy, you can say they are gluttonous.\n...a selfish, gluttonous and lazy person.\n  ADJ


Words: gluttony
Meaning:
glut.tony\n   gluttony\n  Gluttony is the act or habit of eating too much and being greedy.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: glycerine
Meaning:
glyc.er.ine\n   glycerine\nin AM, usually use glycerin\n  Glycerine is a thick, sweet, colourless liquid that is used especially in making medicine, explosives, and antifreeze for cars.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: GM
Meaning:
GM\n1. GM crops have had one or more genes changed, for example in order to make them resist pests better. GM food contains ingredients made from GM crops. GM is an abbreviation for `genetically modified’. (mainly BRIT)\nMany of us may be eating food containing GM ingredients without realising it.\n  ADJ\n\n2. In Britain, GM schools receive money directly from the government rather than from a local authority. GM is an abbreviation for `grant-maintained’.\nGM schools receive better funding than other state schools.\n  ADJ


Words: GM-free
Meaning:
GM-free products or crops are products or crops that do not contain any genetically modified material.\n...GM-free soya.\n...food that is meant to be GM-free.\n  ADJ


Words: GMO
Meaning:
GMO  GMOs\n  A GMO is an animal, plant, or other organism whose genetic structure has been changed by genetic engineering. GMO is an abbreviation for `genetically modified organism’.\n  N-COUNT


Words: GMT
Meaning:
GMT\n  GMT is the standard time in Great Britain which is used to calculate the time in the rest of the world. GMT is an abbreviation for `Greenwich Mean Time’.\nNew Mexico is seven hours behind GMT.


Words: gnarled
Meaning:
gnarled\n1. A gnarled tree is twisted and strangely shaped because it is old.\n...a large and beautiful garden full of ancient gnarled trees.\n  ADJ\n\n2. A person who is gnarled looks very old because their skin has lines on it or their body is bent. If someone has gnarled hands, their hands are twisted as a result of old age or illness.\n...gnarled old men...\nHis hands were gnarled with arthritis.\n  ADJ


Words: gnash
Meaning:
gnash  gnashes  gnashing  gnashed\n  If you say that someone is gnashing their teeth, you mean they are angry or frustrated about something.\nIf you couldn’t attend either of the concerts and are currently gnashing your teeth at having missed out, don’t despair...\n  PHRASE: V inflects


Words: gnat
Meaning:
gnat  gnats\n  A gnat is a very small flying insect that bites people and usually lives near water.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gnaw
Meaning:
gnaw  gnaws  gnawing  gnawed\n1. If people or animals gnaw something or gnaw at it, they bite it repeatedly.\nWoodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems...\nMelanie gnawed a long, painted fingernail.\n  VERB: V at/on n, V n\n  = chew\n2. If a feeling or thought gnaws at you, it causes you to keep worrying. (WRITTEN)\nDoubts were already gnawing away at the back of his mind...\nMary Ann’s exhilaration gave way to gnawing fear.\n  VERB: V at n, V-ing\n  = nag


Words: gnocchi
Meaning:
gnoc.chi\n   gnocchi\n  Gnocchi are a type of pasta consisting of small round balls made from flour and sometimes potato.\n  N-PLURAL


Words: gnome
Meaning:
gnome  gnomes\n  In children’s stories, a gnome is an imaginary creature that is like a tiny old man with a beard and pointed hat. In Britain people sometimes have small statues of gnomes in their gardens.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gnomic
Meaning:
gno.mic\n   gnomic\n  A gnomic remark is brief and seems wise but is difficult to understand. (WRITTEN)\n...the somewhat gnomic utterances of John Maynard Keynes in his General Theory.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: GNP
Meaning:
GNP  GNPs\n  In economics, a country’s GNP is the total value of all the goods produced and services provided by that country in one year. GNP is an abbreviation for `gross national product’. Compare GDP.\nBy 1973 the government deficit equalled thirty per cent of GNP.\n  N-VAR


Words: GNVQ
Meaning:
GNVQ  GNVQs\n  In Britain, GNVQs are qualifications in practical subjects such as business, design, and information technology. GNVQ is an abbreviation for `general national vocational qualification’.\nWe have a 90 cent pass rate for GNVQs.\n  N-COUNT


Words: go
Meaning:
LINK VERB USES\n   go  goes  going  went  gone\n1. You can use go to say that a person or thing changes to another state or condition. For example, if someone goes crazy, they become crazy, and if something goes green, it changes colour and becomes green.\nI’m going bald...\nYou’d better serve it to them before it goes cold...\n50,000 companies have gone out of business.\n  V-LINK: V adj, V adj, V prep\n\n2. You can use go when indicating whether or not someone wears or has something. For example, if someone goes barefoot, they do not wear any shoes.\nThe baby went naked on the beach...\nBut if you arm the police won’t more criminals go armed?\n  V-LINK: V adj, V adj\n\n3. You can use go before adjectives beginning with `un-’ to say that something does not happen. For example, if something goes unheard, nobody hears it.\nAs President, he affirmed that no tyranny went unnoticed.\n  V-LINK: V -ed\n\nMOVING OR LEAVING\n   go  goes  going  went  gone\nIn most cases the past participle of go is gone, but occasionally you use `been’: see been.\n1. When you go somewhere, you move or travel there.\nWe went to Rome...\nGladys had just gone into the kitchen...\nI went home at the weekend...\nIt took us an hour to go three miles.\n  VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv, V prep/adv, V amount\n\n2. When you go, you leave the place where you are.\nLet’s go...\nShe’s going tomorrow.\n  VERB: V, V\n\n3. You use go to say that someone leaves the place where they are and does an activity, often a leisure activity.\nWe went swimming very early...\nMaybe they’ve just gone shopping...\nHe went for a walk.\n  VERB: V -ing, V -ing, V for n\n\n4. When you go to do something, you move to a place in order to do it and you do it. You can also go and do something, and in American English, you can go do something. However, you always say that someone went and did something.\nHis second son, Paddy, had gone to live in Canada...\nI must go and see this film...\nGo ask whoever you want.\n  VERB: V to-inf, V and v, V inf\n\n5. If you go to school, work, or church, you attend it regularly as part of your normal life.\nShe will have to go to school...\nHis son went to a top university in America.\n  VERB: V to n, V to n\n\n6. When you say where a road or path goes, you are saying where it begins or ends, or what places it is in.\nThere’s a mountain road that goes from Blairstown to Millbrook Village.\n  VERB: V prep/adv\n  = lead\n7. You can use go in expressions such as `don’t go telling everybody’, in order to express disapproval of the kind of behaviour you mention, or to tell someone not to behave in that way.\nYou don’t have to go running upstairs every time she rings...\nDon’t you go thinking it was your fault.\n  VERB: with brd-neg, V -ing, V -ing\n\n8. You can use go with words like `further’ and `beyond’ to show the degree or extent of something.\nHe went even further in his speech to the conference...\nSome physicists have gone so far as to suggest that the entire Universe is a sort of gigantic computer.\n  VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep\n\n9. If you say that a period of time goes quickly or slowly, you mean that it seems to pass quickly or slowly.\nThe weeks go so quickly!\n  VERB: V adv\n  = pass\n10. If you say where money goes, you are saying what it is spent on.\nMost of my money goes on bills...\nThe money goes to projects chosen by the wider community.\n  VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv\n\n11. If you say that something goes to someone, you mean that it is given to them.\nA lot of credit must go to the chairman and his father...\nThe job went to Yuri Skokov, a capable administrator.\n  VERB: V to n, V to n\n\n12. If someone goes on television or radio, they take part in a television or radio programme.\nThe Turkish president has gone on television to defend stringent new security measures...\nWe went on the air, live, at 7.30.\n  VERB: V on n, V on n\n\n13. If something goes, someone gets rid of it.\nThe Institute of Export now fears that 100,000 jobs will go...\nIf people stand firm against the tax, it is only a matter of time before it has to go.\n  VERB: V, V\n\n14. If someone goes, they leave their job, usually because they are forced to.\nHe had made a humiliating tactical error and he had to go.\n  VERB: V\n\n15. If something goes into something else, it is put in it as one of the parts or elements that form it.\n...the really interesting ingredients that go into the dishes that we all love to eat.\n  VERB: V into/in n\n\n16. If something goes in a particular place, it fits in that place or should be put there because it is the right size or shape.\nHe was trying to push it through the hole and it wouldn’t go.\n...This knob goes here.\n  VERB: V, V prep/adv\n\n17. If something goes in a particular place, it belongs there or should be put there, because that is where you normally keep it.\nThe shoes go on the shoe shelf...\n`Where does everything go?’\n  VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv\n\n(next)


Words: go .1
Meaning:
18. If you say that one number goes into another number a particular number of times, you are dividing the second number by the first.\nSix goes into thirty five times.\n  VERB: V into num\n\n19. If one of a person’s senses, such as their sight or hearing, is going, it is getting weak and they may soon lose it completely. (INFORMAL)\nHis eyes are going; he says he has glaucoma...\nLately he’d been making mistakes; his nerve was beginning to go.\n  VERB: V, V\n  = fail\n20. If something such as a light bulb or a part of an engine is going, it is no longer working properly and will soon need to be replaced.\nI thought it looked as though the battery was going.\n  VERB: V


Words: go 1
Meaning:
OTHER VERB USES, NOUN USES, AND PHRASES\n   go  goes  going  went  gone\n1. You use go to talk about the way something happens. For example, if an event or situation goes well, it is successful.\nShe says everything is going smoothly...\nHow did it go at the hairdresser’s?\n  VERB: V adv, V adv\n\n2. If a machine or device is going, it is working.\nWhat about my copier? Can you get it going again?...\nI said, `My car won’t go in fog’.\n  VERB: V, V\n\n3. If a bell goes, it makes a noise, usually as a signal for you to do something.\nThe bell went for the break.\n  VERB: V\n\n4. If something goes with something else, or if two things go together, they look or taste nice together.\nI was searching for a pair of grey gloves to go with my new gown...\nI can see that some colours go together and some don’t...\nWear something else. This won’t go.\n  V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V together, V (non-recip)\n\n5. You use go to introduce something you are quoting. For example, you say the story goes or the argument goes just before you quote all or part of it.\nThe story goes that she went home with him that night...\nThe story goes like this...\nAs the saying goes, `There’s no smoke without fire.’\n  VERB: V that, V prep, V with quote\n\n6. You use go when indicating that something makes or produces a sound. For example, if you say that something goes `bang’, you mean it produces the sound `bang’.\nShe stopped in front of a painting of a dog and she started going `woof woof’...\nThe button on his jeans went POP.\n  VERB: V with sound, V with sound\n\n7. You can use go instead of `say’ when you are quoting what someone has said or what you think they will say. (INFORMAL)\nThey say `Tom, shut up’ and I go `No, you shut up’...\nHe goes to me: `Oh, what do you want?’\n  VERB: V with quote, V to n with quote\n\n8. A go is an attempt at doing something.\nI always wanted to have a go at football...\nShe won on her first go...\nHer hair was bright orange. It took us two goes to get the colour right.\n  N-COUNT: oft N at n/-ing\n\n9. If it is your go in a game, it is your turn to do something, for example to play a card or move a piece.\nI’m two behind you but it’s your go...\nNow whose go is it?\n  N-COUNT: poss N\n  = turn\n10.\n  see also going, gone\n11. If you go all out to do something or go all out for something, you make the greatest possible effort to do it or get it. (INFORMAL)\nThey will go all out to get exactly what they want...\nThey’re ready to go all out for the Premier League title next season.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, PHR to-inf, PHR for n\n\n12. You use expressions like as things go or as children go when you are describing one person or thing and comparing them with others of the same kind. (INFORMAL)\nThis is a straightforward case, as these things go...\nHe’s good company, as small boys go.\n  PHRASE: PHR with cl\n\n13. If you do something as you go along, you do it while you are doing another thing, without preparing it beforehand.\nLearning how to become a parent takes time. It’s a skill you learn as you go along.\n  PHRASE: PHR after v\n\n14. If you say that someone has gone and done something, you are expressing your annoyance at the foolish thing they have done. (INFORMAL)\nWell, he’s gone and done it again, hasn’t he?...\nSomebody goes and does something mindless like that and just destroys everything for you.\n  PHRASE: Vs inflect  disapproval\n\n15. You say `Go for it’ to encourage someone to increase their efforts to achieve or win something. (INFORMAL)\n  CONVENTION\n\n16. If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)\nSome people had a go at us for it, which made us more angry.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n\n\n17. If someone says `Where do we go from here?’ they are asking what should be done next, usually because a problem has not been solved in a satisfactory way.\n  CONVENTION\n\n18. If you say that someone is making a go of something such as a business or relationship, you mean that they are having some success with it.\n(next


Words: go 1.1
Meaning:
I knew we could make a go of it and be happy.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n\n\n19. If you say that someone is always on the go, you mean that they are always busy and active. (INFORMAL)\nI got a new job this year where I am on the go all the time.\n  PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, PHR after v\n\n20. If you have something on the go, you have started it and are busy doing it.\nDo you like to have many projects on the go at any one time?\n  PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR after v\n\n21. If you say that there are a particular number of things to go, you mean that they still remain to be dealt with.\nI still had another five operations to go.\n  PHRASE: amount PHR\n\n22. If you say that there is a certain amount of time to go, you mean that there is that amount of time left before something happens or ends.\nThere is a week to go until the elections.\n  PHRASE: amount PHR, oft PHR prep\n\n23. If you are in a cafe or restaurant and ask for an item of food to go, you mean that you want to take it away with you and not eat it there. (mainly AM; in BRIT, use to take out, to take away)\nLarge fries to go.\n  PHRASE: n PHR


Words: go about
Meaning:
go about\n1. The way you go about a task or problem is the way you approach it and deal with it.\nI want him back, but I just don’t know how to go about it.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n/-ing\n\n2. When you are going about your normal activities, you are doing them.\nWe were simply going about our business when we were pounced upon by these police officers.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n3. If you go about in a particular way, you behave or dress in that way, often as part of your normal life.\nHe used to go about in a black cape...\nHe went about looking ill and unhappy.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P prep, V P -ing\n  = go around


Words: go after
Meaning:
go after\n  If you go after something, you try to get it, catch it, or hit it.\nWe’re not going after civilian targets.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: go against
Meaning:
go against\n1. If a person or their behaviour goes against your wishes, beliefs, or expectations, their behaviour is the opposite of what you want, believe in, or expect.\nChanges are being made here which go against my principles and I cannot agree with them.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n2. If a decision, vote, or result goes against you, you do not get the decision, vote, or result that you wanted.\nThe prime minister will resign if the vote goes against him...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: go ahead
Meaning:
go ahead\n1. If someone goes ahead with something, they begin to do it or make it, especially after planning, promising, or asking permission to do it.\nThe district board will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P with n\n\n2. If a process or an organized event goes ahead, it takes place or is carried out.\nThe event will go ahead as planned in Sheffield next summer.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: go along
Meaning:
go along\n1. If you go along to a meeting, event, or place, you attend or visit it.\nI went along to the meeting...\nYou should go along and have a look.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to n, V P and inf\n\n2. If you describe how something is going along, you describe how it is progressing.\nThings were going along fairly well.\n  PHRASAL VERB: usu cont, V P adv


Words: go along with
Meaning:
go along with\n1. If you go along with a rule, decision, or policy, you accept it and obey it.\nWhatever the majority decided I was prepared to go along with.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n\n\n2. If you go along with a person or an idea, you agree with them.\n`I don’t think a government has properly done it for about the past twenty-five years.’.`I’d go along with that.’\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go around
Meaning:
go around\n1. If you go around to someone’s house, you go to visit them at their house.\nI asked them to go around to the house to see if they were there...\nMike went round to see them.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to n, V P to-inf\n\n2. If you go around in a particular way, you behave or dress in that way, often as part of your normal life.\nI had got in the habit of going around with bare feet...\nIf they went around complaining publicly, they might not find it so easy to get another job.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P prep, V P -ing, also V P adj\n  = go about\n3. If a piece of news or a joke is going around, it is being told by many people in the same period of time.\nThere’s a nasty sort of rumour going around about it.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n4. If there is enough of something to go around, there is enough of it to be shared among a group of people, or to do all the things for which it is needed.\nEventually we will not have enough water to go around.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: go away
Meaning:
go away\n1. If you go away, you leave a place or a person’s company.\nI think we need to go away and think about this.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n2. If you go away, you leave a place and spend a period of time somewhere else, especially as a holiday.\nWhy don’t you and I go away this weekend?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: go back
Meaning:
go back\n1. If something goes back to a particular time in the past, it was made or started at that time.\nThe feud with the Catholics goes back to the 11th century...\nOur association with him goes back four years.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to n, V P n\n  = date back\n2. If someone goes back to a time in the past, they begin to discuss or consider events that happened at that time.\nIf you go back to 1960, you’ll find that very few jobs were being created.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to n, also V P n


Words: go back on
Meaning:
go back on\n  If you go back on a promise or agreement, you do not do what you promised or agreed to do.\nThe budget crisis has forced the President to go back on his word.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go back to
Meaning:
go back to\n1. If you go back to a task or activity, you start doing it again after you have stopped doing it for a period of time.\nI now look forward to going back to work as soon as possible...\nAmy went back to studying.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n/-ing, V P P n/-ing\n\n2. If you go back to a particular point in a lecture, discussion, or book, you start to discuss it.\nLet me just go back to the point I was making.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go before
Meaning:
go before\n1. Something that has gone before has happened or been discussed at an earlier time.\nThis is a rejection of most of what has gone before.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n2. To go before a judge, tribunal, or court of law means to be present there as part of an official or legal process.\nThe case went before Mr Justice Henry on December 23 and was adjourned.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: go by
Meaning:
go by\n1. If you say that time goes by, you mean that it passes.\nMy grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = go on\n2. If you go by something, you use it as a basis for a judgment or action.\nIf they prove that I was wrong, then I’ll go by what they say.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: go down
Meaning:
go down\n1. If a price, level, or amount goes down, it becomes lower or less than it was.\nIncome from sales tax went down...\nCrime has gone down 70 percent...\nAverage life expectancy went down from about 70 to 67.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P amount, V P from/to/by n\n  = fall\n2. If you go down on your knees or on all fours, you lower your body until it is supported by your knees, or by your hands and knees.\nI went down on my knees and prayed for guidance.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P on n\n  = get down\n3. In sport, if a person or team goes down, they are defeated in a match or contest.\nThey went down 2-1 to Australia.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P num, also V P\n  = lose\n4. If you say that a remark, idea, or type of behaviour goes down in a particular way, you mean that it gets a particular kind of reaction from a person or group of people.\nSolicitors advised their clients that a tidy look went down well with the magistrates.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P adv\n\n5. When the sun goes down, it goes below the horizon.\n...the glow left in the sky after the sun has gone down.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = set\n6. If a ship goes down, it sinks. If a plane goes down, it crashes out of the sky.\nTheir aircraft went down during a training exercise.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n7. If a computer goes down, it stops functioning temporarily.\nThe main computers went down for 30 minutes.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: go down as
Meaning:
go down as\n  If you say that an event or action will go down as a particular thing, you mean that it will be regarded, remembered, or recorded as that thing.\nIt will go down as one of the highlights of my career...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go down with
Meaning:
go down with\n  If you go down with an illness or a disease, you catch it. (INFORMAL)\nThree members of the band went down with flu.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go for
Meaning:
go for\n1. If you go for a particular thing or way of doing something, you choose it.\nPeople tried to persuade him to go for a more gradual reform programme.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n2. If you go for someone or something, you like them very much. (INFORMAL)\nI tend to go for large dark men.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n3. If you go for someone, you attack them.\nPantieri went for him, gripping him by the throat.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n4. If you say that a statement you have made about one person or thing also goes for another person or thing, you mean that the statement is also true of this other person or thing.\nIt is illegal to dishonour bookings; that goes for restaurants as well as customers.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n5. If something goes for a particular price, it is sold for that amount.\nSome old machines go for as much as 35,000 pounds.\n  PHRASAL VERB\n  = fetch


Words: go in
Meaning:
go in\n  If the sun goes in, a cloud comes in front of it and it can no longer be seen. (BRIT)\nThe sun went in, and the breeze became cold.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  !=come out


Words: go in for
Meaning:
go in for\n  If you go in for a particular activity, you decide to do it as a hobby or interest.\nThey go in for tennis and bowls.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go into
Meaning:
go into\n1. If you go into something, you describe or examine it fully or in detail.\nIt was a private conversation and I don’t want to go into details about what was said.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n2. If you go into something, you decide to do it as your job or career.\nMr Pok has now gone into the tourism business.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n3. If an amount of time, effort, or money goes into something, it is spent or used to do it, get it, or make it.\nIs there a lot of effort and money going into this sort of research?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: go off
Meaning:
go off\n1. If you go off someone or something, you stop liking them. (BRIT INFORMAL)\n`Why have they gone off him now?’.`It could be something he said.’...\nI started to go off the idea.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n\n\n2. If an explosive device or a gun goes off, it explodes or fires.\nA few minutes later the bomb went off, destroying the vehicle.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n3. If an alarm bell goes off, it makes a sudden loud noise.\nThen the fire alarm went off. I just grabbed my clothes and ran out.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n4. If an electrical device goes off, it stops operating.\nAs the water came in the windows, all the lights went off.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n5. If you say how an organized event went off, you are saying whether everything happened in the way that was planned or hoped.\nThe meeting went off all right...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P adv/prep\n\n6. Food or drink that has gone off has gone bad. (BRIT)\nDon’t eat that! It’s mouldy. It’s gone off!\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: go off with
Meaning:
go off with\n1. If someone goes off with another person, they leave their husband, wife, or lover and have a relationship with that person.\nI suppose Carolyn went off with some man she’d fallen in love with.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n\n\n2. If someone goes off with something that belongs to another person, they leave and take it with them.\nHe’s gone off with my passport.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go on
Meaning:
go on\n1. If you go on doing something, or go on with an activity, you continue to do it.\nUnemployment is likely to go on rising this year...\nI’m all right here. Go on with your work...\nI don’t want to leave, but I can’t go on.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P -ing, V P with n, V P\n  = carry on\n2. If something is going on, it is happening.\nI don’t know what’s going on.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n3. If a process or institution goes on, it continues to happen or exist.\nThe population failed to understand the necessity for the war to go on.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n4. If you say that a period of time goes on, you mean that it passes.\nRenewable energy will become progressively more important as time goes on.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = go by\n5. If you go on to do something, you do it after you have done something else.\nAlliss retired from golf in 1969 and went on to become a successful broadcaster...\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to-inf\n\n6. If you go on to a place, you go to it from the place that you have reached.\nHe goes on to Holland tomorrow.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P prep/adv\n\n7. If you go on, you continue saying something or talking about something.\nMeer cleared his throat several times before he went on...\n`Go on,’ Chee said. `I’m interested.’\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P with quote\n\n8. If you go on about something, or in British English go on at someone, you continue talking about the same thing, often in an annoying way. (INFORMAL)\nExpectations have been raised with the Government going on about choice and market forces...\nShe’s always going on at me to have a baby.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P about n, V P at n to-inf, also V P at n\n\n9. You say `Go on’ to someone to persuade or encourage them to do something. (INFORMAL)\nGo on, it’s fun.\n  PHRASAL VERB: only imper, V P\n\n10. If you talk about the information you have to go on, you mean the information you have available to base an opinion or judgment on.\nBut you have to go on the facts...\nThere’s not much to go on.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n\n\n11. If an electrical device goes on, it begins operating.\nA light went on at seven every evening.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = come on


Words: go out
Meaning:
go out\n1. If you go out, you leave your home in order to do something enjoyable, for example to go to a party, a bar, or the cinema.\nI’m going out tonight.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  !=stay in\n2. If you go out with someone, the two of you spend time together socially, and have a romantic or sexual relationship.\nI once went out with a French man...\nThey’ve only been going out for six weeks.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P with n, pl-n V P\n\n3. If you go out to do something, you make a deliberate effort to do it.\nYou do not go out to injure opponents...\nIt will be a marvellous occasion and they should go out and enjoy it.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P to-inf, V P and inf\n\n4. If a light goes out, it stops shining.\nThe bedroom light went out after a moment.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n5. If something that is burning goes out, it stops burning.\nThe fire seemed to be going out.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n6. If a message goes out, it is announced, published, or sent out to people.\nWord went out that a column of tanks was on its way.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n7. When a television or radio programme goes out, it is broadcast. (BRIT)\nThe series goes out at 10.30pm, Fridays, on Channel 4.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n8. When the tide goes out, the water in the sea gradually moves back to a lower level.\nThe tide was going out.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  !=come in\n9. You can say `My heart goes out to him’ or `My sympathy goes out to her’ to express the strong sympathy you have for someone in a difficult or unpleasant situation.\nMy heart goes out to Mrs Adams and her fatherless children.\n  PHRASE: V inflects  feelings


Words: go out for
Meaning:
go out for\n  To go out for something means to try to do it or be chosen for it. (AM)\nYou should go out for Supreme Court justice.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n\n  = try out for


Words: go out of
Meaning:
go out of\n  If a quality or feeling goes out of someone or something, they no longer have it.\nThe fun had gone out of it.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go over
Meaning:
go over\n  If you go over a document, incident, or problem, you examine, discuss, or think about it very carefully.\nI won’t know how successful it is until an accountant has gone over the books.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: go over to
Meaning:
go over to\n1. If someone or something goes over to a different way of doing things, they change to it.\nThe Armed Forces could do away with conscription and go over to a volunteer system.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n\n\n2. If you go over to a group or political party, you join them after previously belonging to an opposing group or party.\nOnly a small number of tanks and paratroops have gone over to his side.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go through
Meaning:
go through\n1. If you go through an experience or a period of time, especially an unpleasant or difficult one, you experience it.\nHe was going through a very difficult time...\nSouth Africa was going through a period of irreversible change.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n\n\n2. If you go through a lot of things such as papers or clothes, you look at them, usually in order to sort them into groups or to search for a particular item.\nIt was evident that someone had gone through my possessions.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n3. If you go through a list, story, or plan, you read or check it from beginning to end.\nGoing through his list of customers is a massive job.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n4. When someone goes through a routine, procedure, or series of actions, they perform it in the way they usually do.\nEvery night, they go through the same routine: he throws open the bedroom window, she closes it.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n\n5. If a law, agreement, or official decision goes through, it is approved by a parliament or committee.\nThe bill might have gone through if the economy was growing.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = get through


Words: go through with
Meaning:
go through with\n  If you go through with an action you have decided on, you do it, even though it may be very unpleasant or difficult for you.\nRichard pleaded for Belinda to reconsider and not to go through with the divorce.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n


Words: go towards
Meaning:
go towards\n  If an amount of money goes towards something, it is used to pay part of the cost of that thing.\nOne per cent of total public spending should eventually go towards the arts...\nUnder the new approach more money will go towards improving the standard of training.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n/-ing, V P n/-ing


Words: go under
Meaning:
go under\n1. If a business or project goes under, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence. (BUSINESS)\nIf one firm goes under it could provoke a cascade of bankruptcies.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = collapse\n2. If a boat, ship, or person in a sea or river goes under, they sink below the surface of the water.\nThe ship went under, taking with her all her crew.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n  = sink


Words: go up
Meaning:
go up\n1. If a price, amount, or level goes up, it becomes higher or greater than it was.\nInterest rates went up...\nThe cost has gone up to $1.95 a minute...\nPrices have gone up 61 percent since deregulation.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P to/from/by n, V P amount\n  = rise, increase\n2. When a building, wall, or other structure goes up, it is built or fixed in place.\nHe noticed a new building going up near Whitaker Park.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n3. If something goes up, it explodes or starts to burn, usually suddenly and with great intensity.\nI was going to get out of the building in case it went up...\nThe hotel went up in flames.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P in n\n\n4. If a shout or cheer goes up, it is made by a lot of people together.\nA cheer went up from the other passengers.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: go with
Meaning:
go with\n1. If one thing goes with another thing, the two things officially belong together, so that if you get one, you also get the other.\n...the lucrative $250,000 salary that goes with the job.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n\n  = accompany\n2. If one thing goes with another thing, it is usually found or experienced together with the other thing.\nFor many women, the status which goes with being a wife is important.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: go without
Meaning:
go without\n  If you go without something that you need or usually have or do, you do not get it or do it.\nI have known what it is like to go without food for days...\nThe embargo won’t hurt us because we’re used to going without.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n/-ing, V P


Words: go-ahead
Meaning:
go-ahead\n1. If you give someone or something the go-ahead, you give them permission to start doing something.\nThe Greek government today gave the go-ahead for five major road schemes...\nDon’t do any major repair work until you get the go-ahead from your insurers.\n  N-SING: the N\n\n2. A go-ahead person or organization tries hard to succeed, often by using new methods.\nFairview Estate is one of the oldest and the most go-ahead wine producers in South Africa.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: go-between
Meaning:
go-between  go-betweens\n  A go-between is a person who takes messages between people who are unable or unwilling to meet each other.\nHe will act as a go-between to try and work out an agenda.\n  N-COUNT\n  = intermediary


Words: go-getter
Meaning:
go-getter  go-getters\n  If someone is a go-getter, they are very energetic and eager to succeed.\n  N-COUNT  approval


Words: go-go
Meaning:
go-go\n1. A go-go dancer is a young woman whose job involves dancing to pop music in nightclubs wearing very few clothes.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n2. A go-go period of time is a time when people make a lot of money and businesses are growing. A go-go company is very energetic and is growing fast. (mainly AM BUSINESS)\nCurrent economic activity is markedly slower than during the go-go years of the mid to late 1980s...\nIt will be a go-go business with pre-tax profits forecast to climb from .152m last year to .200m.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: go-kart
Meaning:
go-kart  go-karts   also go-cart\n  A go-kart is a very small motor vehicle with four wheels, used for racing.\n  N-COUNT


Words: go-slow
Meaning:
go-slow  go-slows\n  A go-slow is a protest by workers in which they deliberately work slowly in order to cause problems for their employers. (BRIT; in AM, use slowdown)\n  N-COUNT


Words: goad
Meaning:
goad  goads  goading  goaded\n  If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something.\nHe wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response...\nCharles was always goading me.\n  VERB: V n into n/-ing, V n\n\n  Goad is also a noun.\nHis opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goal
Meaning:
goal  goals\n1. In games such as football, netball or hockey, the goal is the space into which the players try to get the ball in order to score a point for their team.\nDavid Seaman was back in the Arsenal goal after breaking a knuckle.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. In games such as football or hockey, a goal is when a player gets the ball into the goal, or the point that is scored by doing this.\nThey scored five goals in the first half of the match...\nThe scorer of the winning goal.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. Something that is your goal is something that you hope to achieve, especially when much time and effort will be needed.\nIt’s a matter of setting your own goals and following them...\nThe goal is to raise as much money as possible.\n  N-COUNT\n  = aim, objective


Words: goal line
Meaning:
goal line  goal lines   also goal-line\n  In games such as football and rugby, a goal line is one of the lines at each end of the field.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goalkeeper
Meaning:
goal.keeper\n   goalkeeper  goalkeepers\n  A goalkeeper is the player in a sports team whose job is to guard the goal.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goalkeeping
Meaning:
goal.keeping\n   goalkeeping\n  In games such as football and hockey, goalkeeping refers to the activity of guarding the goal.\nThey were thankful for the excellent goalkeeping of John Lukic.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: goalless
Meaning:
goal.less\n   goalless\n  In football, a goalless draw is a game which ends without any goals having been scored.\nThe fixture ended in a goalless draw...\nThe semi-final finished goalless after extra time.\n  ADJ


Words: goalmouth
Meaning:
goal.mouth\n   goalmouth  goalmouths\n  In football, the goalmouth is the area just in front of the goal.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goalpost
Meaning:
goal.post\n   goalpost  goalposts   also goal post\n1. A goalpost is one of the two upright wooden posts that are connected by a crossbar and form the goal in games such as football and rugby.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you accuse someone of moving the goalposts, you mean that they have changed the rules in a situation or an activity, in order to gain an advantage for themselves and to make things difficult for other people.\nThey seem to move the goal posts every time I meet the conditions which are required.\n  PHRASE: V inflects  disapproval


Words: goat
Meaning:
goat  goats\n  A goat is a farm animal or a wild animal that is about the size of a sheep. Goats have horns, and hairs on their chin which resemble a beard.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goat cheese
Meaning:
goat cheese  goat cheeses   also goat’s cheese\n  Goat cheese is cheese made from goat’s milk.\n  N-MASS


Words: goatee
Meaning:
goatee  goatees\n  A goatee is a very short pointed beard that covers a man’s chin but not his cheeks.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gob
Meaning:
gob  gobs  gobbing  gobbed\n1. A person’s gob is their mouth. (BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE)\nShut your gob.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A gob of a thick, unpleasant liquid is a small amount of it. (INFORMAL)\n...a gob of spit.\n  N-COUNT: N of n\n\n3. If someone gobs, they spit. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nAt a concert in Leeds, some punks gobbed at them and threw beer cans.\n  VERB: V prep, also V


Words: gobbet
Meaning:
gob.bet\n   gobbet  gobbets\n1. A gobbet of something soft, especially food, is a small lump or piece of it.\n...gobbets of meat.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A gobbet of information is a small piece of it.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gobble
Meaning:
gob.ble\n   gobble  gobbles  gobbling  gobbled\n  If you gobble food, you eat it quickly and greedily.\nPete gobbled all the beef stew.\n  VERB: V n\n\n  Gobble down and gobble up mean the same as gobble.\nThere were dangerous beasts in the river that might gobble you up.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)


Words: gobble up
Meaning:
gobble up\n1. If an organization gobbles up a smaller organization, it takes control of it or destroys it.\nBanc One of Ohio has built an empire in the mid-west by gobbling up smaller banks.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P\n\n2. To gobble up something such as money means to use or waste a lot of it.\nThe firm’s expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P\n\n3.\n  see also gobble


Words: gobbledygook
Meaning:
gob.ble.dy.gook\n   gobbledygook   also gobbledegook\n  If you describe a speech or piece of writing as gobbledygook, you are criticizing it for seeming like nonsense and being very technical or complicated. (INFORMAL)\nWhen he asked questions, the answers came back in Wall Street gobbledygook.\n  N-UNCOUNT  disapproval


Words: goblet
Meaning:
gob.let\n   goblet  goblets\n  A goblet is a type of cup without handles and usually with a long stem.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goblin
Meaning:
gob.lin\n   goblin  goblins\n  In fairy stories, a goblin is a small, ugly creature which usually enjoys causing trouble.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gobsmacked
Meaning:
gob.smacked\n   gobsmacked\n  If you say that you were gobsmacked by something, you are emphasizing how surprised you were by it. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nI was really gobsmacked when I saw your picture of a model wearing a hat with a toy airplane on it.\n  ADJ  emphasis\n  = stunned


Words: god
Meaning:
god  gods\n1. The name God is given to the spirit or being who is worshipped as the creator and ruler of the world, especially by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.\nHe believes in God...\nGod bless you.\n  N-PROPER\n\n2. People sometimes use God in exclamations to emphasize something that they are saying, or to express surprise, fear, or excitement. This use could cause offence.\nGod, how I hated him!...\nOh my God he’s shot somebody...\n  CONVENTION  emphasis\n\n3. In many religions, a god is one of the spirits or beings that are believed to have power over a particular part of the world or nature.\n...Pan, the God of nature.\n...Zeus, king of the gods.\n  N-COUNT\n\n4. Someone who is admired very much by a person or group of people, and who influences them a lot, can be referred to as a god.\nTo his followers he was a god.\n  N-COUNT\n\n5.\n  see also act of God\n6. If you say God forbid, you are expressing your hope that something will not happen.\nIf, God forbid, something goes wrong, I don’t know what I would do.\n  PHRASE: PHR with cl  feelings\n\n7. You can say God knows, God only knows, or God alone knows to emphasize that you do not know something.\nGunga spoke God knows how many languages...\nGod alone knows what she thinks.\n  PHRASE: PHR wh  emphasis\n\n8. If someone says God knows in reply to a question, they mean that they do not know the answer.\n`Where is he now?’ `God knows.’\n  PHRASE  emphasis\n\n9. The term a man of God is sometimes used to refer to Christian priests or ministers.\n  PHRASE\n\n10. If someone uses such expressions as what in God’s name, why in God’s name, or how in God’s name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are. (INFORMAL)\nWhat in God’s name do you expect me to do?...\nWhy in God’s name did you have to tell her?\n  PHRASE  emphasis\n\n11. If someone plays God, they act as if they have unlimited power and can do anything they want.\nYou have no right to play God in my life!\n  PHRASE: V inflects  disapproval\n\n12. You can use God in expressions such as I hope to God, or I wish to God, or I swear to God, in order to emphasize what you are saying.\nI hope to God they are paying you well...\nI wish to God I hadn’t met you.\n  PHRASE: usu v PHR that  emphasis\n\n13. If you say God willing, you are saying that something will happen if all goes well.\nGod willing, there will be a breakthrough.\n  PHRASE\n\n14.\nhonest to God: see honest\nin the lap of the gods: see lap\nfor God’s sake: see sake\nthank God: see thank


Words: god-awful
Meaning:
god-awful   also godawful\n  If someone says that something is god-awful, they think it is very unpleasant. This word could cause offence. (INFORMAL)\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n  emphasis


Words: God-fearing
Meaning:
God-fearing\n  A God-fearing person is religious and behaves according to the moral rules of their religion.\nThey brought up their children to be God-fearing Christians.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: godchild
Meaning:
god.child\n   godchild  godchildren\n  In the Christian religion, your godchild is a person that you promise to help bring up in the Christian faith.\n  N-COUNT: usu with poss


Words: goddammit
Meaning:
god.dammit\n   goddammit   also goddamnit, goddamn it\n  Some people say goddammit when they are angry or irritated. This use could cause offence. (INFORMAL)\n  EXCLAM  feelings


Words: goddamn
Meaning:
god.damn\n   goddamn   also goddam, goddamned\n  Some people use goddamn when they are angry, surprised, or excited. This use could cause offence. (INFORMAL)\n  ADJ: ADJ n  feelings\n\n  Goddamn is also an adverb.\n  ADV: ADV adj


Words: goddamned
Meaning:
god.damned\n   goddamned\n  Goddamned means the same as goddamn. This use could cause offence. (INFORMAL)\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: goddaughter
Meaning:
god.daughter\n   goddaughter  goddaughters   also god-daughter\n  A goddaughter is a female godchild.\n  N-COUNT: usu with poss


Words: goddess
Meaning:
god.dess\n   goddess  goddesses\n  In many religions, a goddess is a female spirit or being that is believed to have power over a particular part of the world or nature.\n...Diana, the goddess of war.\n  N-COUNT


Words: godfather
Meaning:
god.father\n   godfather  godfathers\n1. A godfather is a male godparent.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A powerful man who is at the head of a criminal organization is sometimes referred to as a godfather.\n...the feared godfather of the Mafia.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. You can refer to a man who started or developed something such as a style of music as the godfather of that thing. (JOURNALISM)\n...the godfather of soul, James Brown.\n  N-COUNT: N of n


Words: godforsaken
Meaning:
god.forsaken\n  also God-forsaken\n  If you say that somewhere is a godforsaken place, you dislike it a lot because you find it very boring and depressing.\nI don’t want to stay here, in this job and in this God-forsaken country.\n  ADJ: ADJ n  disapproval


Words: godless
Meaning:
god.less\n   godless\n  If you say that a person or group of people is godless, you disapprove of them because they do not believe in God.\n...a godless and alienated society.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n  disapproval\n\n=>  god.less.ness\n...his assaults on the godlessness of America.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: godlike
Meaning:
god.like\n   godlike\n  A godlike person or a person with godlike qualities is admired or respected very much as if he or she were perfect.\nHis energy and talent elevate him to godlike status...\nThey were godlike in their wisdom and compassion.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: godliness
Meaning:
god.li.ness\n   godliness\n1. Godliness is the quality of being godly.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. If someone says that cleanliness is next to godliness, they are referring to the idea that people have a moral duty to keep themselves and their homes clean.\n  PHRASE


Words: godly
Meaning:
god.ly\n   godly\n  A godly person is someone who is deeply religious and shows obedience to the rules of their religion.\n...a learned and godly preacher.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: godmother
Meaning:
god.mother\n   godmother  godmothers\n  A godmother is a female godparent.\n  N-COUNT: usu with poss


Words: godparent
Meaning:
god.parent\n   godparent  godparents\n  In the Christian religion, if you are the godparent of a younger person, you promise to help bring them up in the Christian faith.\n  N-COUNT: usu with poss


Words: godsend
Meaning:
god.send\n   godsend\n  If you describe something as a godsend, you are emphasizing that it helps you very much.\nPharmacists are a godsend when you don’t feel sick enough to call the doctor.\n  N-SING: a N  emphasis


Words: Godspeed
Meaning:
God.speed\n   Godspeed   also godspeed\n  The term Godspeed is sometimes used in order to wish someone success and safety, especially if they are about to go on a long and dangerous journey. (FORMAL)\nI know you will join me in wishing them Godspeed.\n  CONVENTION


Words: gofer
Meaning:
go.fer\n   gofer  gofers\n  A gofer is a person whose job is to do simple and rather boring tasks for someone. (INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT\n  = dogsbody


Words: goggle
Meaning:
gog.gle\n   goggle  goggles  goggling  goggled\n1. If you goggle at something, you stare at it with your eyes wide open, usually because you are surprised by it.\nShe goggled at me...\nHe goggled in bewilderment.\n  VERB: V at n, V\n  = gape\n2. Goggles are large glasses that fit closely to your face around your eyes to protect them from such things as water, wind, or dust.\n  N-PLURAL: also a pair of N


Words: goggle-eyed
Meaning:
goggle-eyed\n1. If you say that someone is goggle-eyed, you mean that they are very surprised or interested by something.\nJohnson stared goggle-eyed at Kravis’ sumptuous quarters.\n  ADJ: ADJ n, ADJ after v, v-link ADJ\n  = wide-eyed\n2. If you say that someone is goggle-eyed, you mean they watch television a lot. (BRIT INFORMAL)\n  ADJ  disapproval


Words: going
Meaning:
going\n1. If you say that something is going to happen, you mean that it will happen in the future, usually quite soon.\nI think it’s going to be successful...\nYou’re going to enjoy this...\nI’m going to have to tell him the truth...\nAre they going to be alright?\n  PHRASE\n\n2. You say that you are going to do something to express your intention or determination to do it.\nI’m going to go to bed...\nHe announced that he’s going to resign...\nI was not going to compromise.\n  PHRASE\n\n3. You use the going to talk about how easy or difficult it is to do something. You can also say that something is, for example, hard going or tough going.\nHe has her support to fall back on when the going gets tough...\nThough the talks had been hard going at the start, they had become more friendly.\n  N-UNCOUNT: the N, adj N\n\n4. In horse racing and horse riding, when you talk about the going, you are talking about the condition of the surface the horses are running on.\nThe going was soft; some horses found it hard work.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft the N\n\n5. The going rate or the going salary is the usual amount of money that you expect to pay or receive for something.\nShe says that’s the going rate for a house this big...\nThat’s about half the going price on world oil markets.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n6.\n  see also go\n7. If someone or something has a lot going for them, they have a lot of advantages.\nThis area has a lot going for it...\nI wish I could show you the things you’ve got going for you.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n\n\n8. When you get going, you start doing something or start a journey, especially after a delay.\nNow what about that shopping list? I’ve got to get going.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n9. If you say that someone should do something while the going is good, you are advising them to do it while things are going well and they still have the opportunity, because you think it will become much more difficult to do.\nPeople are leaving in their thousands while the going is good.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n10. If you keep going, you continue doing things or doing a particular thing.\nI like to keep going. I hate to sit still.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n11. If you can keep going with the money you have, you can manage to live on it.\nThings were difficult, and we needed her wages to keep going.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n12. If you say that something is enough to be going on with, you mean that it is enough for your needs at the moment, although you will need something better at some time in the future. (mainly BRIT)\nIt was a good enough description for Mattie to be going on with.\n  PHRASE: usu PHR after v\n\n13. You can use going on before a number to say that something has almost reached that number. For example, you can say that someone is going on 40 to indicate that they are nearly 40.\n  PHRASE: PHR num\n\n14.\ngoing concern: see concern\n  see also comings and goings


Words: going-over
Meaning:
going-over\n1. If you give someone or something a going-over, you examine them thoroughly. (INFORMAL)\nMichael was given a complete going-over and then treated for glandular fever.\n  N-SING\n\n2. A going-over is a violent attack on or criticism of someone. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nHe gets a terrible going-over in these pages.\n  N-SING


Words: goings-on
Meaning:
goings-on\n  If you describe events or activities as goings-on, you mean that they are strange, interesting, amusing, or dishonest.\nThe girl had found out about the goings-on in the factory.\n  N-PLURAL


Words: goitre
Meaning:
goi.tre\n   goitre  goitres\nin AM, also use goiter\n  Goitre is a disease of the thyroid gland that makes a person’s neck very swollen.\n  N-VAR


Words: gold
Meaning:
gold  golds\n1. Gold is a valuable, yellow-coloured metal that is used for making jewellery and ornaments, and as an international currency.\n...a sapphire set in gold...\nThe price of gold was going up.\n...gold coins.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. Gold is jewellery and other things that are made of gold.\nWe handed over all our gold and money.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3. Something that is gold is a bright yellow colour, and is often shiny.\nI’d been wearing Michel’s black and gold shirt.\n  COLOUR\n\n4. A gold is the same as a gold medal. (INFORMAL)\nHis ambition was to win gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996...\nThis Saturday the British star is going for gold in the Winter Olympics.\n  N-VAR\n\n5. If you say that a child is being as good as gold, you are emphasizing that they are behaving very well and are not causing you any problems.\nThe boys were as good as gold on our walk.\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v  emphasis\n\n6. If you say that someone has a heart of gold, you are emphasizing that they are very good and kind to other people.\nThey are all good boys with hearts of gold. They would never steal.\n  PHRASE: heart inflects, v PHR, with PHR  emphasis\n\n7.\nto strike gold: see strike\nworth one’s weight in gold: see weight\n  see also fool’s gold


Words: gold card
Meaning:
gold card  gold cards\n  A gold card is a special type of credit card that gives you extra benefits such as a higher spending limit.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gold dust
Meaning:
gold dust\n1. Gold dust is gold in the form of a fine powder.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. If you say that a type of thing is like gold dust or is gold dust, you mean that it is very difficult to obtain, usually because everyone wants it. (BRIT)\nTickets were like gold dust.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gold leaf
Meaning:
gold leaf\n  Gold leaf is gold that has been beaten flat into very thin sheets and is used for decoration, for example to form the letters on the cover of a book.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gold medal
Meaning:
gold med.al\n   gold medal  gold medals\n  A gold medal is a medal made of gold which is awarded as first prize in a contest or competition.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gold mine
Meaning:
also goldmine\n  If you describe something such as a business or idea as a gold mine, you mean that it produces large profits.\nThe programme was a gold mine for small production companies.\n  N-SING


Words: gold rush
Meaning:
gold rush  gold rushes\n  A gold rush is a situation when a lot of people suddenly go to a place where gold has been discovered.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gold-digger
Meaning:
gold-digger  gold-diggers   also gold digger\n  A gold-digger is a person who has a relationship with someone who is rich in order to get money or expensive things from them.\n  N-COUNT  disapproval


Words: gold-plated
Meaning:
gold-plated\n  Something that is gold-plated is covered with a very thin layer of gold.\n...marble bathrooms with gold-plated taps.\n  ADJ


Words: golden
Meaning:
gold.en\n   golden\n1. Something that is golden is bright yellow in colour.\nShe combed and arranged her golden hair.\n...an endless golden beach.\n  ADJ\n\n2. Golden things are made of gold.\n...a golden chain with a golden locket.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n3. If you describe something as golden, you mean it is wonderful because it is likely to be successful and rewarding, or because it is the best of its kind.\nHe says there’s a golden opportunity for peace which must be seized.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n4. If you refer to a man as a golden boy or a woman as a golden girl, you mean that they are especially popular and successful.\nWhen the movie came out the critics went wild, hailing Tarantino as the golden boy of the 1990s.\n  PHRASE


Words: golden age
Meaning:
gold.en age\n   golden age  golden ages\n  A golden age is a period of time during which a very high level of achievement is reached in a particular field of activity, especially in art or literature.\nYou grew up in the golden age of American children’s books.\n  N-COUNT: oft N of n


Words: golden goal
Meaning:
gold.en goal\n   golden goal golden goals\n  In some football matches, a golden goal is the first goal scored in extra time, which wins the match for the team that scores it. (BRIT)\n  N-COUNT


Words: golden goodbye
Meaning:
gold.en good.bye\n   golden goodbye golden goodbyes\n  A golden goodbye is the same as a golden handshake. (BUSINESS)\n  N-COUNT


Words: golden handshake
Meaning:
gold.en hand.shake\n   golden handshake  golden handshakes\n  A golden handshake is a large sum of money that a company gives to an employee when he or she leaves, as a reward for long service or good work. (BUSINESS)\n  N-COUNT


Words: golden hello
Meaning:
gold.en hel.lo\n   golden hello golden hellos\n  A golden hello is a sum of money that a company offers to a person in order to persuade them to join the company. (BUSINESS)\nMost people recognise the need to pay a golden hello to attract the best.\n  N-COUNT


Words: golden jubilee
Meaning:
gold.en ju.bi.lee\n   golden jubilee  golden jubilees\n  A golden jubilee is the 50th anniversary of an important or special event.\nThe company is celebrating its golden jubilee.\n  N-COUNT


Words: golden oldie
Meaning:
gold.en oldie\n   golden oldie  golden oldies\n  People sometimes refer to something that is still successful or popular even though it is quite old as a golden oldie. (INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: golden parachute
Meaning:
gold.en para.chute\n   golden parachute golden parachutes\n  A golden parachute is an agreement to pay a large amount of money to a senior executive of a company if they are forced to leave. (BUSINESS)\nGolden parachutes entitle them to a full year’s salary if they get booted out of the company.\n  N-COUNT


Words: golden rule
Meaning:
gold.en rule\n   golden rule  golden rules\n  A golden rule is a principle you should remember because it will help you to be successful.\nHanson’s golden rule is to add value to whatever business he buys.\n  N-COUNT


Words: golden syrup
Meaning:
gold.en syr.up\n   golden syrup\n  Golden syrup is a sweet food in the form of a thick, sticky, yellow liquid. (BRIT)\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: golden wedding
Meaning:
gold.en wed.ding\n   golden wedding  golden weddings\n  A golden wedding or a golden wedding anniversary is the 50th anniversary of a wedding.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goldfield
Meaning:
gold.field\n   goldfield  goldfields\n  A goldfield is an area of land where gold is found.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goldfish
Meaning:
gold.fish\n   goldfish  goldfish\n  Goldfish are small gold or orange fish which are often kept as pets.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goldsmith
Meaning:
gold.smith\n   goldsmith  goldsmiths\n  A goldsmith is a person whose job is making jewellery and other objects using gold.\n  N-COUNT


Words: golf
Meaning:
golf\n  Golf is a game in which you use long sticks called clubs to hit a small, hard ball into holes that are spread out over a large area of grassy land.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: golf ball
Meaning:
golf ball  golf balls\n  A golf ball is a small, hard white ball which people use when they are playing golf.\n  N-COUNT


Words: golf club
Meaning:
golf club  golf clubs\n1. A golf club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A golf club is a social organization which provides a golf course and a building to meet in for its members.\n  N-COUNT


Words: golf course
Meaning:
golf course  golf courses   also golf-course\n  A golf course is a large area of grass which is specially designed for people to play golf on.\n  N-COUNT


Words: golfer
Meaning:
golf.er\n   golfer  golfers\n  A golfer is a person who plays golf for pleasure or as a profession.\n  N-COUNT


Words: golfing
Meaning:
golf.ing\n   golfing\n1. Golfing is used to describe things that involve the playing of golf or that are used while playing golf.\nHe was wearing a cream silk shirt and a tartan golfing cap.\n...a golfing holiday in Spain.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n2. Golfing is the activity of playing golf.\nYou can play tennis or go golfing.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: golly
Meaning:
gol.ly\n   golly\n1. Some people say golly to indicate that they are very surprised by something. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)\n`Golly,’ he says, `Isn’t it exciting!’\n  EXCLAM  feelings\n\n2. Some people say by golly to emphasize that something did happen or should happen. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)\nBy golly we can do something about it this time.\n  EXCLAM  emphasis


Words: gondola
Meaning:
gon.do.la\n   gondola  gondolas\n  A gondola is a long narrow boat that is used especially in Venice. It has a flat bottom and curves upwards at both ends. A person stands at one end of the boat and uses a long pole to move and steer it.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gone
Meaning:
gone\n1. Gone is the past participle of go.\n\n2. When someone is gone, they have left the place where you are and are no longer there. When something is gone, it is no longer present or no longer exists.\nHe’s already been gone four hours!...\nBy morning the smoke will be all gone.\n  ADJ: v-link ADJ\n\n3. If you say it is gone a particular time, you mean it is later than that time. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nIt was just gone 7 o’clock this evening when I finished.\n  PREP\n  = after, past


Words: goner
Meaning:
gon.er\n   goner  goners\n  If you say that someone is a goner, you mean that they are about to die, or are in such danger that nobody can save them. (INFORMAL)\nShe fell so heavily I thought she was a goner.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gong
Meaning:
gong  gongs\n  A gong is a large, flat, circular piece of metal that you hit with a hammer to make a sound like a loud bell. Gongs are sometimes used as musical instruments, or to give a signal that it is time to do something.\nOn the stroke of seven, a gong summons guests into the dining-room.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gonna
Meaning:
gon.na\n   gonna\n  Gonna is used in written English to represent the words `going to’ when they are pronounced informally.\nThen what am I gonna do?


Words: gonorrhoea
Meaning:
gon.or.rhoea\n   gonorrhoea\nin AM, use gonorrhea\n  Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: goo
Meaning:
goo\n  You can use goo to refer to any thick, sticky substance, for example mud or paste. (INFORMAL)\n...a sticky goo of pineapple and coconut.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: good
Meaning:
good  better  best\n1. Good means pleasant or enjoyable.\nWe had a really good time together...\nI know they would have a better life here...\nThere’s nothing better than a good cup of hot coffee...\nIt’s so good to hear your voice after all this time.\n  ADJ\n  !=bad\n2. Good means of a high quality, standard, or level.\nExercise is just as important to health as good food...\nHis parents wanted Raymond to have the best possible education...\n...good quality furniture.\n  ADJ\n  !=poor\n3. If you are good at something, you are skilful and successful at doing it.\nHe was very good at his work...\nI’m not very good at singing...\nHe is one of the best players in the world...\nI always played football with my older brother because I was good for my age.\n  ADJ: oft ADJ at n/-ing\n  !=bad, poor\n4. If you describe a piece of news, an action, or an effect as good, you mean that it is likely to result in benefit or success.\nOn balance biotechnology should be good news for developing countries...\nI had the good fortune to be selected...\nThis is not a good example to set other children...\nI think the response was good.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  !=bad\n5. A good idea, reason, method, or decision is a sensible or valid one.\nThey thought it was a good idea to make some offenders do community service...\nThere is good reason to doubt this...\nCould you give me some advice on the best way to do this?\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  !=bad, poor\n6. If you say that it is good that something should happen or good to do something, you mean it is desirable, acceptable, or right.\nI think it’s good that some people are going...\nIt is always best to choose organically grown foods if possible.\n  ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ that/to-inf\n  !=bad\n7. A good estimate or indication of something is an accurate one.\nWe have a fairly good idea of what’s going on...\nThis is a much better indication of what a school is really like...\nLaboratory tests are not always a good guide to what happens in the world.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  !=poor\n8. If you get a good deal or a good price when you buy or sell something, you receive a lot in exchange for what you give.\nWhether such properties are a good deal will depend on individual situations...\nThe merchandise is reasonably priced and offers exceptionally good value.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n9. If something is good for a person or organization, it benefits them.\nRain water was once considered to be good for the complexion...\nNancy chose the product because it is better for the environment.\n  ADJ: v-link ADJ for n\n  = beneficial  !=bad\n10. If something is done for the good of a person or organization, it is done in order to benefit them.\nFurlaud urged him to resign for the good of the country...\nI’m only telling you this for your own good!\n  N-SING: with poss\n  = benefit\n11. If someone or something is no good or is not any good, they are not satisfactory or are of a low standard.\nIf the weather’s no good then I won’t take any pictures...\nI was never any good at maths.\n  N-UNCOUNT: with brd-neg\n\n12. If you say that doing something is no good or does not do any good, you mean that doing it is not of any use or will not bring any success.\nIt’s no good worrying about it now...\nWe gave them water and kept them warm, but it didn’t do any good...\nThere is no way to measure these effects; the chances are it did some good.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with brd-neg\n\n13. Good is what is considered to be right according to moral standards or religious beliefs.\nGood and evil may co-exist within one family.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n  !=evil\n14. Someone who is good is morally correct in their attitudes and behaviour.\nThe president is a good man...\nFor me to think I’m any better than a homeless person on the street is ridiculous.\n  ADJ\n  !=bad\n15. Someone, especially a child, who is good obeys rules and instructions and behaves in a socially correct way.\nThe children were very good...\nI’m going to be a good boy now...\nBoth boys had good manners, politely shaking hands.\n  ADJ\n  !=bad\n(next)


Words: good .1
Meaning:
16. Someone who is good is kind and thoughtful.\nYou are good to me...\nHer good intentions were thwarted almost immediately...\n  ADJ\n\n17. Someone who is in a good mood is cheerful and pleasant to be with.\nPeople were in a pretty good mood...\nHe exudes natural charm and good humour...\nA relaxation session may put you in a better frame of mind.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  !=bad\n18. If people are good friends, they get on well together and are very close.\nShe and Gavin are good friends...\nShe’s my best friend, and I really love her.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n19. A person’s good eye, arm, or leg is the one that is healthy and strong, if the other one is injured or weak.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n  !=bad\n20. You use good to emphasize the great extent or degree of something.\nWe waited a good fifteen minutes...\nThis whole thing’s got a good bit more dangerous.\n  ADJ: a ADJ n  emphasis\n\n21. You say `Good’ or `Very good’ to express pleasure, satisfaction, or agreement with something that has been said or done, especially when you are in a position of authority.\n`Are you all right?’.`I’m fine.’.`Good. So am I.’...\nOh good, Tom’s just come in...\n  CONVENTION\n\n22.\n  see also best, better, goods\n23. `As good as’ can be used to mean `almost.’\nHis career is as good as over...\nThe vote as good as kills the chance of real reform.\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR adj/-ed/v\n  = practically\n24. If you say that something will do someone good, you mean that it will benefit them or improve them.\nThe outing will do me good...\nIt’s probably done you good to get away for a few hours...\nYou don’t do anybody any good by getting yourself arrested.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, oft it PHR if/to-inf\n\n25. If something changes or disappears for good, it never changes back or comes back as it was before.\nThe days of big-time racing at Herne Hill had gone for good...\nA few shots of this drug cleared up the disease for good.\n  PHRASE: PHR after v\n\n26. People say `Good for you’ to express approval of your actions.\n`He has a girl now, who he lives with.’.`Good for him.’\n  CONVENTION  feelings\n\n27. If you say it’s a good thing, or in British English it’s a good job, that something is the case, you mean that it is fortunate.\nIt’s a good thing you aren’t married...\nIt’s a good job it happened here rather than on the open road.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n28. If you make good some damage, a loss, or a debt, you try to repair the damage, replace what has been lost, or repay the debt.\nIt may cost several billion roubles to make good the damage.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n\n  = put right\n29. If someone makes good a threat or promise or makes good on it, they do what they have threatened or promised to do. (mainly AM)\nCertain that he was going to make good his threat to kill her, she lunged for the gun...\nHe was confident the allies would make good on their pledges.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n, PHR on n\n\n30. If you say that something or someone is as good as new, you mean that they are in a very good condition or state, especially after they have been damaged or ill.\nI only ever use that on special occasions so it’s as good as new...\nIn a day or so he will be as good as new.\n  PHRASE: usu v-link PHR\n\n31. You use good old before the name of a person, place, or thing when you are referring to them in an affectionate way.\nGood old Harry. Reliable to the end...\n  PHRASE: PHR n  feelings\n\n32.\ngood deal: see deal\nin good faith: see faith\nso far so good: see far\ngood as gold: see gold\ngood gracious: see gracious\ngood grief: see grief\ngood heavens: see heaven\ngood job: see job\ngood lord: see lord\nfor good measure: see measure\nthe good old days: see old\nin good shape: see shape\nto stand someone in good stead: see stead\nin good time: see time\ntoo good to be true: see true


Words: good afternoon
Meaning:
good after.noon\n   good afternoon\n  You say `Good afternoon’ when you are greeting someone in the afternoon. (FORMAL)\n  CONVENTION  formulae


Words: good day
Meaning:
good day\n  People sometimes say `Good day’ instead of `Hello’ or `Goodbye’. (OLD-FASHIONED)\nWell, I’d better be off. Good day to you.\n  CONVENTION  formulae


Words: good evening
Meaning:
good eve.ning\n   good evening\n  You say `Good evening’ when you are greeting someone in the evening. (FORMAL)\n  CONVENTION  formulae


Words: Good Friday
Meaning:
Good Fri.day\n   Good Friday\n  Good Friday is the day on which Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is the Friday before Easter Sunday.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: good guy
Meaning:
good guy  good guys\n  You can refer to the good characters in a film or story as the good guys. You can also refer to the good guys in a situation in real life. (mainly AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, use goodies)\nThere was a fine line between the good guys and the bad guys.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl\n  = goody  !=bad guy


Words: good morning
Meaning:
good morn.ing\n   good morning\n  You say `Good morning’ when you are greeting someone in the morning. (FORMAL)\n  CONVENTION  formulae


Words: good-for-nothing
Meaning:
good-for-nothing  good-for-nothings\n  If you describe someone as good-for-nothing, you think that they are lazy or irresponsible.\n...a good-for-nothing fourteen-year-old son who barely knows how to read and count.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n  Good-for-nothing is also a noun.\n...lazy good-for-nothings.\n  N-COUNT


Words: good-humoured
Meaning:
good-humoured\nin AM, use good-humored\n  A good-humoured person or atmosphere is pleasant and cheerful.\nCharles was brave and remarkably good-humoured...\nIt was a good humoured conference.\n  ADJ


Words: good-looking
Meaning:
good-looking  better-looking  best-looking\n  Someone who is good-looking has an attractive face.\nCassandra noticed him because he was good-looking.\n...a good-looking woman.\n  ADJ


Words: good-natured
Meaning:
good-natured\n  A good-natured person or animal is naturally friendly and does not get angry easily.\nHe was good natured about it, he didn’t fuss.\n  ADJ


Words: good-tempered
Meaning:
good-tempered\n  A good-tempered person or animal is naturally friendly and pleasant and does not easily get angry or upset.\nHe was a happy, good-tempered child.\n...a horse which is quiet and good tempered.\n  ADJ\n  = good-natured


Words: goodbye
Meaning:
good.bye\n   goodbye  goodbyes   also good-bye\n1. You say `Goodbye’ to someone when you or they are leaving, or at the end of a telephone conversation.\n  CONVENTION  formulae\n\n2. When you say your goodbyes, you say something such as `Goodbye’ when you leave.\nHe said his goodbyes knowing that a long time would pass before he would see his child again...\nI said a hurried goodbye and walked home in the cold...\n  N-COUNT: usu supp N\n\n3. When you say goodbye to someone, you say something such as `Goodbye’, `Bye’, or `See you’, when you or they are leaving. You can also wave goodbye to someone.\nHe left without saying goodbye...\nHe wanted to say goodbye to you...\nThey came to the front door to wave goodbye.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to n\n\n4. If you say goodbye or wave goodbye to something that you want or usually have, you accept that you are not going to have it.\nHe has probably said goodbye to his last chance of Olympic gold...\nWe can wave goodbye to the sort of protection that people at work need and deserve.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n\n\n5.\nto kiss something goodbye: see kiss


Words: goodly
Meaning:
good.ly\n   goodly\n  A goodly amount or part of something is a fairly large amount or part of it, often more than was expected. (FORMAL)\nLaski spent a goodly part of his lecturing life in American universities.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n  = substantial


Words: goodness
Meaning:
good.ness\n   goodness\n1. People sometimes say `goodness’ or `my goodness’ to express surprise.\nGoodness, I wonder if he knows...\nMy goodness, he’s earned millions in his career.\n  EXCLAM  feelings\n\nfor goodness sake: see sake\nthank goodness: see thank\n2. Goodness is the quality of being kind, helpful, and honest.\nHe retains a faith in human goodness.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: goodnight
Meaning:
good.night\n   goodnight   also good night\n1. You say `Goodnight’ to someone late in the evening before one of you goes home or goes to sleep.\n  CONVENTION  formulae\n\n2. If you say goodnight to someone or kiss them goodnight, you say something such as `Goodnight’ to them or kiss them before one of you goes home or goes to sleep.\nEleanor went upstairs to say goodnight to the children...\nBoth men rose to their feet and kissed her goodnight.\n...a goodnight kiss.\n  PHRASE


Words: goods
Meaning:
goods\n1. Goods are things that are made to be sold.\nMoney can be exchanged for goods or services.\n...a wide range of consumer goods.\n  N-PLURAL\n\n2. Your goods are the things that you own and that can be moved.\nAll his worldly goods were packed into a neat checked carrier bag...\nYou can give your unwanted goods to charity.\n  N-PLURAL: usu poss adj N


Words: goods train
Meaning:
goods train  goods trains\n  A goods train is a train that transports goods and not people. (BRIT; in AM, use freight train)\n  N-COUNT


Words: goodwill
Meaning:
good.will\n   goodwill\n1. Goodwill is a friendly or helpful attitude towards other people, countries, or organizations.\nI invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill...\nThey depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. The goodwill of a business is something such as its good reputation, which increases the value of the business. (BUSINESS)\nWe do not want to lose the goodwill built up over 175 years.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: goody
Meaning:
goody  goodies   also goodie\n1. You can refer to pleasant, exciting, or attractive things as goodies. (INFORMAL)\n...a little bag of goodies...\n  N-COUNT: usu pl\n\n2. You can refer to the heroes or the morally good characters in a film or story as the goodies. You can also refer to the goodies in a situation in real life. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, usually use good guys)\n...the thriller, a genre which depends on goodies and baddies...\n  N-COUNT: usu pl\n  = good guy  !=baddy


Words: goody bag
Meaning:
goody bag  goody bags\n  A goody bag is a bag of little gifts, often given away by manufacturers in order to encourage people to try their products. (INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: goody-goody
Meaning:
goody-goody  goody-goodies\n  If you call someone a goody-goody, you mean they behave extremely well in order to please people in authority. (INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT  disapproval


Words: gooey
Meaning:
goo.ey\n   gooey  gooier  gooiest\n  If you describe a food or other substance as gooey, you mean that it is very soft and sticky. (INFORMAL)\n...a lovely, gooey, sticky mess.\n  ADJ


Words: goof
Meaning:
goof  goofs  goofing  goofed\n1. If you goof or goof up, you make a silly mistake. (INFORMAL)\nWe goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.\n  VERB: V, also V adv\n\n  Goof is also a noun.\nBut was it, in fact, a hideous goof?\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you call someone a goof, you think they are silly. (INFORMAL)\nI could write for TV as well as any of those goofs.\n  N-COUNT  disapproval\n  = fool, idiot


Words: goofy
Meaning:
goofy  goofier  goofiest\n  If you describe someone or something as goofy, you think they are rather silly or ridiculous. (INFORMAL)\n...a goofy smile.\n  ADJ


Words: googly
Meaning:
goog.ly\n   googly  googlies\n  When a cricketer bowls a googly, he or she spins the ball and makes it bounce in a different direction from the direction that the batsman is expecting.\n  N-COUNT


Words: goon
Meaning:
goon  goons\n1. A goon is a person who is paid to hurt or threaten people. (AM INFORMAL)\nHe and the other goon began to beat me up.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you call someone a goon, you think they behave in a silly way. (OLD-FASHIONED)\n  N-COUNT  disapproval


Words: goose
Meaning:
goose  geese\n1. A goose is a large bird that has a long neck and webbed feet. Geese are often farmed for their meat.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. Goose is the meat from a goose that has been cooked.\n...roast goose.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3.\n  see also wild goose chase


Words: goose bumps
Meaning:
goose bumps\n  If you get goose bumps, the hairs on your skin stand up so that it is covered with tiny bumps. You get goose bumps when you are cold, frightened, or excited.\n  N-PLURAL\n  = goose pimples


Words: goose-step
Meaning:
goose-step  goose-steps  goose-stepping  goose-stepped\n  When soldiers goose-step, they lift their legs high and do not bend their knees as they march.\n...photos of soldiers goose-stepping beside fearsome missiles.\n  VERB: V


Words: gooseberry
Meaning:
goose.berry\n   gooseberry  gooseberries\n  A gooseberry is a small green fruit that has a sharp taste and is covered with tiny hairs.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gopher
Meaning:
go.pher\n   gopher  gophers\n1. A gopher is a small animal which looks a bit like a rat and lives in holes in the ground. Gophers are found in Canada and the USA.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. In computing, Gopher is a program that collects information for you from many databases across the Internet.\n  N-PROPER; also N-COUNT


Words: gore
Meaning:
gore  gores  goring  gored\n1. If someone is gored by an animal, they are badly wounded by its horns or tusks.\nCarruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros...\nHe was gored to death in front of his family.\n  VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed to n\n\n2. Gore is blood from a wound that has become thick.\nThere were pools of blood and gore on the pavement.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gorge
Meaning:
gorge  gorges  gorging  gorged\n1. A gorge is a deep, narrow valley with very steep sides, usually where a river passes through mountains or an area of hard rock.\n  N-COUNT\n  = ravine\n2. If you gorge on something or gorge yourself on it, you eat lots of it in a very greedy way.\nI could spend each day gorging on chocolate...\n...teenagers gorging themselves on ice-cream sundaes.\n  VERB: V on n, V pron-refl on n


Words: gorgeous
Meaning:
gor.geous\n   gorgeous\n1. If you say that something is gorgeous, you mean that it gives you a lot of pleasure or is very attractive. (INFORMAL)\n...gorgeous mountain scenery...\nIt’s a gorgeous day...\nSome of the Renaissance buildings are gorgeous.\n  ADJ\n  = beautiful\n=>  gor.geous.ly\nShe has a gorgeously warm speaking voice.\n  ADV: ADV adj/-ed\n\n2. If you describe someone as gorgeous, you mean that you find them very sexually attractive. (INFORMAL)\nThe cosmetics industry uses gorgeous women to sell its skincare products...\nAll the girls in my house are mad about Ryan, they think he’s gorgeous.\n  ADJ\n\n3. If you describe things such as clothes and colours as gorgeous, you mean they are bright, rich, and impressive.\n...a red-haired man in the gorgeous uniform of a Marshal of the Empire.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n=>  gor.geous.ly\n...gorgeously embroidered clothing.\n  ADV: ADV adj/-ed


Words: gorilla
Meaning:
go.ril.la\n   gorilla  gorillas\n  A gorilla is a very large ape. It has long arms, black fur, and a black face.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gormless
Meaning:
gorm.less\n   gormless\n  If you say that someone is gormless, you think that they are stupid because they do not understand things very well. (BRIT INFORMAL)\n  ADJ  disapproval


Words: gorse
Meaning:
gorse\n  Gorse is a dark green bush that grows in Europe. It has small yellow flowers and sharp prickles.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gory
Meaning:
gory  gorier goriest\n  Gory situations involve people being injured or dying in a horrible way.\n...the gory details of Mayan human sacrifices.\n...the gory death scenes.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: gosh
Meaning:
gosh\n  Some people say `Gosh’ when they are surprised. (OLD-FASHIONED)\nGosh, there’s a lot of noise.\n  EXCLAM


Words: gospel
Meaning:
gos.pel\n   gospel  gospels\n1. In the New Testament of the Bible, the Gospels are the four books which describe the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.\n...the parable in St Matthew’s Gospel.\n...an illustrated and illuminated manuscript of the four gospels.\n  N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES\n\n2. In the Christian religion, the gospel refers to the message and teachings of Jesus Christ, as explained in the New Testament.\nI didn’t shirk my duties. I visited the sick and I preached the gospel.\n  N-SING: the N\n\n3. You can use gospel to refer to a particular way of thinking that a person or group believes in very strongly and that they try to persuade others to accept.\n...the gospel according to my mom.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n, N according to n-proper\n\n4. Gospel or gospel music is a style of religious music that uses strong rhythms and vocal harmony. It is especially popular among black Christians in the southern United States of America.\nI had to go to church, so I grew up singing gospel...\nThe group perform variations on soul and gospel music.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n5. If you take something as gospel, or as gospel truth, you believe that it is completely true.\nThe results were not to be taken as gospel...\nHe wouldn’t say this if it weren’t the gospel truth.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu as N


Words: gossamer
Meaning:
gos.sa.mer\n   gossamer\n  You use gossamer to indicate that something is very light, thin, or delicate. (LITERARY)\n...the daring gossamer dresses of sheer black lace.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gossip
Meaning:
gos.sip\n   gossip  gossips  gossiping  gossiped\n1. Gossip is informal conversation, often about other people’s private affairs.\nThere has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence...\nDon’t you like a good gossip?\n  N-UNCOUNT: also a N\n\n2. If you gossip with someone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two people gossip.\nWe spoke, debated, gossiped into the night...\nEva gossiped with Sarah...\nMrs Lilywhite never gossiped.\n  V-RECIP: pl-n V, V with n, V (non-recip)\n\n3. If you describe someone as a gossip, you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others.\nHe was a vicious gossip.\n  N-COUNT  disapproval


Words: gossip column
Meaning:
gos.sip col.umn\n   gossip column  gossip columns\n  A gossip column is a part of a newspaper or magazine where the activities and private lives of famous people are discussed.\nThe jet-setting couple made frequent appearances in the gossip columns.\n  N-COUNT\n\n=>  gos.sip col.umn.ist      gossip columnists\n...a Hollywood gossip columnist.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gossipy
Meaning:
gos.sipy\n   gossipy\n1. If you describe a book or account as gossipy, you mean it is informal and full of interesting but often unimportant news or information about people.\n...a chatty, gossipy account of Forster’s life.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n2. If you describe someone as gossipy, you are critical of them because they talk about other people’s private lives a great deal.\n...gossipy old women.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n  disapproval


Words: got
Meaning:
got\n1. Got is the past tense and past participle of get.\n\n2. You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English, people sometimes just use `got’. (SPOKEN)\nI’ve got a coat just like this...\nShe hasn’t got a work permit...\nHave you got any ideas?...\nEvery city’s got its good and bad points...\nAfter a pause he asked, `You got any identification?’\n  PHRASE: have inflects, PHR n\n  = have\n3. You use have got to when you are saying that something is necessary or must happen in the way stated. In informal American English, the `have’ is sometimes omitted. (SPOKEN)\nI’m not happy with the situation, but I’ve just got to accept it...\nThere has got to be a degree of flexibility...\nSee, you got to work very hard.\n  PHRASE\n  = must\n4. People sometimes use have got to in order to emphasize that they are certain that something is true, because of the facts or circumstances involved. In informal American English, the `have’ is sometimes omitted. (SPOKEN)\nWe’ll do what we got to do.\n  PHRASE  emphasis\n  = must


Words: gotcha
Meaning:
gotcha\n  Gotcha is used in written English to represent the words `got you’ when they are pronounced informally.\n`Gotcha, didn’t I?’\n  INTERJ


Words: Gothic
Meaning:
Goth.ic\n   Gothic\n1. Gothic architecture and religious art was produced in the Middle Ages. Its features include tall pillars, high curved ceilings, and pointed arches.\n...a vast, lofty Gothic cathedral.\n...Gothic stained glass windows...\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n2. In Gothic stories, strange, mysterious adventures happen in dark and lonely places such as graveyards and old castles.\nThis novel is not science fiction, nor is it Gothic horror.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: gotta
Meaning:
got.ta\n   gotta\n  Gotta is used in written English to represent the words `got to’ when they are pronounced informally, with the meaning `have to’ or `must’.\nPrices are high and our kids gotta eat.


Words: gotten
Meaning:
got.ten\n   gotten\n  Gotten is the past participle of get in American English.\n\n  see also ill-gotten gains


Words: gouge
Meaning:
gouge  gouges  gouging  gouged\n  If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object.\nHe gouged her cheek with a screwdriver.\n  VERB: V n prep


Words: gouge out
Meaning:
gouge out\n  To gouge out a piece or part of something means to cut, dig, or force it from the surrounding surface. You can also gouge out a hole in the ground.\nHe has accused her of threatening to gouge his eyes out.\n...stripping off the soil and gouging out gold or iron ore.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)


Words: gourd
Meaning:
gourd   gourds\n1. A gourd is a large round fruit with a hard skin. You can also use gourd to refer to the plant on which this fruit grows.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A gourd is a container made from the hard dry skin of a gourd fruit. Gourds are often used to carry water or for decoration.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gourmand
Meaning:
gour.mand\n   gourmand  gourmands\n  A gourmand is a person who enjoys eating and drinking in large amounts. (FORMAL)\nThe food here satisfies gourmands rather than gourmets.\n  N-COUNT  disapproval


Words: gourmet
Meaning:
gour.met\n   gourmet  gourmets\n1. Gourmet food is nicer or more unusual or sophisticated than ordinary food, and is often more expensive.\nFlavored coffee is sold at gourmet food stores and coffee shops...\nThe couple share a love of gourmet cooking.\n...a gourmet dinner.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n2. A gourmet is someone who enjoys good food, and who knows a lot about food and wine.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gout
Meaning:
gout\n  Gout is a disease which causes people’s joints to swell painfully, especially in their toes.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: Gov.
Meaning:
Gov. Govs\n  Gov. is a written abbreviation for Governor.\n...Gov. Thomas Kean of New Jersey.\n  N-TITLE


Words: govern
Meaning:
gov.ern\n   govern  governs  governing  governed\n1. To govern a place such as a country, or its people, means to be officially in charge of the place, and to have responsibility for making laws, managing the economy, and controlling public services.\nThey go to the polls on Friday to choose the people they want to govern their country...\nTheir citizens are very thankful they are not governed by a dictator.\n  VERB: V n, V n\n  = rule\n2. If a situation or activity is governed by a particular factor, rule, or force, it is controlled by that factor, rule, or force.\nMarine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations...\nThe government has altered the rules governing eligibility for unemployment benefit.\n  VERB: be V-ed by n, V n


Words: governance
Meaning:
gov.ern.ance\n   governance\n1. The governance of a country is the way in which it is governed. (FORMAL)\nThey believe that a fundamental change in the governance of Britain is the key to all other necessary changes.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. The governance of a company or organization is the way in which it is managed. (FORMAL)\n...a dramatic move away from the traditional view of governance in American education.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: governess
Meaning:
gov.er.ness\n   governess  governesses\n  A governess is a woman who is employed by a family to live with them and educate their children.\n  N-COUNT


Words: governing
Meaning:
gov.ern.ing\n   governing\n  A governing body or organization is one which controls a particular activity.\nThe league became the governing body for amateur fencing in the U.S.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n  = ruling


Words: government
Meaning:
gov.ern.ment\n   government  governments\n1. The government of a country is the group of people who are responsible for governing it.\nThe Government has insisted that confidence is needed before the economy can improve.\n...democratic governments in countries like Britain and the US.\n...fighting between government forces and left-wing rebels.\n  N-COUNT-COLL\n\n2. Government consists of the activities, methods, and principles involved in governing a country or other political unit.\nThe first four years of government were completely disastrous.\n...our system of government.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: governmental
Meaning:
gov.ern.men.tal\n   governmental\n  Governmental means relating to a particular government, or to the practice of governing a country.\n...a governmental agency for providing financial aid to developing countries.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: governor
Meaning:
gov.er.nor\n   governor  governors\n1. In some systems of government, a governor is a person who is in charge of the political administration of a region or state.\nHe was governor of the province in the late 1970s...\nGovernor William Livingston addressed the New Jersey Assembly.\n  N-COUNT; N-TITLE\n\n2. A governor is a member of a committee which controls an organization such as a school or a hospital.\nGovernors are using the increased powers given to them to act against incompetent headteachers.\n...the chairman of the BBC board of governors.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. In some British institutions, the governor is the most senior official, who is in charge of the institution.\nThe incident was reported to the prison governor.\n  N-COUNT


Words: Governor-General
Meaning:
Governor-General  Governors-General\n  A Governor-General is a person who is sent to a former British colony as the chief representative of Britain. (BRIT)\n...the former Governor-General of New Zealand.\n  N-COUNT: oft the N of n


Words: governorship
Meaning:
gov.er.nor.ship\n   governorship  governorships\n  The governorship of a particular country or state is the position of being its governor. Governorship is also used to refer to the period of time a particular person spends being the governor of a country or state.\nThe governorship went to a Democrat, Mrs Anne Richards...\n  N-COUNT


Words: gown
Meaning:
gown  gowns\n1. A gown is a dress, usually a long dress, which women wear on formal occasions.\nThe new ball gown was a great success.\n...wedding gowns.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A gown is a loose black garment worn on formal occasions by people such as lawyers and academics.\n...an old headmaster in a flowing black gown.\n  N-COUNT


Words: GP
Meaning:
GP  GPs\n  A GP is a doctor who does not specialize in any particular area of medicine, but who has a medical practice in which he or she treats all types of illness. GP is an abbreviation for `general practitioner’.\nHer husband called their local GP.\n  N-COUNT: oft poss N


Words: GPS
Meaning:
GPS GPSs\n  GPS is an abbreviation for global positioning system.\nGPS operates best near the equator.\n...a GPS receiver.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grab
Meaning:
grab  grabs  grabbing  grabbed\n1. If you grab something, you take it or pick it up suddenly and roughly.\nI managed to grab her hand...\nI grabbed him by the neck.\n  VERB: V n, V n by/round n\n\n2. If you grab at something, you try to grab it.\nHe was clumsily trying to grab at Alfred’s arms.\n  VERB: V at n\n\n  Grab is also a noun.\nI made a grab for the knife...\nMr Penrose made a grab at his collar.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing, N for/at n\n\n3. If you grab someone who is walking past, you succeed in getting their attention. (INFORMAL)\nGrab that waiter, Mary Ann.\n  VERB: V n\n\n4. If you grab someone’s attention, you do something in order to make them notice you.\nI jumped on the wall to grab the attention of the crowd.\n  VERB: V n\n\n5. If you grab something such as food, drink, or sleep, you manage to get some quickly. (INFORMAL)\nGrab a beer.\n  VERB: V n\n\n6. If you grab something such as a chance or opportunity, or grab at it, you take advantage of it eagerly.\nShe grabbed the chance of a job interview...\nHe grabbed at the opportunity to buy his castle.\n  VERB: V n, V at n\n  = seize\n7. A grab for something such as power or fame is an attempt to gain it.\n...a grab for personal power.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing, N for n\n\n8.\nto grab hold of: see hold\n  see also smash-and-grab\n9. If something is up for grabs, it is available to anyone who is interested. (INFORMAL)\nThe famous Ritz hotel is up for grabs for .100m.\n  PHRASE: usu v-link PHR


Words: grab bag
Meaning:
grab bag  grab bags\n1. A grab bag is a game in which you take a prize out of a container full of hidden prizes. (AM; in BRIT, use lucky dip)\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A grab bag of things, ideas, or people is a varied group of them.\n...a fascinating grab-bag of documents about the life of Liszt.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n


Words: grace
Meaning:
grace  graces  gracing  graced\n1. If someone moves with grace, they move in a smooth, controlled, and attractive way.\nHe moved with the grace of a trained boxer...\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp\n\n2. If someone behaves with grace, they behave in a pleasant, polite, and dignified way, even when they are upset or being treated unfairly.\nThe new King seemed to be carrying out his duties with grace and due decorum...\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3. The graces are the ways of behaving and doing things which are considered polite and well-mannered.\nShe didn’t fit in and she had few social graces.\n  N-PLURAL: oft adj N\n\n4. Grace is used in expressions such as a day’s grace and a month’s grace to say that you are allowed that amount of extra time before you have to finish something.\nShe wanted a couple of days’ grace to get the maisonette cleaned before she moved in...\nWe have only a few hours’ grace before the soldiers come.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N\n\n5. If you say that something graces a place or a person, you mean that it makes them more attractive. (FORMAL)\nHe went to the beautiful old Welsh dresser that graced this homely room...\nHer shoulders were graced with mink and her fingers sparkled with diamonds.\n  VERB: V n, be V-ed with/by n\n\n6. In Christianity and some other religions, grace is the kindness that God shows to people because he loves them.\nIt was only by the grace of God that no one died.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n7. When someone says grace before or after a meal, they say a prayer in which they thank God for the food and ask Him to bless it.\nLeo, will you say grace?\n  N-VAR\n\n8. You use expressions such as Your Grace and His Grace when you are addressing or referring to a duke, duchess, or archbishop.\nYour Grace, I have a great favour to ask of you.\n  N-VOC; N-PROPER: det-poss N\n\n9.\n  see also coup de grace, saving grace\n10. If someone falls from grace, they suddenly stop being successful or popular. (mainly WRITTEN)\nAll went well at first, and I was in high favour; but presently I fell from grace...\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n11. If someone has the good grace to do something, they are polite enough or honest enough to do it.\nHe did not even have the grace to apologise...\nMany of us do stupid things in our youth, but we should have the good grace to admit them.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, PHR to-inf  approval\n\n12. If you do something unpleasant with good grace or with a good grace, you do it cheerfully and without complaining. If you do something with bad grace or with a bad grace, you do it unwillingly and without enthusiasm.\nHe accepted the decision with good grace, and wished me the very best of luck...\nWith appallingly bad grace I packed up and we drove north.\n  PHRASE: PHR after v


Words: graceful
Meaning:
grace.ful\n   graceful\n1. Someone or something that is graceful moves in a smooth and controlled way which is attractive to watch.\nHis movements were so graceful they seemed effortless.\n...graceful ballerinas.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grace.ful.ly\nShe stepped gracefully onto the stage.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n2. Something that is graceful is attractive because it has a pleasing shape or style.\nHis handwriting, from earliest young manhood, was flowing and graceful.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grace.ful.ly\nShe loved the gracefully high ceiling, with its white-painted cornice.\n  ADV: ADV adj/-ed\n\n3. If a person’s behaviour is graceful, it is polite, kind, and pleasant, especially in a difficult situation.\nAubrey could think of no graceful way to escape Corbet’s company...\nHe was charming, cheerful, and graceful under pressure.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grace.ful.ly\nWe managed to decline gracefully.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: graceless
Meaning:
grace.less\n   graceless\n1. Something that is graceless is unattractive and not at all interesting or charming.\nIt was a massive, graceless house.\n  ADJ\n  !=graceful\n2. A graceless movement is clumsy and uncontrolled.\n...a graceless pirouette.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grace.less.ly\nHe dropped gracelessly into a chair opposite her.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n3. If you describe someone as graceless, you mean that their behaviour is impolite.\nShe couldn’t stand his blunt, graceless manner.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grace.less.ly\nThe task fell to Mr Harris to deliver this bad news. It was gracelessly done.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: gracious
Meaning:
gra.cious\n   gracious\n1. If you describe someone, especially someone you think is superior to you, as gracious, you mean that they are very well-mannered and pleasant. (FORMAL)\nShe is a lovely and gracious woman.\n  ADJ\n  = courteous\n2. If you describe the behaviour of someone in a position of authority as gracious, you mean that they behave in a polite and considerate way. (FORMAL)\nShe closed with a gracious speech of thanks.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gra.cious.ly\nHospitality at the Presidential guest house was graciously declined.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n3. You use gracious to describe the comfortable way of life of wealthy people.\nHe drove through the gracious suburbs with the swimming pools and tennis courts.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n4. Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.\nGood gracious, look at that specimen will you?\n  EXCLAM  feelings


Words: gradation
Meaning:
gra.da.tion\n   gradation  gradations\n  Gradations are small differences or changes in things. (FORMAL)\nBut TV images require subtle gradations of light and shade.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl, with supp


Words: grade
Meaning:
grade  grades  grading  graded\n1. If something is graded, its quality is judged, and it is often given a number or a name that indicates how good or bad it is.\nDust masks are graded according to the protection they offer...\nSouth Point College does not grade the students’ work.\n...a three-tier grading system.\n  VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ing\n\n2. The grade of a product is its quality, especially when this has been officially judged.\n...a good grade of plywood.\n...a grade II listed building.\n  N-COUNT: with supp, oft adj N, N num\n\n  Grade is also a combining form.\n...weapons-grade plutonium.\n...aviation fuel and high-grade oil.\n  COMB in ADJ\n\n3. Your grade in an examination or piece of written work is the mark you get, usually in the form of a letter or number, that indicates your level of achievement.\nWhat grade are you hoping to get?...\nThere was a lot of pressure on you to obtain good grades.\n  N-COUNT: with supp, oft adj N, N num\n\n4. Your grade in a company or organization is your level of importance or your rank.\nStaff turnover is particularly high among junior grades.\n  N-COUNT: with supp\n\n5. In the United States, a grade is a group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age. When you are six years old you go into the first grade and you leave school after the twelfth grade.\nMr White teaches first grade in south Georgia.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft ord N\n\n6. A grade is a slope. (AM; in BRIT, use gradient)\nShe drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.\n  N-COUNT\n\n7. Someone’s grade is their military rank. (AM)\nI was a naval officer, lieutenant junior grade.\n  N-COUNT\n\n8. If someone makes the grade, they succeed, especially by reaching a particular standard.\nShe had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.\n  PHRASE: V inflects


Words: grade crossing
Meaning:
grade cross.ing\n   grade crossing  grade crossings\n  A grade crossing is a place where a railroad track crosses a road at the same level. (AM; in BRIT, use level crossing)\n  N-COUNT


Words: grade school
Meaning:
grade school  grade schools\n  In the United States, a grade school is the same as an elementary school.\nI was just in grade school at the time, but I remember it perfectly.\n  N-VAR: oft in N


Words: graded reader
Meaning:
grad.ed read.er\n   graded reader  graded readers\n  A graded reader is a story which has been adapted for people learning to read or learning a foreign language. Graded readers avoid using difficult grammar and vocabulary.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gradient
Meaning:
gra.di.ent\n   gradient  gradients\n  A gradient is a slope, or the degree to which the ground slopes. (BRIT; in AM, usually use grade)\n...a gradient of 1 in 3...\nThe courses are long and punishing, with steep gradients.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gradual
Meaning:
grad.ual\n   gradual\n  A gradual change or process occurs in small stages over a long period of time, rather than suddenly.\nLosing weight is a slow, gradual process...\nYou can expect her progress at school to be gradual rather than brilliant.\n  ADJ


Words: gradually
Meaning:
gradu.al.ly\n   gradually\n  If something changes or is done gradually, it changes or is done in small stages over a long period of time, rather than suddenly.\nElectricity lines to 30,000 homes were gradually being restored yesterday...\nGradually we learned to cope.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: graduate
Meaning:
gradu.ate\n   graduate graduates graduating  graduated\nThe noun is pronounced   The verb is pronounced\n1. In Britain, a graduate is a person who has successfully completed a degree at a university or college and has received a certificate that shows this.\nIn 1973, the first Open University graduates received their degrees.\n...graduates in engineering.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N in/from/of n\n\n2. In the United States, a graduate is a student who has successfully completed a course at a high school, college, or university.\nThe top one-third of all high school graduates are entitled to an education at the California State University.\n  N-COUNT: usu supp N\n\n3. In Britain, when a student graduates from university, they have successfully completed a degree course.\nShe graduated in English and Drama from Manchester University.\n  VERB: V prep, also V\n\n4. In the United States, when a student graduates, they complete their studies successfully and leave their school or university. You can also say that a school or university graduates a student or students.\nWhen the boys graduated from high school, Ann moved to a small town in Vermont...\nIn 1986, American universities graduated a record number of students with degrees in computer science.\n  VERB: V prep, V n, also V\n\n5. If you graduate from one thing to another, you go from a less important job or position to a more important one.\nFrom commercials she quickly graduated to television shows.\n  VERB: V to/from n\n  = progress


Words: graduate school
Meaning:
gradu.ate school\n   graduate school  graduate schools\n  In the United States, a graduate school is a department in a university or college where postgraduate students are taught.\nShe was in graduate school, studying for a master’s degree in social work.\n  N-VAR


Words: graduate student
Meaning:
gradu.ate stu.dent\n   graduate student  graduate students\n  In the United States, a graduate student is a student with a first degree from a university who is studying or doing research at a more advanced level. (AM; in BRIT, use postgraduate)\n  N-COUNT


Words: graduated
Meaning:
gradu.at.ed\n   graduated\n1. Graduated means increasing by regular amounts or grades.\nThe US military wants to avoid the graduated escalation that marked the Vietnam War.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n2. Graduated jars are marked with lines and numbers which show particular measurements.\n...a graduated tube marked in millimetres.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: graduation
Meaning:
gradua.tion\n   graduation  graduations\n1. Graduation is the successful completion of a course of study at a university, college, or school, for which you receive a degree or diploma.\nThey asked what his plans were after graduation...\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. A graduation is a special ceremony at university, college, or school, at which degrees and diplomas are given to students who have successfully completed their studies.\n...the graduation ceremony at Yale...\nAt my brother’s high school graduation the students recited a poem.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N n\n\n3. A graduation is a line or number on a container or measuring instrument which marks a particular measurement.\n...medicine bottles with graduations on them.\n  N-COUNT


Words: graffiti
Meaning:
graf.fi.ti\n   graffiti\n  Graffiti is words or pictures that are written or drawn in public places, for example on walls or posters.\nThere’s no vandalism, no graffiti, no rubbish left lying about.\n  N-UNCOUNT-COLL


Words: graft
Meaning:
graft  grafts  grafting  grafted\n1. A graft is a piece of healthy skin or bone, or a healthy organ, which is attached to a damaged part of your body by a medical operation in order to replace it.\nI am having a skin graft on my arm soon.\n  N-COUNT: oft supp N\n\n2. If a piece of healthy skin or bone or a healthy organ is grafted onto a damaged part of your body, it is attached to that part of your body by a medical operation.\nThe top layer of skin has to be grafted onto the burns.\n  VERB: usu passive, be V-ed onto/on n\n\n3. If a part of one plant or tree is grafted onto another plant or tree, they are joined together so that they will become one plant or tree, often in order to produce a new variety.\nPear trees are grafted on quince rootstocks.\n  VERB: be V-ed on/onto n\n\n4. If you graft one idea or system on to another, you try to join one to the other.\nThe Japanese tried to graft their own methods on to this different structure.\n  VERB: V n onto n\n\n5. Graft means hard work. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nHis career has been one of hard graft.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n6. In politics, graft is used to refer to the activity of using power or authority to obtain money dishonestly. (mainly AM)\n...another politician accused of graft.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: Grail
Meaning:
Grail\n1. The Grail or the Holy Grail is the cup that was used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper. In medieval times, many people tried to find the Grail without success.\n  N-PROPER\n\n2. If you describe something as a grail or a holy grail, you mean that someone is trying very hard to obtain or achieve it.\nThe discovery is being hailed as The Holy Grail of astronomy.\n  N-SING: oft the N of n


Words: grain
Meaning:
grain  grains\n1. A grain of wheat, rice, or other cereal crop is a seed from it.\n...a grain of wheat.\n...rice grains.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp\n\n2. Grain is a cereal crop, especially wheat or corn, that has been harvested and is used for food or in trade.\n...a bag of grain.\n...the best grains.\n  N-MASS\n\n3. A grain of something such as sand or salt is a tiny hard piece of it.\n...a grain of sand.\n  N-COUNT\n\n=>  -grained\n...coarse-grained salt.\n  COMB in ADJ\n\n4. A grain of a quality is a very small amount of it.\nThere’s more than a grain of truth in that.\n  N-SING: N of n\n\n5. The grain of a piece of wood is the direction of its fibres. You can also refer to the pattern of lines on the surface of the wood as the grain.\nBrush the paint generously over the wood in the direction of the grain.\n  N-SING: the N\n\n=>  -grained\n...a hard, heavy, straight-grained wood.\n  COMB in ADJ\n\n6. If you say that an idea or action goes against the grain, you mean that it is very difficult for you to accept it or do it, because it conflicts with your previous ideas, beliefs, or principles.\nPrivatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.\n  PHRASE: V inflects


Words: grain elevator
Meaning:
grain el.eva.tor\n   grain elevator  grain elevators\n  A grain elevator is a building in which grain such as corn is stored and which contains machinery for moving the grain. (AM)\n  N-COUNT


Words: grainy
Meaning:
grainy\n1. A grainy photograph looks as if it is made up of lots of spots, which make the lines or shapes in it difficult to see.\n...grainy black and white photos.\n  ADJ\n\n2. Grainy means having a rough surface or texture, or containing small bits of something.\n...the grainy tree trunk...\nDo not use a grainy mustard.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  !=smooth


Words: gram
Meaning:
gram  grams\nin BRIT, also use gramme\n  A gram is a unit of weight. One thousand grams are equal to one kilogram.\nA football weighs about 400 grams.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grammar
Meaning:
gram.mar\n   grammar  grammars\n1. Grammar is the ways that words can be put together in order to make sentences.\nHe doesn’t have mastery of the basic rules of grammar.\n...the difference between Sanskrit and Tibetan grammar.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. Someone’s grammar is the way in which they obey or do not obey the rules of grammar when they write or speak.\nHis vocabulary was sound and his grammar excellent.\n...a deterioration in spelling and grammar among teenagers.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft supp N\n\n3. A grammar is a book that describes the rules of a language.\n...an advanced English grammar.\n  N-COUNT\n\n4. A particular grammar is a particular theory that is intended to explain the rules of a language.\nTransformational grammars are more restrictive.\n  N-VAR: with supp


Words: grammar school
Meaning:
gram.mar school\n   grammar school  grammar schools\n  A grammar school is a school in Britain for children aged between eleven and eighteen who have a high academic ability.\nHe is in the third year at Leeds Grammar School.\n  N-VAR; N-IN-NAMES


Words: grammarian
Meaning:
gram.mar.ian\n   grammarian  grammarians\n  A grammarian is someone who studies the grammar of a language and writes books about it or teaches it.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grammatical
Meaning:
gram.mati.cal\n   grammatical\n1. Grammatical is used to indicate that something relates to grammar.\nShould the teacher present grammatical rules to students?\n...grammatical errors.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n=>  gram.mati.cal.ly\n...grammatically correct language.\n  ADV: ADV adj/-ed\n\n2. If someone’s language is grammatical, it is considered correct because it obeys the rules of grammar.\n...a new test to determine whether students can write grammatical English.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gram.mati.cal.ly\nOne in five undergraduates cannot write grammatically.\n  ADV: ADV after v


Words: gramophone
Meaning:
gramo.phone\n   gramophone  gramophones\n  A gramophone is an old-fashioned type of record player. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use phonograph)\n...a wind-up gramophone with a big horn.\n...gramophone records.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gran
Meaning:
gran  grans\n  Some people refer to or address their grandmother as gran. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nMy gran’s given us some apple jam.\n  N-FAMILY


Words: granary
Meaning:
grana.ry\n   granary  granaries\n1. A granary is a building which is used for storing grain.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. In Britain, Granary bread contains whole grains of wheat. (TRADEMARK)\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: grand
Meaning:
grand  grander  grandest  grands\n\n  The form grand is used as the plural for meaning 8.\n\n1. If you describe a building or a piece of scenery as grand, you mean that its size or appearance is very impressive.\n...this grand building in the center of town...\nThe scenery of South Island is on a grand scale.\n  ADJ\n  = majestic\n2. Grand plans or actions are intended to achieve important results.\nThe grand design of Europe’s monetary union is already agreed.\n  ADJ\n\n3. People who are grand think they are important or socially superior.\nHe is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales...\n  ADJ  disapproval\n\n4. If you describe an activity or experience as grand, you mean that it is very pleasant and enjoyable.\nThe dinner was a grand success...\nHe was having a grand time meeting new sorts of people.\n  ADJ\n  = great\n5. You can describe someone or something as grand when you admire or approve of them very much. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)\nHe was a grand bloke.\n  ADJ  approval\n  = great, wonderful\n6. A grand total is one that is the final amount or the final result of a calculation.\nIt came to a grand total of .220,329.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n7. Grand is often used in the names of buildings such as hotels, especially when they are very large.\nThey stayed at The Grand Hotel, Budapest.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n8. A grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds. (INFORMAL)\nThey’re paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.\n  N-COUNT: usu aum N\n\n9.\n  see also grandly


Words: grand jury
Meaning:
grand jury  grand juries\n  A grand jury is a jury, usually in the United States, which considers a criminal case in order to decide if someone should be tried in a court of law.\nThey have already given evidence before a grand jury in Washington.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grand piano
Meaning:
grand pia.no\n   grand piano  grand pianos\n  A grand piano is a large piano whose strings are set horizontally to the ground. Grand pianos are used especially for giving concerts and making recordings.\n  N-COUNT


Words: Grand Prix
Meaning:
Grand Prix  Grands Prix  or Grand Prix\n  A Grand Prix is one of a series of races for very powerful racing cars; also used sometimes in the names of competitions in other sports.\nHe never won the British Grand Prix.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp


Words: Grand Slam
Meaning:
Grand Slam  Grand Slams\n1. In sport, a Grand Slam tournament is a major one.\n...her 39 Grand Slam titles.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n  Grand Slam is also a noun.\nIt’s my first Grand Slam and I was hoping to make a good impression.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If someone wins a Grand Slam, they win all the major tournaments in a season in a particular sport, for example in rugby or tennis.\nThey won the Grand Slam in 1990.\n  N-COUNT


Words: Grand Tour
Meaning:
Grand Tour  Grand Tours   also grand tour\n  The Grand Tour was a journey round the main cities of Europe that young men from rich families used to make as part of their education.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grandad
Meaning:
gran.dad\n   grandad  grandads   also granddad\n  Your grandad is your grandfather. (INFORMAL)\nMy grandad is 85.\n  N-FAMILY


Words: grandaddy
Meaning:
gran.dad.dy\n   grandaddy  grandaddies   also granddaddy\n  Some people refer to or address their grandfather as grandaddy. (AM INFORMAL)\n  N-FAMILY


Words: grandchild
Meaning:
grand.child\n   grandchild  grandchildren\n  Someone’s grandchild is the child of their son or daughter.\nMary loves her grandchildren.\n  N-COUNT: oft poss N


Words: granddaughter
Meaning:
grand.daughter\n   granddaughter  granddaughters\n  Someone’s granddaughter is the daughter of their son or daughter.\n...a drawing of my granddaughter Amelia.\n  N-COUNT: usu with poss


Words: grandee
Meaning:
gran.dee\n   grandee  grandees\n1. In the past, a grandee was a Spanish prince of the highest rank.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. You can refer to someone, especially a politician, who is upper class and has a lot of influence as a grandee. (mainly BRIT)\nHe is a former defence secretary of the United States and a grandee of the Democratic Party.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grandeur
Meaning:
gran.deur\n   grandeur\n1. If something such as a building or a piece of scenery has grandeur, it is impressive because of its size, its beauty, or its power.\n...the grandeur and natural beauty of South America...\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n\n  = magnificence, splendour\n2. Someone’s grandeur is the great importance and social status that they have, or think they have.\nHe is wholly concerned with his own grandeur.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N\n\n3.\ndelusions of grandeur: see delusion


Words: grandfather
Meaning:
grand.father\n   grandfather  grandfathers\n  Your grandfather is the father of your father or mother.\nHis grandfather was a professor.\n  N-FAMILY


Words: grandfather clock
Meaning:
grand.father clock\n   grandfather clock  grandfather clocks\n  A grandfather clock is an old-fashioned type of clock in a tall wooden case which stands upright on the floor.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grandiloquent
Meaning:
gran.dilo.quent\n   grandiloquent\n  Grandiloquent language or behaviour is very formal, literary, or exaggerated, and is used by people when they want to seem important. (FORMAL)\n  ADJ  disapproval


Words: grandiose
Meaning:
gran.di.ose\n   grandiose\n  If you describe something as grandiose, you mean it is bigger or more elaborate than necessary.\nNot one of Kim’s grandiose plans has even begun.\n  ADJ  disapproval


Words: grandly
Meaning:
grand.ly\n   grandly\n1. You say that someone speaks or behaves grandly when they are trying to impress other people.\nHe grandly declared that `international politics is a struggle for power’.\n  ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj  disapproval\n\n2. You use grandly in expressions such as `grandly named’ or `grandly called’ to say that the name of a place or thing makes it sound much more impressive than it really is. (mainly BRIT)\nLucille’s home was very grandly called a chateau, though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm.\n  ADV: ADV adj, ADV before v


Words: grandma
Meaning:
grand.ma\n   grandma  grandmas\n  Your grandma is your grandmother. (INFORMAL)\nGrandma was from Scotland.\n  N-FAMILY


Words: Grandmaster
Meaning:
Grand.master\n   Grandmaster  Grandmasters\n  In chess, a Grandmaster is a player who has achieved a very high standard in tournaments.\n  N-COUNT; N-TITLE


Words: grandmother
Meaning:
grand.mother\n   grandmother  grandmothers\n  Your grandmother is the mother of your father or mother.\nMy grandmothers are both widows.\n  N-FAMILY


Words: grandpa
Meaning:
grand.pa\n   grandpa  grandpas\n  Your grandpa is your grandfather. (INFORMAL)\nGrandpa was not yet back from the war.\n  N-FAMILY


Words: grandparent
Meaning:
grand.parent\n   grandparent  grandparents\n  Your grandparents are the parents of your father or mother.\nTammy was raised by her grandparents.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl, oft poss N


Words: grandson
Meaning:
grand.son\n   grandson  grandsons\n  Someone’s grandson is the son of their son or daughter.\nMy grandson’s birthday was on Tuesday.\n  N-COUNT: oft with poss


Words: grandstand
Meaning:
grand.stand\n   grandstand  grandstands\n  A grandstand is a covered stand with rows of seats for people to sit on at sporting events.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grandstanding
Meaning:
grand.stand.ing\n   grandstanding\n  Grandstanding means behaving in a way that makes people pay attention to you instead of thinking about more important matters. (mainly AM)\nOpponents of the measure say it’s political grandstanding that could prove devastating to the economy.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: granny
Meaning:
gran.ny\n   granny  grannies   also grannie\n  Some people refer to their grandmother as granny. (INFORMAL)\n...my old granny.\n  N-FAMILY


Words: grant
Meaning:
grant  grants  granting  granted\n1. A grant is an amount of money that a government or other institution gives to an individual or to an organization for a particular purpose such as education or home improvements.\nThey’d got a special grant to encourage research...\nUnfortunately, my application for a grant was rejected.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If someone in authority grants you something, or if something is granted to you, you are allowed to have it. (FORMAL)\nFrance has agreed to grant him political asylum...\nIt was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan...\nPermission was granted a few weeks ago.\n  VERB: V n n, V n to n, be V-ed\n  = give\n3. If you grant that something is true, you accept that it is true, even though your opinion about it does not change.\nThe magistrates granted that the charity was justified in bringing the action.\n  VERB: V that\n\n  You use `I grant you’ or `I’ll grant you’ to say that you accept something is true, even though your opinion about it does not change.\nHe took a risk, I’ll grant you. But when you think about it, the risk was pretty small...\n  PHRASE: oft PHR that\n\n4. If you say that someone takes you for granted, you are complaining that they benefit from your help, efforts, or presence without showing that they are grateful.\nThe officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly.\n  PHRASE: take inflects\n\n5. If you take something for granted, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it.\nI was amazed that virtually all the things I took for granted up north just didn’t happen in London.\n  PHRASE: take inflects\n\n6. If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.\nHe seemed to take it for granted that he should speak as a representative.\n  PHRASE: take inflects, PHR that


Words: grant-maintained
Meaning:
grant-maintained\n  In Britain, a grant-maintained school is one which receives money directly from the national government rather than from a local authority. The abbreviation GM is also used.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: granted
Meaning:
grant.ed\n   granted\n  You use granted or granted that at the beginning of a clause to say that something is true, before you make a comment on it.\nGranted that the firm has not broken the law, is the law what it should be?\n  CONJ\n\n  Granted is also an adverb.\nGranted, he doesn’t look too bad for his age, but I don’t fancy him.\n  ADV: ADV with cl


Words: granular
Meaning:
granu.lar\n   granular\n  Granular substances are composed of a lot of granules, or feel or look as if they are composed of a lot of granules.\n...a granular fertiliser.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: granulated sugar
Meaning:
granu.lat.ed sug.ar\n   granulated sugar\n  Granulated sugar is sugar that is in the form of grains, and is usually white.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: granule
Meaning:
gran.ule\n   granule  granules\n  Granules are small round pieces of something.\nShe was spooning coffee granules into cups.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl, oft supp N


Words: grape
Meaning:
grape  grapes\n1. Grapes are small green or dark purple fruit which grow in bunches. Grapes can be eaten raw, used for making wine, or dried.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you describe someone’s attitude as sour grapes, you mean that they say something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it.\nThese accusations have been going on for some time now, but it is just sour grapes.\n  PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, PHR after v


Words: grapefruit
Meaning:
grape.fruit\n   grapefruit  grapefruit  or grapefruits\n  A grapefruit is a large, round, yellow fruit, similar to an orange, that has a sharp, slightly bitter taste.\n  N-VAR


Words: grapevine
Meaning:
grape.vine\n   grapevine\n  If you hear or learn something on the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people.\nHe’d doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...\nI had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.\n  N-SING: usu on/through the N


Words: graph
Meaning:
graph  graphs\n  A graph is a mathematical diagram which shows the relationship between two or more sets of numbers or measurements.\n  N-COUNT


Words: graph paper
Meaning:
graph pa.per\n   graph paper\n  Graph paper is paper that has small squares printed on it so that you can use it for drawing graphs.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: graphic
Meaning:
graph.ic\n   graphic  graphics\n1. If you say that a description or account of something unpleasant is graphic, you are emphasizing that it is clear and detailed.\nThe descriptions of sexual abuse are graphic.\n...graphic scenes of drug taking.\n  ADJ  emphasis\n  = explicit\n=>  graphi.cal.ly\nHere, graphically displayed, was confirmation of the entire story.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n2. Graphic means concerned with drawing or pictures, especially in publishing, industry, or computing.\n...fine and graphic arts.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n3. Graphics is the activity of drawing or making pictures, especially in publishing, industry, or computing.\n...a computer manufacturer which specialises in graphics.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n4. Graphics are drawings and pictures that are composed using simple lines and sometimes strong colours.\nThe articles are noticeably shorter with strong headlines and graphics...\nThe Agriculture Department today released a new graphic to replace the old symbol.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl


Words: graphic design
Meaning:
graph.ic de.sign\n   graphic design\n  Graphic design is the art of designing advertisements, magazines, and books by combining pictures and words.\n...the graphic design department.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: graphic designer
Meaning:
graph.ic de.sign.er\n   graphic designer  graphic designers\n  A graphic designer is a person who designs advertisements, magazines, and books by combining pictures and words.\n  N-COUNT


Words: graphical
Meaning:
graphi.cal\n   graphical\n  A graphical representation of something uses graphs or similar images to represent statistics or figures.\nA graphical representation of results is shown in figure 1.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: graphite
Meaning:
graph.ite\n   graphite\n  Graphite is a soft black substance that is a form of carbon. It is used in pencils and electrical equipment.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: graphology
Meaning:
graph.ol.ogy\n   graphology\n  Graphology is the study of people’s handwriting in order to discover what sort of personality they have.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: grapple
Meaning:
grap.ple\n   grapple  grapples  grappling  grappled\n1. If you grapple with a problem or difficulty, you try hard to solve it.\nThe economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with.\n  VERB: V with n\n  = wrestle\n2. If you grapple with someone, you take hold of them and struggle with them, as part of a fight. You can also say that two people grapple.\nHe was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon...\nThey grappled desperately for control of the weapon.\n  V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V


Words: grasp
Meaning:
grasp  grasps  grasping  grasped\n1. If you grasp something, you take it in your hand and hold it very firmly.\nHe grasped both my hands...\nShe was trying to grasp at something.\n  VERB: V n, V at n\n\n  see also grasping\n2. A grasp is a very firm hold or grip.\nHis hand was taken in a warm, firm grasp.\n  N-SING: with supp\n\n3. If you say that something is in someone’s grasp, you disapprove of the fact that they possess or control it. If something slips from your grasp, you lose it or lose control of it.\nThe people in your grasp are not guests, they are hostages...\nShe allowed victory to slip from her grasp.\n...the task of liberating a number of states from the grasp of tyrants.\n  N-SING: with poss, oft in/from N\n\n4. If you grasp something that is complicated or difficult to understand, you understand it.\nThe Government has not yet grasped the seriousness of the crisis...\nHe instantly grasped that Stephen was talking about his wife.\n  VERB: V n, V that\n\n5. A grasp of something is an understanding of it.\nThey have a good grasp of foreign languages.\n  N-SING: with supp, usu N of N\n\n6. If you say that something is within someone’s grasp, you mean that it is very likely that they will achieve it.\nPeace is now within our grasp.\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR


Words: grasping
Meaning:
grasp.ing\n   grasping\n  If you describe someone as grasping, you are criticizing them for wanting to get and keep as much money as possible, and for being unwilling to spend it.\n...a greedy grasping drug-ridden individual...\n  ADJ  disapproval


Words: grass
Meaning:
grass  grasses  grassing  grassed\n1. Grass is a very common plant consisting of large numbers of thin, spiky, green leaves that cover the surface of the ground.\nSmall things stirred in the grass around the tent...\nThe lawn contained a mixture of grasses.\n  N-MASS\n\n2. If you talk about the grass, you are referring to an area of ground that is covered with grass, for example in your garden.\nI’m going to cut the grass.\n  N-SING: usu the N\n\n3. Grass is the same as marijuana. (INFORMAL)\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n4. If you say that one person grasses on another, the first person tells the police or other authorities about something criminal or wrong which the second person has done. (BRIT INFORMAL)\nHis wife wants him to grass on the members of his own gang...\nHe was repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing.\n  VERB: V on n, V  disapproval\n  = inform\n  Grass up means the same as grass.\nHow many of them are going to grass up their own kids to the police?\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P\n\n5. A grass is someone who tells the police or other authorities about criminal activities that they know about. (BRIT INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT  disapproval\n  = informer\n6. If you say the grass is greener somewhere else, you mean that other people’s situations always seem better or more attractive than your own, but may not really be so.\nHe was very happy with us but wanted to see if the grass was greener elsewhere.\n  PHRASE: V inflects


Words: grass over
Meaning:
grass over\n  If an area of ground is grassed over, grass is planted all over it.\nThe asphalt playgrounds have been grassed over or sown with flowers.\n  PHRASAL VERB: usu passive, be V-ed P


Words: grass roots
Meaning:
grass roots   also grass-roots, grassroots\n  The grass roots of an organization or movement are the ordinary people who form the main part of it, rather than its leaders.\nYou have to join the party at grass-roots level.\n  N-PLURAL: oft N n


Words: grasshopper
Meaning:
grass.hopper\n   grasshopper  grasshoppers\n  A grasshopper is an insect with long back legs that jumps high into the air and makes a high, vibrating sound.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grassland
Meaning:
grass.land\n   grassland  grasslands\n  Grassland is land covered with wild grass.\n...areas of open grassland.\n  N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl, usu supp N


Words: grassy
Meaning:
grassy  grassier  grassiest\n  A grassy area of land is covered in grass.\nIts buildings are half-hidden behind grassy banks.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: grate
Meaning:
grate  grates  grating  grated\n1. A grate is a framework of metal bars in a fireplace, which holds the coal or wood.\nA wood fire burned in the grate.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you grate food such as cheese or carrots, you rub it over a metal tool called a grater so that the food is cut into very small pieces.\nGrate the cheese into a mixing bowl.\n...grated carrot.\n  VERB: V n, V-ed\n\n3. When something grates, it rubs against something else making a harsh, unpleasant sound.\nHis chair grated as he got to his feet...\nThe gun barrel grated against the floor.\n  VERB: V, V against/on n\n\n4. If something such as someone’s behaviour grates on you or grates, it makes you feel annoyed.\nHis manner always grated on me...\nWhat truly grates is the painful banter.\n  VERB: V on n, V\n\n5.\n  see also grating


Words: grateful
Meaning:
grate.ful\n   grateful\n  If you are grateful for something that someone has given you or done for you, you have warm, friendly feelings towards them and wish to thank them.\nShe was grateful to him for being so good to her...\nI should like to extend my grateful thanks to all the volunteers.\n  ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to n, ADJ for n/-ing\n\n=>  grate.ful.ly\n`That’s kind of you, Sally,’ Claire said gratefully.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: grater
Meaning:
grat.er\n   grater  graters\n  A grater is a kitchen tool which has a rough surface that you use for cutting food into very small pieces.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gratify
Meaning:
grati.fy\n   gratify  gratifies  gratifying  gratified\n1. If you are gratified by something, it gives you pleasure or satisfaction. (FORMAL)\nMr. Dambar was gratified by his response.\n  VERB: be V-ed, also V n\n\n=>  grati.fied\nHe was gratified to hear that his idea had been confirmed...\nThey were gratified that America kept its promise.\n  ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ that\n\n=>  grati.fy.ing\nWe took a chance and we’ve won. It’s very gratifying.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grati.fi.ca.tion\nHe is waiting for them to recognise him and eventually they do, much to his gratification.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. If you gratify your own or another person’s desire, you do what is necessary to please yourself or them. (FORMAL)\nWe gratified our friend’s curiosity...\n  VERB: V n\n  = satisfy\n=>  grati.fi.ca.tion\n...sexual gratification.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gratin
Meaning:
grat.in\n   gratin gratins\n  A gratin is a dish containing vegetables or sometimes meat or fish. It is covered with cheese or cheese sauce and baked in the oven.\n...fresh salmon with potato and cheese gratin.\n  N-VAR


Words: grating
Meaning:
grat.ing\n   grating  gratings\n1. A grating is a flat metal frame with rows of bars across it, which is fastened over a window or over a hole in a wall or the ground.\n...an open grating in the sidewalk.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A grating sound is harsh and unpleasant.\nShe recognized the grating voice of Dr. Sarnoff.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: gratis
Meaning:
gra.tis\n   gratis\n  If something is done or provided gratis, it does not have to be paid for.\nDavid gives the first consultation gratis.\n  ADV: ADV after v\n  = free\n  Gratis is also an adjective.\nWhat I did for you was free, gratis, you understand?\n  ADJ


Words: gratitude
Meaning:
grati.tude\n   gratitude\n  Gratitude is the state of feeling grateful.\nI wish to express my gratitude to Kathy Davis for her immense practical help.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft N for/to n


Words: gratuitous
Meaning:
gra.tui.tous\n   gratuitous\n  If you describe something as gratuitous, you mean that it is unnecessary, and often harmful or upsetting.\nThere’s too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.\n...his insistence on offering gratuitous advice.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gra.tui.tous.ly\nThey wanted me to change the title to something less gratuitously offensive.\n  ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v


Words: gratuity
Meaning:
gra.tu.ity\n   gratuity  gratuities\n1. A gratuity is a gift of money to someone who has done something for you. (FORMAL)\nThe porter expects a gratuity.\n  N-COUNT\n  = tip\n2. A gratuity is a large gift of money that is given to someone when they leave their job, especially when they leave the armed forces. (BRIT FORMAL)\nHe is taking a gratuity from the Navy.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grave
Meaning:
grave graves  graver  gravest\nPronounced   except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced\n1. A grave is a place where a dead person is buried.\nThey used to visit her grave twice a year.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. You can refer to someone’s death as their grave or to death as the grave.\n...drinking yourself to an early grave...\nMost men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.\n  N-COUNT: oft to N, oft poss/adj N\n\n3. A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.\nHe said that the situation in his country is very grave...\nI have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grave.ly\nThey had gravely impaired the credibility of the government.\n  ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v\n\n4. A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.\nWilliam was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave...\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grave.ly\n`I think I’ve covered that business more than adequately,’ he said gravely.\n  ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj\n\n5. In some languages such as French, a grave accent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced. For example, the word `mere’ has a grave accent over the first `e’.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n6. If you say that someone who is dead would turn in their grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.\nDarwin must be turning in his grave at the thought of what is being perpetrated in his name.\n  PHRASE: V and N inflect\n\n7.\nfrom the cradle to the grave: see cradle


Words: gravedigger
Meaning:
grave.digger\n   gravedigger  gravediggers\n  A gravedigger is a person whose job is to dig the graves in which dead people can be buried.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gravel
Meaning:
grav.el\n   gravel\n  Gravel consists of very small stones. It is often used to make paths.\n...a gravel path leading to the front door.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft N n


Words: gravelled
Meaning:
grav.elled\n   gravelled\nin AM, use graveled\n  A gravelled path, road, or area has a surface made of gravel.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gravelly
Meaning:
grav.el.ly\n   gravelly\n1. A gravelly voice is low and rather rough and harsh.\nThere’s a triumphant note in his gravelly voice.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n2. A gravelly area of land is covered in or full of small stones.\nWater runs through the gravelly soil very quickly.\n  ADJ


Words: graveside
Meaning:
grave.side\n   graveside  gravesides\n  You can refer to the area around a grave as the graveside, usually when you are talking about the time when someone is buried.\nBoth women wept at his graveside.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing, oft at N


Words: gravestone
Meaning:
grave.stone\n   gravestone  gravestones\n  A gravestone is a large stone with words carved into it, which is placed on a grave.\n  N-COUNT\n  = tombstone, headstone


Words: graveyard
Meaning:
grave.yard\n   graveyard  graveyards\n1. A graveyard is an area of land, sometimes near a church, where dead people are buried.\nThey made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If you call a place a graveyard of particular things, you mean that there are many broken or unwanted things of that kind there.\nThis had once been the greatest port in the world, now it was a graveyard of rusting cranes.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n  disapproval


Words: graveyard shift
Meaning:
grave.yard shift\n   graveyard shift  graveyard shifts\n  If someone works the graveyard shift, they work during the night. (mainly AM)\n  N-COUNT: usu the N


Words: gravitas
Meaning:
gravi.tas\n   gravitas\n  If you say that someone has gravitas, you mean that you respect them because they seem serious and intelligent. (FORMAL)\nHe is pale, dark, and authoritative, with the gravitas you might expect of a Booker prize winner.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gravitate
Meaning:
gravi.tate\n   gravitate  gravitates  gravitating  gravitated\n  If you gravitate towards a particular place, thing, or activity, you are attracted by it and go to it or get involved in it.\nTraditionally young Asians in Britain have gravitated towards medicine, law and engineering.\n  VERB: V towards/to n


Words: gravitation
Meaning:
gravi.ta.tion\n   gravitation\n  In physics, gravitation is the force which causes objects to be attracted towards each other because they have mass. (TECHNICAL)\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gravitational
Meaning:
gravi.ta.tion.al\n   gravitational\n  Gravitational means relating to or resulting from the force of gravity. (TECHNICAL)\nIf a spacecraft travels faster than 11 km a second, it escapes the earth’s gravitational pull.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: gravity
Meaning:
grav.ity\n   gravity\n1. Gravity is the force which causes things to drop to the ground.\nArrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for gravity, which brings them down to earth.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n  see also centre of gravity\n2. The gravity of a situation or event is its extreme importance or seriousness.\nThey deserve punishment which matches the gravity of their crime...\nNot all acts of vengeance are of equal gravity.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n\n\n3. The gravity of someone’s behaviour or speech is the extremely serious way in which they behave or speak.\nThere was an appealing gravity to everything she said.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gravy
Meaning:
gra.vy\n   gravy  gravies\n  Gravy is a sauce made from the juices that come from meat when it cooks.\n  N-MASS


Words: gravy boat
Meaning:
gra.vy boat\n   gravy boat  gravy boats\n  A gravy boat is a long narrow jug that is used to serve gravy.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gravy train
Meaning:
gra.vy train\n   gravy train  gravy trains\n  If an organization or person earns a lot of money without doing much work, you can say that they are on the gravy train. (JOURNALISM)\nWe were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?\n  N-COUNT: oft on the N  disapproval


Words: graze
Meaning:
graze  grazes  grazing  grazed\n1. When animals graze or are grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a field is grazed by animals.\nFive cows graze serenely around a massive oak...\nThe hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed...\nSeveral horses grazed the meadowland.\n...a large herd of grazing animals.\n  VERB: V, be V-ed, V n, V -ing\n\n2. If you graze a part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something.\nI had grazed my knees a little.\n  VERB: V n\n\n=>  grazed\n...grazed arms and legs.\n  ADJ\n\n3. A graze is a small wound caused by scraping against something.\n  N-COUNT\n\n4. If something grazes another thing, it touches that thing lightly as it passes by.\nA bullet had grazed his arm...\n  VERB: V n


Words: grazing
Meaning:
graz.ing\n   grazing\n  Grazing or grazing land is land on which animals graze.\nHe had nearly a thousand acres of grazing and arable land.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: GRE
Meaning:
GRE\n  The GRE is the examination which you have to pass to be able to join most graduate degree courses in the United States. GRE is an abbreviation for `Graduate Record Examination’.\n  N-PROPER


Words: grease
Meaning:
grease  greases  greasing  greased\n1. Grease is a thick, oily substance which is put on the moving parts of cars and other machines in order to make them work smoothly.\n...grease-stained hands.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n  = oil\n2. If you grease a part of a car, machine, or device, you put grease on it in order to make it work smoothly.\nI greased front and rear hubs and adjusted the brakes.\n  VERB: V n\n  = oil\n3. Grease is an oily substance that is produced by your skin.\nHis hair is thick with grease.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n4. Grease is animal fat that is produced by cooking meat. You can use grease for cooking.\nHe could smell the bacon grease.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n5. If you grease a dish, you put a small amount of fat or oil around the inside of it in order to prevent food sticking to it during cooking.\nGrease two sturdy baking sheets and heat the oven to 400 degrees...\nPlace the frozen rolls on a greased baking tray.\n  VERB: V n, V-ed\n\n6.\n  see also elbow grease


Words: greasepaint
Meaning:
grease.paint\n   greasepaint\n  Greasepaint is an oily substance used by actors as make-up.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: greaseproof paper
Meaning:
grease.proof pa.per\n   greaseproof paper\n  Greaseproof paper is a special kind of paper which does not allow fat or oil to pass through it. It is mainly used in cooking or to wrap food. (BRIT; in AM, use wax paper)\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: greasy
Meaning:
greasy  greasier  greasiest\n  Something that is greasy has grease on it or in it.\n...the problem of greasy hair...\nHe propped his elbows upon a greasy counter.\n  ADJ


Words: greasy spoon
Meaning:
greasy spoon  greasy spoons\n  A greasy spoon is a small, cheap, unattractive cafe that serves mostly fried food. (INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: great
Meaning:
great  greater  greatest  greats\n1. You use great to describe something that is very large. Great is more formal than big.\nThe room had a great bay window.\n...a great hall as long and high as a church.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n2. Great means large in amount or degree.\nI’ll take great care of it...\nBenjamin Britten did not live to a great age.\n  ADJ\n\n3. You use great to describe something that is important, famous, or exciting.\n...the great cultural achievements of the past...\nAmerica can be great again.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  great.ness\nA nation must take certain risks to achieve greatness.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n4. You can describe someone who is successful and famous for their actions, knowledge, or skill as great.\nWes Hall was once one of the West Indies’ great cricketers.\n...the great George Padmore.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n=>  great.ness\nAbraham Lincoln achieved greatness.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n5. The greats in a particular subject or field of activity are the people who have been most successful or famous in it. (JOURNALISM)\n...all the greats of Hollywood.\n...cycling’s all-time greats.\n  N-PLURAL: with supp\n\n6. The greats of popular modern music are records that have been successful and that continue to be popular. (JOURNALISM)\n...a medley of rock’n’roll greats.\n  N-PLURAL\n\n7. If you describe someone or something as great, you approve of them or admire them. (INFORMAL)\nArturo has this great place in Cazadero...\nThey’re a great bunch of guys...\nI think she’s great.\n  ADJ  approval\n\n8. If you feel great, you feel very healthy, energetic, and enthusiastic.\nI feel just great.\n  ADJ: feel ADJ\n\n9. You use great in order to emphasize the size or degree of a characteristic or quality.\n...a great big Italian wedding.\n...her sense of colour and great eye for detail.\n  ADJ  emphasis\n\n10. You say great in order to emphasize that you are pleased or enthusiastic about something.\nOh great! That’ll be good for Fergus.\n  EXCLAM  feelings\n\n11. You say great in order to emphasize that you are angry or annoyed about something.\n`Oh great,’ I thought. `Just what I need.’\n  EXCLAM  feelings\n\n12. Great is used as part of the name of a species of plant or animal when there is another species of the same plant or animal which is smaller and has different characteristics.\n...the great white shark.\n  N-IN-NAMES\n\n  see also greater


Words: Great Britain
Meaning:
Great Brit.ain\n   Great Britain\n  Great Britain is the island consisting of England, Scotland, and Wales, which together with Northern Ireland makes up the United Kingdom.\n  N-PROPER\n  = GB


Words: great-
Meaning:
great-\n  Great- is used before some nouns that refer to relatives. Nouns formed in this way refer to a relative who is a further generation away from you. For example, your great-aunt is the aunt of one of your parents.\n...Davis’s great-grandmother.\n  PREFIX


Words: greatcoat
Meaning:
great.coat\n   greatcoat  greatcoats   also great coat\n  A greatcoat is a long thick coat that is worn especially as part of a uniform.\n...an army greatcoat.\n  N-COUNT


Words: greater
Meaning:
great.er\n   greater\n1. Greater is the comparative of great.\n\n2. Greater is used with the name of a large city to refer to the city together with the surrounding urban and suburban area.\n...Greater London.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n3. Greater is used with the name of a country to refer to a larger area which includes that country and other land which used to belong to it, or which some people believe should belong to it.\n...greater Syria.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: greatly
Meaning:
great.ly\n   greatly\n  You use greatly to emphasize the degree or extent of something. (FORMAL)\nPeople would benefit greatly from a pollution-free vehicle...\nWe were greatly honoured that Sheik Hasina took the trouble to visit us.\n  ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj  emphasis


Words: Grecian
Meaning:
Gre.cian\n   Grecian\n  Grecian is used to describe something which is in the style of things from ancient Greece.\n...elegant Grecian columns.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: greed
Meaning:
greed\n  Greed is the desire to have more of something, such as food or money, than is necessary or fair.\n...an insatiable greed for personal power...\nI get fed up with other people’s greed.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: greedy
Meaning:
greedy  greedier  greediest\n  If you describe someone as greedy, you mean that they want to have more of something such as food or money than is necessary or fair.\nHe attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big rises...\nShe is greedy and selfish.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  greedi.ly\nLivy ate the pasties greedily and with huge enjoyment.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: Greek
Meaning:
Greek  Greeks\n1. Greek means belonging or relating to Greece.\n  ADJ\n\n2. A Greek is a person who comes from Greece.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. Greek is the language used in Greece.\nI had to learn Greek.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n4. Greek or Ancient Greek was the language used in Greece in ancient times.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: green
Meaning:
green  greens  greener  greenest\n1. Green is the colour of grass or leaves.\n...shiny red and green apples...\nYellow and green together make a pale green.\n  COLOUR\n\n2. A place that is green is covered with grass, plants, and trees and not with houses or factories.\nCairo has only thirteen square centimetres of green space for each inhabitant.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  green.ness\n...the lush greenness of the river valleys.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3. Green issues and political movements relate to or are concerned with the protection of the environment.\nThe power of the Green movement in Germany has made that country a leader in the drive to recycle more waste materials.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n4. If you say that someone or something is green, you mean they harm the environment as little as possible.\n...trying to persuade governments to adopt greener policies...\n  ADJ\n\n=>  green.ness\nA Swiss company offers to help environmental investors by sending teams round factories to ascertain their greenness.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n5. Greens are members of green political movements.\nThe Greens see themselves as a radical alternative to the two major British political parties.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl\n\n6. A green is a smooth, flat area of grass around a hole on a golf course.\n...the 18th green.\n  N-COUNT\n\n7. A green is an area of land covered with grass, especially in a town or in the middle of a village.\n...the village green.\n  N-COUNT\n\n8. Green is used in the names of places that contain or used to contain an area of grass.\n...Bethnal Green.\n  N-IN-NAMES: n N\n\n9. You can refer to the cooked leaves of vegetables such as spinach or cabbage as greens.\n  N-PLURAL\n\n10. If you say that someone is green, you mean that they have had very little experience of life or a particular job.\nHe was a young lad, very green, very immature.\n  ADJ\n\n11. If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR\n\n12. If someone has green fingers, they are very good at gardening and their plants grow well. (BRIT; in AM, use a green thumb)\nYou don’t need green fingers to fill your home with lush leaves.\n  PHRASE\n\n13.\nto give someone the green light: see light


Words: green bean
Meaning:
green bean  green beans\n  Green beans are long narrow beans that are eaten as a vegetable.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl


Words: green belt
Meaning:
green belt  green belts\n  A green belt is an area of land with fields or parks around a town or city, where people are not allowed to build houses or factories by law.\n  N-COUNT


Words: Green Beret
Meaning:
Green Be.ret\n   Green Beret  Green Berets\n  A Green Beret is a British or American commando. (INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: green card
Meaning:
green card  green cards\n  A green card is a document showing that someone who is not a citizen of the United States has permission to live and work there.\nNicollette married Harry so she could get a green card.\n  N-COUNT


Words: green onion
Meaning:
green on.ion\n   green onion  green onions\n  Green onions are small onions with long green leaves. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use spring onions)\n  N-COUNT\n  = scallion


Words: Green Paper
Meaning:
Green Pa.per\n   Green Paper  Green Papers\n  In Britain, a Green Paper is a document containing ideas about a particular subject that is published by the Government so that people can discuss them before any decisions are made.\n  N-COUNT


Words: Green Party
Meaning:
Green Par.ty\n   Green Party\n  The Green Party is a political party that is particularly concerned about protecting the environment.\n  N-PROPER


Words: green pepper
Meaning:
green pep.per\n   green pepper  green peppers\n  A green pepper is an unripe pepper that is used in cooking or eaten raw in salads.\n  N-COUNT


Words: green revolution
Meaning:
green revo.lu.tion\n   green revolution   also Green Revolution\n  The green revolution is the increase in agricultural production that has been made possible by the use of new types of crops and new farming methods, especially in developing countries.\n  N-SING


Words: green salad
Meaning:
green sal.ad\n   green salad  green salads\n  A green salad is a salad made mainly with lettuce and other green vegetables.\n  N-VAR


Words: greenback
Meaning:
green.back\n   greenback  greenbacks\n  A greenback is a banknote such as a dollar bill. (AM INFORMAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: greenery
Meaning:
green.ery\n   greenery\n  Plants that make a place look attractive are referred to as greenery.\nThey have ordered a bit of greenery to brighten up the new wing at Guy’s Hospital.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: greenfield
Meaning:
green.field\n   greenfield\n  Greenfield is used to refer to land that has not been built on before.\nThe Government has ruled out the building of a new airport on a greenfield site.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: greenfly
Meaning:
green.fly\n   greenfly  greenfly  or greenflies\n  Greenfly are small green winged insects that damage plants.\n  N-COUNT


Words: greengage
Meaning:
green.gage\n   greengage  greengages\n  A greengage is a greenish-yellow plum with a sweet taste.\n  N-COUNT


Words: greengrocer
Meaning:
green.grocer\n   greengrocer  greengrocers\n1. A greengrocer is a shopkeeper who sells fruit and vegetables. (mainly BRIT)\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A greengrocer or a greengrocer’s is a shop where fruit and vegetables are sold. (mainly BRIT)\n  N-COUNT: oft the N


Words: greenhouse
Meaning:
green.house\n   greenhouse  greenhouses\n1. A greenhouse is a glass building in which you grow plants that need to be protected from bad weather.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. Greenhouse means relating to or causing the greenhouse effect.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: greenhouse effect
Meaning:
green.house ef.fect\n   greenhouse effect\n  The greenhouse effect is the problem caused by increased quantities of gases such as carbon dioxide in the air. These gases trap the heat from the sun, and cause a gradual rise in the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere.\n  N-SING


Words: greenhouse gas
Meaning:
green.house gas\n   greenhouse gas  greenhouse gases\n  Greenhouse gases are the gases which are responsible for causing the greenhouse effect. The main greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide.\n  N-VAR


Words: greening
Meaning:
green.ing\n   greening\n  The greening of a person or organization means that the person or organization is becoming more aware of environmental issues. (JOURNALISM)\nBut the country has been slow to react to the `greening’ of the rest of Europe.\n  N-SING: also no det, oft N of n


Words: greenish
Meaning:
green.ish\n   greenish\n  Greenish means slightly green in colour.\n...his cold greenish eyes.\n  ADJ\n\n  Greenish is also a combining form.\n...greenish-yellow flowers.\n  COMB in COLOUR


Words: greenmail
Meaning:
green.mail\n\n  Greenmail is when a company buys enough shares in another company to threaten a takeover and makes a profit if the other company buys back its shares at a higher price. (mainly AM BUSINESS)\nFamily control would prevent any hostile takeover or greenmail attempt.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: greenroom
Meaning:
green.room\n   greenroom  greenrooms   also green room\n  A greenroom is a room in a theatre or television studio where performers can rest.\n  N-COUNT


Words: greeny
Meaning:
greeny\n  Greeny means slightly green in colour.\n...greeny sea water.\n  ADJ\n\n  Greeny is also a combining form.\n...a lightweight, greeny-grey wool suit.\n  COMB in COLOUR


Words: greet
Meaning:
greet  greets  greeting  greeted\n1. When you greet someone, you say `Hello’ or shake hands with them.\nShe liked to be home to greet Steve when he came in from school.\n  VERB: V n\n\n2. If something is greeted in a particular way, people react to it in that way.\nThe European Court’s decision has been greeted with dismay by fishermen...\nIt is unlikely that this suggestion will be greeted enthusiastically in the Baltic States.\n  VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with/by n, be V-ed adv\n\n3. If you are greeted by something, it is the first thing you notice in a particular place. (WRITTEN)\nI was greeted by a shocking sight...\nThe savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door.\n  VERB: be V-ed by n, V n


Words: greeting
Meaning:
greet.ing\n   greeting  greetings\n  A greeting is something friendly that you say or do when you meet someone.\nThey exchanged greetings...\nHe raised a hand in greeting.\n  N-VAR


Words: greetings card
Meaning:
greet.ings card\n   greetings card  greetings cards\nin AM, use greeting card\n  A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gregarious
Meaning:
gre.gari.ous\n   gregarious\n1. Someone who is gregarious enjoys being with other people.\nShe is such a gregarious and outgoing person.\n  ADJ\n\n2. Gregarious animals or birds normally live in large groups.\nSnow geese are very gregarious birds.\n  ADJ


Words: gremlin
Meaning:
grem.lin\n   gremlin  gremlins\n  A gremlin is a tiny imaginary evil spirit that people say is the cause of a problem, especially in a machine, which they cannot explain properly or locate.\nThe microphones went dead as if the technical gremlins had struck again.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grenade
Meaning:
gre.nade\n   grenade  grenades\n  A grenade or a hand grenade is a small bomb that can be thrown by hand.\nA hand grenade was thrown at an army patrol.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grey
Meaning:
grey  greyer  greyest\nin AM, use gray\n1. Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day.\n...a grey suit.\n  COLOUR\n\n2. You use grey to describe the colour of people’s hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old.\n...my grey hair...\nEddie was going grey.\n  ADJ\n\n3. If the weather is grey, there are many clouds in the sky and the light is dull.\nIt was a grey, wet April Sunday.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grey.ness\n...winter’s greyness.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n4. If you describe a situation as grey, you mean that it is dull, unpleasant, or difficult.\nBrazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless.\n  ADJ\n  = bleak\n=>  grey.ness\nIn this new world of greyness there is an attempt to remove all risks.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n5. If you describe someone or something as grey, you think that they are boring and unattractive, and very similar to other things or other people.\n...little grey men in suits.\n  ADJ  disapproval\n\n=>  grey.ness\nJournalists are frustrated by his apparent greyness.\n  N-UNCOUNT: with supp\n\n6. Journalists sometimes use grey to describe things concerning old people.\nThere was further evidence of grey consumer power last week, when Ford revealed a car designed with elderly people in mind.\n  ADJ


Words: grey area
Meaning:
grey area  grey areas\nin AM, use gray area\n  If you refer to something as a grey area, you mean that it is unclear, for example because nobody is sure how to deal with it or who is responsible for it, or it falls between two separate categories of things.\nAt the moment, the law on compensation is very much a grey area.\n...that gray area between blue-collar laborers and white-collar professionals.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grey market
Meaning:
grey mar.ket\n   grey market  grey markets\nin AM, use gray market\n1. Grey market goods are bought unofficially and then sold to customers at lower prices than usual. (BUSINESS)\nGrey-market perfumes and toiletries are now commonly sold by mail.\n  N-SING: oft N n, the N\n\n2. Grey market shares are sold to investors before they have been officially issued. (BUSINESS)\nAt one point last week shares in the grey market touched 230p.\n  N-SING: oft N n, the N


Words: grey matter
Meaning:
grey mat.ter\n   grey matter\nin AM, use gray matter\n  You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as grey matter. (INFORMAL)\n...an unsolved mathematical equation which has caused his grey matter to work overtime.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: greyhound
Meaning:
grey.hound\n   greyhound  greyhounds\n  A greyhound is a dog with a thin body and long thin legs, which can run very fast. Greyhounds sometimes run in races and people bet on them.\n  N-COUNT


Words: greying
Meaning:
grey.ing\n   greying\nin AM, use graying\n  If someone has greying hair, there is a lot of grey hair mixed with the person’s natural colour.\nHe was a smallish, greying man, with a wrinkly face.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: greyish
Meaning:
grey.ish\n   greyish\nin AM, use grayish\n  Greyish means slightly grey in colour.\nThe building was of greyish plaster and looked old.\n  ADJ\n\n  Greyish is also a combining form.\n...greyish-green leaves.\n  COMB in COLOUR


Words: grid
Meaning:
grid  grids\n1. A grid is something which is in a pattern of straight lines that cross over each other, forming squares. On maps the grid is used to help you find a particular thing or place.\n...a grid of ironwork.\n...a grid of narrow streets...\nMany canals were built along map grid lines.\n  N-COUNT\n\n  see also cattle grid\n2. A grid is a network of wires and cables by which sources of power, such as electricity, are distributed throughout a country or area.\n...breakdowns in communications and electric power grids.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. The grid or the starting grid is the starting line on a car-racing track.\nThe Ferrari of Alain Prost will be second on the grid.\n  N-COUNT


Words: griddle
Meaning:
grid.dle\n   griddle  griddles\n  A griddle is a round, flat, heavy piece of metal which is placed on a cooker or fire and used for cooking.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gridiron
Meaning:
grid.iron\n   gridiron\n  American football is sometimes referred to as gridiron. (AM)\n...the greatest quarterback in gridiron history.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: gridlock
Meaning:
grid.lock\n   gridlock\n1. Gridlock is the situation that exists when all the roads in a particular place are so full of vehicles that none of them can move.\nThe streets are wedged solid with near-constant traffic gridlock.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. You can use gridlock to refer to a situation in an argument or dispute when neither side is prepared to give in, so no agreement can be reached.\nHe agreed that these policies will lead to gridlock in the future.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n  = deadlock


Words: grief
Meaning:
grief  griefs\n1. Grief is a feeling of extreme sadness.\n...a huge outpouring of national grief for the victims of the shootings...\nTheir grief soon gave way to anger.\n  N-VAR\n\n2. If something comes to grief, it fails. If someone comes to grief, they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt.\nSo many marriages have come to grief over lack of money...\nHe was driving a Mercedes racer at 100 mph and almost came to grief.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n3. Some people say `Good grief’ when they are surprised or shocked.\n`He’s been arrested for theft and burglary.’.`Good grief!’\n  EXCLAM  feelings


Words: grief-stricken
Meaning:
grief-stricken\n  If someone is grief-stricken, they are extremely sad about something that has happened. (FORMAL)\n...the grief-stricken family...\nThe Queen was grief-stricken over his death.\n  ADJ


Words: grievance
Meaning:
griev.ance\n   grievance  grievances\n  If you have a grievance about something that has happened or been done, you believe that it was unfair.\nThey had a legitimate grievance...\nThe main grievance of the drivers is the imposition of higher fees for driving licences.\n...a deep sense of grievance.\n  N-VAR: usu with supp


Words: grieve
Meaning:
grieve  grieves  grieving  grieved\n1. If you grieve over something, especially someone’s death, you feel very sad about it.\nHe’s grieving over his dead wife and son...\nI didn’t have any time to grieve...\nMargery’s grieving family battled to come to terms with their loss.\n  VERB: V prep, V, V-ing\n\n2. If you are grieved by something, it makes you unhappy or upset.\nHe was deeply grieved by the sufferings of the common people...\nI was grieved to hear of the suicide of James...\nIt grieved me to see the poor man in such distress.\n  VERB: be V-ed by/at n, be V-ed to-inf, it V n to-inf, also V n


Words: grievous
Meaning:
griev.ous\n   grievous\n1. If you describe something such as a loss as grievous, you mean that it is extremely serious or worrying in its effects.\nTheir loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries...\nMr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n=>  griev.ous.ly\nBirds, sea-life and the coastline all suffered grievously.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n\n2. A grievous injury to your body is one that causes you great pain and suffering.\nHe survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n\n=>  griev.ous.ly\nNelson Piquet, three times world champion, was grievously injured.\n  ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj


Words: grievous bodily harm
Meaning:
griev.ous bodi.ly harm\n   grievous bodily harm\n  If someone is accused of grievous bodily harm, they are accused of causing very serious physical injury to someone. The abbreviation GBH is often used. (LEGAL)\nThey were both found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: griffin
Meaning:
grif.fin\n   griffin  griffins   also griffon\n  In mythology, a griffin is a winged creature with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grill
Meaning:
grill  grills  grilling  grilled\n1. A grill is a part of a stove which produces strong heat to cook food that has been placed underneath it. (BRIT; in AM, use broiler)\nPlace the omelette under a gentle grill until the top is set.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A grill is a flat frame of metal bars on which food can be cooked over a fire.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. When you grill food, or when it grills, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it. (BRIT; in AM, use broil)\nGrill the meat for 20 minutes each side...\nApart from peppers and aubergines, many other vegetables grill well.\n...grilled chicken.\n  VERB: V n, V adv, V-ed\n\n=>  grill.ing\nThe breast can be cut into portions for grilling.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n4. If you grill someone about something, you ask them a lot of questions for a long period of time. (INFORMAL)\nGrill your travel agent about the facilities for families with children...\nThe police grilled him for hours.\n  VERB: V n about/on n, V n\n\n=>  grill.ing      grillings\nThey gave him a grilling about the implications of a united Europe.\n  N-COUNT\n\n5. A grill is a restaurant that serves grilled food.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grille
Meaning:
grille  grilles   also grill\n  A grille is a framework of metal bars or wire which is placed in front of a window or a piece of machinery, in order to protect it or to protect people.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grim
Meaning:
grim  grimmer  grimmest\n1. A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept.\nThey painted a grim picture of growing crime...\nThere was further grim economic news yesterday...\nThe mood could not have been grimmer.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grim.ness\n...an unrelenting grimness of tone.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. A place that is grim is unattractive and depressing in appearance.\n...the tower blocks on the city’s grim edges.\n  ADJ\n\n3. If a person or their behaviour is grim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something. (WRITTEN)\nShe was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth...\nHer expression was grim and unpleasant.\n  ADJ\n\n4. If you say that something is grim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing. (INFORMAL)\nThings were pretty grim for a time.\n  ADJ


Words: Grim Reaper
Meaning:
Grim Reap.er\n   Grim Reaper\n  The Grim Reaper is an imaginary character who represents death. He looks like a skeleton, wears a long, black cloak with a hood, and carries a scythe.\n  N-SING: the N


Words: grimace
Meaning:
gri.mace\n   grimace  grimaces  grimacing  grimaced\n  If you grimace, you twist your face in an ugly way because you are annoyed, disgusted, or in pain. (WRITTEN)\nShe started to sit up, grimaced, and sank back weakly against the pillow...\nShe grimaced at Cerezzi, then turned to Brenda.\n  VERB: V, V at n\n\n  Grimace is also a noun.\nHe took another drink of his coffee. `Awful,’ he said with a grimace.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grime
Meaning:
grime\n  Grime is dirt which has collected on the surface of something.\nKelly got the grime off his hands before rejoining her in the kitchen.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: grimy
Meaning:
grimy  grimier  grimiest\n  Something that is grimy is very dirty.\n...a grimy industrial city.\n  ADJ


Words: grin
Meaning:
grin  grins  grinning  grinned\n1. When you grin, you smile broadly.\nHe grins, delighted at the memory...\nSarah tried several times to catch Philip’s eye, but he just grinned at her.\n...a statue of a grinning old man cutting the throat of a deer.\n  VERB: V, V at n, V-ing\n\n2. A grin is a broad smile.\nShe came out of his office with a big grin on her face...\nBobby looked at her with a sheepish grin.\n  N-COUNT: oft adj N\n\n3. If you grin and bear it, you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation without complaining because you know there is nothing you can do to make things better.\nThey cannot stand the sight of each other, but they will just have to grin and bear it.\n  PHRASE: Vs inflect


Words: grind
Meaning:
grind  grinds  grinding  ground\n1. If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder.\nStore the peppercorns in an airtight container and grind the pepper as you need it.\n...the odor of fresh ground coffee.\n  VERB: V n, V-ed\n\n  Grind up means the same as grind.\nHe makes his own paint, grinding up the pigment with a little oil.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P\n\n2. If you grind something into a surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements.\n`Well,’ I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step.\n  VERB: V n prep\n\n  If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something.\nIf you know you’re grinding your teeth, particularly at night, see your dentist.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, V n\n\n3. If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface.\n...a shop where they grind knives...\nThe tip can be ground to a much sharper edge to cut smoother and faster.\n  VERB: V n, be V-ed to n\n\n4. If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily.\nTanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south.\n  VERB: V adv/prep\n\n5. The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard.\nThe grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves.\n  N-SING: oft N of n\n\n6. If you refer to routine tasks or activities as the grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort. (INFORMAL)\nThe daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty’s Civil Service...\n  N-SING: oft adj N  disapproval\n\n7.\n  see also grinding\n8. If a country’s economy or something such as a process grinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops.\nThe peace process has ground to a halt while Israel struggles to form a new government.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n9. If a vehicle grinds to a halt, it stops slowly and noisily.\nThe tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n10.\nto have an axe to grind: see axe\nto come to a grinding halt: see grinding


Words: grind down
Meaning:
grind down\n  If you say that someone grinds you down, you mean that they treat you very harshly and cruelly, reducing your confidence or your will to resist them.\nThere are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V n P


Words: grind on
Meaning:
grind on\n  If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time.\nCivil war in the Sudan has been grinding on for nine years.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: grinder
Meaning:
grind.er\n   grinder  grinders\n1. In a kitchen, a grinder is a device for crushing food such as coffee or meat into small pieces or into a powder.\n...an electric coffee grinder.\n  N-COUNT: oft n N\n\n2. A grinder is a machine or tool for sharpening, smoothing, or polishing the surface of something.\n  N-COUNT: oft supp N


Words: grinding
Meaning:
grind.ing\n   grinding\n1. If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends.\nTheir grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n=>  grind.ing.ly\nNursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work.\n  ADV: ADV adj\n\n2. If you say that something comes to a grinding halt, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to.\nA car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the petrol tank.\n  PHRASE: PHR after v  emphasis\n\n3.\n  see also grind


Words: grindstone
Meaning:
grind.stone\n   grindstone  grindstones\n  A grindstone is a large round stone that turns like a wheel and is used for sharpening knives and tools.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gringo
Meaning:
grin.go\n   gringo  gringos\n  Gringo is sometimes used by people from Latin America to refer to people from other countries, especially the United States and Britain. This word could cause offence.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grip
Meaning:
grip  grips  gripping  gripped\n1. If you grip something, you take hold of it with your hand and continue to hold it firmly.\nShe gripped the rope.\n  VERB: V n\n\n2. A grip is a firm, strong hold on something.\nHis strong hand eased the bag from her grip.\n  N-COUNT: oft poss N\n\n3. Someone’s grip on something is the power and control they have over it.\nThe president maintains an iron grip on his country...\nTony Blair last night tightened his grip on Labour mps with new powers to root out trouble-makers.\n  N-SING: with supp, oft N on n\n\n4. If something grips you, it affects you very strongly.\nThe entire community has been gripped by fear.\n  VERB: V n\n\n5. If you are gripped by something such as a story or a series of events, your attention is concentrated on it and held by it.\nThe nation is gripped by the dramatic story.\n  VERB: usu passive, be V-ed\n\n=>  grip.ping\nThe film turned out to be a gripping thriller.\n  ADJ\n  = riveting\n6. If things such as shoes or car tyres have grip, they do not slip.\n...a new way of reinforcing rubber which gives car tyres better grip.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n7. A grip is a bag that is smaller than a suitcase, and that you use when you are travelling.\n  N-COUNT\n\n8. If you get to grips with a problem or if you come to grips with it, you consider it seriously, and start taking action to deal with it.\nThe government’s first task is to get to grips with the economy.\n  PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n\n\n9. If you get a grip on yourself, you make an effort to control or improve your behaviour or work.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n10. If a person, group, or place is in the grip of something, they are being severely affected by it.\nBritain is still in the grip of recession.\n...a region in the grip of severe drought.\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR n\n\n11. If you lose your grip, you become less efficient and less confident, and less able to deal with things.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n12. If you say that someone has a grip on reality, you mean they recognize the true situation and do not have mistaken ideas about it.\nShakur loses his fragile grip on reality and starts blasting away at friends and foe alike.\n  PHRASE: usu PHR after v


Words: gripe
Meaning:
gripe  gripes  griping  griped\n1. If you say that someone is griping, you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something. (INFORMAL)\nWhy are football players griping when the average salary is half a million dollars?\n...griping about high prices.\n  VERB: V, V about n  disapproval\n  = grumble, whinge\n=>  grip.ing\nStill, the griping went on.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. A gripe is a complaint about something. (INFORMAL)\nMy only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.\n  N-COUNT\n  = grumble, whinge


Words: griping
Meaning:
grip.ing\n   griping\n  A griping pain is a sudden, sharp pain in your stomach or bowels.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: grisly
Meaning:
gris.ly\n   grisly  grislier  grisliest\n  Something that is grisly is extremely unpleasant, and usually involves death and violence.\n...two horrifically grisly murders.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  = gruesome


Words: grist
Meaning:
grist\n  If you say that something is grist to the mill, you mean that it is useful for a particular purpose or helps support someone’s point of view.\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR, oft PHR of/for n


Words: gristle
Meaning:
gris.tle\n   gristle\n  Gristle is a tough, rubbery substance found in meat, especially in meat of poor quality, which is unpleasant to eat.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: grit
Meaning:
grit  grits  gritting  gritted\n1. Grit is very small pieces of stone. It is often put on roads in winter to make them less slippery.\nHe felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. If someone has grit, they have the determination and courage to continue doing something even though it is very difficult.\nYou’ve got to admire her grit.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3. If you grit your teeth, you press your upper and lower teeth tightly together, usually because you are angry about something.\nGritting my teeth, I did my best to stifle one or two remarks...\n`It is clear that my client has been less than frank with me,’ said his lawyer, through gritted teeth.\n  VERB: V n, V-ed\n\n4. If you grit your teeth, you make up your mind to carry on even if the situation is very difficult.\nThere is going to be hardship, but we have to grit our teeth and get on with it.\n  PHRASE: V inflects


Words: gritty
Meaning:
grit.ty\n   gritty  grittier  grittiest\n1. Something that is gritty contains grit, is covered with grit, or has a texture like that of grit.\nThe sheets fell on the gritty floor, and she just let them lie.\n  ADJ\n\n2. Someone who is gritty is brave and determined.\nWe have to prove how gritty we are.\n...a gritty determination to avoid humiliation.\n  ADJ\n\n3. A gritty description of a tough or unpleasant situation shows it in a very realistic way.\n...gritty social comment...\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: grizzled
Meaning:
griz.zled\n   grizzled\n  A grizzled person or a person with grizzled hair has hair that is grey or partly grey.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: grizzly
Meaning:
griz.zly\n   grizzly  grizzlies\n1. A grizzly or a grizzly bear is a large, fierce, greyish-brown bear.\n...two grizzly bear cubs.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2.\n  see also grisly


Words: groan
Meaning:
groan  groans  groaning  groaned\n1. If you groan, you make a long, low sound because you are in pain, or because you are upset or unhappy about something.\nSlowly, he opened his eyes. As he did so, he began to groan with pain...\nThey glanced at the man on the floor, who began to groan...\nShe was making small groaning noises.\n  VERB: V with n, V, V-ing\n  = moan\n  Groan is also a noun.\nShe heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan...\nAs his ball flew wide, there was a collective groan from the stands.\n  N-COUNT\n  = moan\n2. If you groan something, you say it in a low, unhappy voice.\n`My leg.I think it’s broken,’ Eric groaned.\n  VERB: V with quote\n\n3. If you groan about something, you complain about it.\nHis parents were beginning to groan about the price of college tuition.\n  VERB: V about n\n\n  Groan is also a noun.\nListen sympathetically to your child’s moans and groans about what she can’t do.\n  N-COUNT\n\n4. If wood or something made of wood groans, it makes a loud sound when it moves.\nThe timbers groan and creak and the floorboards shift.\n  VERB: V\n\n5. If you say that something such as a table groans under the weight of food, you are emphasizing that there is a lot of food on it.\nThe bar counter groans under the weight of huge plates of the freshest fish.\n...a table groaning with food.\n  VERB: V under/with n, V-ing  emphasis\n\n6. If you say that someone or something is groaning under the weight of something, you think there is too much of that thing.\nConsumers were groaning under the weight of high interest rates...\n  VERB: usu cont, V under n  disapproval


Words: grocer
Meaning:
gro.cer\n   grocer  grocers\n1. A grocer is a shopkeeper who sells foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A grocer or a grocer’s is a shop where foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods are sold. (mainly BRIT)\n  N-COUNT: oft the N


Words: grocery
Meaning:
gro.cery\n   grocery  groceries\n1. A grocery or a grocery store is a grocer’s shop. (mainly AM)\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. Groceries are foods you buy at a grocer’s or at a supermarket such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods.\n  N-PLURAL


Words: grog
Meaning:
grog\n  Grog is a drink made by mixing a strong spirit, such as rum or whisky, with water.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: groggy
Meaning:
grog.gy\n   groggy  groggier  groggiest\n  If you feel groggy, you feel weak and rather ill. (INFORMAL)\nShe was feeling a bit groggy when I saw her.\n  ADJ: usu v-link ADJ


Words: groom
Meaning:
groom  grooms  grooming  groomed\n1. A groom is the same as a bridegroom.\n...the bride and groom.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A groom is someone whose job is to look after the horses in a stable and to keep them clean.\n  N-COUNT\n\n3. If you groom an animal, you clean its fur, usually by brushing it.\nThe horses were exercised and groomed with special care.\n  VERB: V n\n\n4. If you are groomed for a special job, someone prepares you for it by teaching you the skills you will need.\nGeorge was already being groomed for the top job...\nMarshall was groomed to run the family companies.\n  VERB: usu passive, be V-ed for n, be V-ed to-inf


Words: groomed
Meaning:
groomed\n  You use groomed in expressions such as well groomed and badly groomed to say how neat, clean, and smart a person is.\n...a very well groomed man...\nShe always appeared perfectly groomed.\n  ADJ: usu adv ADJ


Words: grooming
Meaning:
groom.ing\n   grooming\n  Grooming refers to the things that people do to keep themselves clean and make their face, hair, and skin look nice.\n...a growing concern for personal grooming.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft N n


Words: groove
Meaning:
groove  grooves\n  A groove is a deep line cut into a surface.\nTheir wheels left grooves in the ground.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grooved
Meaning:
grooved\n  Something that is grooved has grooves on its surface.\nThe inscriptions are fresh and deep-grooved.\n  ADJ


Words: groovy
Meaning:
groovy  groovier  grooviest\n  If you describe something as groovy, you mean that it is attractive, fashionable, or exciting. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)\n...the grooviest club in London.\n  ADJ


Words: grope
Meaning:
grope  gropes  groping  groped\n1. If you grope for something that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it.\nWith his left hand he groped for the knob, turned it, and pulled the door open...\nBunbury groped in his breast pocket for his wallet.\n  VERB: V for n, V adv/prep\n  = fumble\n2. If you grope your way to a place, you move there, holding your hands in front of you and feeling the way because you cannot see anything.\nI didn’t turn on the light, but groped my way across the room.\n  VERB: V way prep/adv\n  = feel\n3. If you grope for something, for example the solution to a problem, you try to think of it, when you have no real idea what it could be.\nShe groped for a simple word to express a simple idea.\n  VERB: V for n, also V towards n\n\n=>  grop.ing      gropings\nThey continue their groping towards a constitutional settlement.\n  N-VAR\n\n4. If one person gropes another, they touch or take hold of them in a rough, sexual way. (INFORMAL)\nHe would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt.\n  VERB: V n  disapproval\n\n  Grope is also a noun.\nShe even boasted of having a grope in a cupboard with a 13-year-old.\n  N-COUNT


Words: gross
Meaning:
gross  grosser  grossest  grosses  grossing  grossed\n\n  The plural of the number is gross.\n\n1. You use gross to describe something unacceptable or unpleasant to a very great amount, degree, or intensity.\nThe company were guilty of gross negligence.\n...an act of gross injustice.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n=>  gross.ly\nFunding of education had been grossly inadequate for years...\nShe was grossly overweight.\n  ADV: ADV -ed/adj\n\n2. If you say that someone’s speech or behaviour is gross, you think it is very rude or unacceptable.\nHe abused the Admiral in the grossest terms...\nI feel disgusted and wonder how I could ever have been so gross.\n  ADJ  disapproval\n\n3. If you describe something as gross, you think it is very unpleasant. (INFORMAL)\nThey had a commercial on the other night for Drug Free America that was so gross I thought Daddy was going to faint...\nHe wears really gross holiday outfits.\n  ADJ  disapproval\n\n4. If you describe someone as gross, you mean that they are extremely fat and unattractive.\nI only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.\n  ADJ: v-link ADJ  disapproval\n\n5. Gross means the total amount of something, especially money, before any has been taken away.\n...a fixed rate account guaranteeing 10.4% gross interest or 7.8% net until October.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n  Gross is also an adverb.\nInterest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted.\n...a father earning .20,000 gross a year.\n  ADV: ADV after v\n\n6. Gross means the total amount of something, after all the relevant amounts have been added together.\nNational Savings gross sales in June totalled .709 million.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n7. Gross means the total weight of something, including its container or wrapping.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n8. If a person or a business grosses a particular amount of money, they earn that amount of money before tax has been taken away. (BUSINESS)\nSo far the films have grossed more than .590 million.\n  VERB: V n\n\n9. A gross is a group of 144 things.\nHe ordered twelve gross of the disks.\n  NUM: usu aum NUM


Words: gross domestic product
Meaning:
gross do.mes.tic prod.uct\n   gross domestic product  gross domestic products\n  A country’s gross domestic product is the total value of all the goods it has produced and the services it has provided in a particular year, not including its income from investments in other countries. (BUSINESS)\n  N-VAR\n  = GDP


Words: gross national product
Meaning:
gross na.tion.al prod.uct\n   gross national product gross national products\n  A country’s gross national product is the total value of all the goods it has produced and the services it has provided in a particular year, including its income from investments in other countries. (BUSINESS)\n  N-VAR\n  = GNP


Words: grotesque
Meaning:
gro.tesque\n   grotesque  grotesques\n1. You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you.\n...the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else.\n...a country where grotesque abuses are taking place.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gro.tesque.ly\nHe called it the most grotesquely tragic experience that he’s ever had.\n  ADV\n\n2. If someone or something is grotesque, they are very ugly.\nThey tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.\n  ADJ\n  = hideous\n=>  gro.tesque.ly\n...grotesquely deformed beggars.\n  ADV: ADV adj/-ed\n\n3. A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.\nGrass’s novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grotto
Meaning:
grot.to\n   grotto  grottoes  or grottos\n  A grotto is a small cave with interesting or attractively shaped rocks.\nWater trickles through an underground grotto.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grotty
Meaning:
grot.ty\n   grotty  grottier  grottiest\n  If you describe something as grotty, you mean that it is unpleasant or of poor quality and you dislike it strongly. (BRIT INFORMAL)\n...a grotty little flat in Camden.\n  ADJ  disapproval


Words: grouch
Meaning:
grouch  grouches\n1. A grouch is someone who is always complaining in a bad-tempered way. (INFORMAL)\nHe’s an old grouch but she puts up with him.\n  N-COUNT  disapproval\n\n2. A grouch is a bad-tempered complaint. (INFORMAL)\nOne of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.\n  N-COUNT\n  = gripe


Words: grouchy
Meaning:
grouchy\n  If someone is grouchy, they are very bad-tempered and complain a lot. (INFORMAL)\nYour grandmother has nothing to stop her from being bored, grouchy and lonely.\n  ADJ  disapproval


Words: ground
Meaning:
ground  grounds  grounding  grounded\n1. The ground is the surface of the earth.\nForty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground...\nWe slid down the roof and dropped to the ground.\n  N-SING: the N\n\n  Something that is below ground is under the earth’s surface or under a building. Something that is above ground is on top of the earth’s surface.\nPeople were making for the air-raid shelters below ground.\n  PHRASE\n\n2. If you say that something takes place on the ground, you mean it takes place on the surface of the earth and not in the air.\nCoordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.\n  N-SING: oft N n\n\n3. The ground is the soil and rock on the earth’s surface.\nThe ground had eroded.\n...the marshy ground of the river delta.\n  N-SING: usu the N\n\n4. You can refer to land as ground, especially when it has very few buildings or when it is considered to be special in some way.\n...a stretch of waste ground...\nThis memorial stands on sacred ground.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp\n\n5. You can use ground to refer to an area of land, sea, or air which is used for a particular activity.\n...Indian hunting grounds...\nThe best fishing grounds are around the islands.\n  N-COUNT: supp N\n\n6. A ground is an area of land which is specially designed and made for playing sport or for some other activity. In American English grounds is also used.\n...the city’s football ground.\n...a parade ground.\n  N-COUNT: supp N\n\n7. The grounds of a large or important building are the garden or area of land which surrounds it.\n...the palace grounds.\n...the grounds of the University.\n  N-PLURAL: usu with supp, oft N of n, n N\n\n8. You can use ground to refer to a place or situation in which particular methods or ideas can develop and be successful.\nThe company has maintained its reputation as the developing ground for new techniques...\nColonialism is especially fertile ground for nationalist ideas.\n  N-VAR: with supp, oft N for n\n\n9. You can use ground in expressions such as on shaky ground and the same ground to refer to a particular subject, area of experience, or basis for an argument.\nSensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject...\nThe French are on solid ground when they argue that competitiveness is no reason for devaluation...\nIt’s often necessary to go over the same ground more than once.\n  N-UNCOUNT: supp N, oft on adj N\n\n10. Ground is used in expressions such as gain ground, lose ground, and give ground in order to indicate that someone gets or loses an advantage. (JOURNALISM)\nThere are signs that the party is gaining ground in the latest polls...\nThe US dollar lost more ground.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n11. If something is grounds for a feeling or action, it is a reason for it. If you do something on the grounds of a particular thing, that thing is the reason for your action.\nIn the interview he gave some grounds for optimism...\nThe court overturned that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial evidence...\nOwen was against it, on the grounds of expense.\n  N-VAR: N for n, on N with supp\n\n12. If an argument, belief, or opinion is grounded in something, that thing is used to justify it.\nHer argument was grounded in fact...\nThey believe the soul is immortal, grounding this belief on the Divine nature of the human spirit.\n  VERB: be V-ed in/on n, V n in/on n\n  = base\n13. If an aircraft or its passengers are grounded, they are made to stay on the ground and are not allowed to take off.\nThe civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded...\nA hydrogen leak forced NASA to ground the space shuttle.\n  VERB: be V-ed, V n\n\n14. When parents ground a child, they forbid them to go out and enjoy themselves for a period of time, as a punishment.\nThompson grounded him for a month, and banned television.\n  VERB: V n\n\n15. If a ship or boat is grounded or if it grounds, it touches the bottom of the sea, lake, or river it is on, and is unable to move off.\n(next)


Words: ground .1
Meaning:
Residents have been told to stay away from the region where the ship was grounded...\nThe boat finally grounded on a soft, underwater bank.\n...a grounded oil tanker.\n  VERB: be V-ed, V, V-ed\n\n16. The ground in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity passes into the ground and which makes the equipment safe. (AM; in BRIT, use earth)\n  N-COUNT: usu sing\n\n17. Ground meat has been cut into very small pieces in a machine. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use minced)\n...ground beef.\n...The sausages are made of coarsely ground pork.\n  ADJ\n\n18. Ground is the past tense and past participle of grind.\n\n19.\n  see also grounding, home ground\n20. If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.\nGellhorn may have broken new ground when she filed her first report on the Spanish Civil War.\n  PHRASE: V inflects  approval\n\n21. If you say that a town or building is burnt to the ground or is razed to the ground, you are emphasizing that it has been completely destroyed by fire.\nThe town was razed to the ground after the French Revolution.\n  PHRASE: V inflects  emphasis\n\n22. If two people or groups find common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.\n  PHRASE\n\n23. If you go to ground, you hide somewhere where you cannot easily be found. (BRIT)\nCitizens of East Beirut went to ground in basements and shelters.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n24. The middle ground between two groups, ideas, or plans involves things which do not belong to either of these groups, ideas, or plans but have elements of each, often in a less extreme form.\nShe seems to have found a middle ground in which mutual support, rather than complete dependency, is possible.\n  PHRASE: oft PHR between n\n\n25. If something such as a project gets off the ground, it begins or starts functioning.\nWe help small companies to get off the ground.\n  PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR\n\n26. If you prepare the ground for a future event, course of action, or development, you make it easier for it to happen.\n...a political initiative which would prepare the ground for war.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n27. If you shift your ground or change your ground, you change the basis on which you are arguing.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n28. If you stand your ground or hold your ground, you continue to support a particular argument or to have a particular opinion when other people are opposing you or trying to make you change your mind.\nThe spectacle of Sakharov standing his ground and speaking his mind gave me hope.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n29. If you stand your ground or hold your ground, you do not run away from a situation, but face it bravely.\nShe had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n30. If you say that something such as a job or piece of clothing suits someone down to the ground, you mean that it is completely suitable or right for them. (BRIT INFORMAL)\n  PHRASE: V inflects  emphasis\n\n31. If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them. (mainly BRIT)\nGood managers are often thin on the ground.\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR\n\n32.\nto have one’s ear to the ground: see ear


Words: ground crew
Meaning:
ground crew  ground crews\n  At an airport, the people who look after the planes when they are on the ground are called the ground crew.\nThe airport ground crew tried to dissuade the pilot from taking off.\n  N-COUNT-COLL


Words: ground floor
Meaning:
ground floor  ground floors\n  The ground floor of a building is the floor that is level or almost level with the ground outside. (BRIT; in AM, use first floor)\nShe showed him around the ground floor of the empty house...\nJenny now lives in a terraced ground floor flat.\n  N-COUNT: usu the N in sing


Words: ground level
Meaning:
ground lev.el\n   ground level\n  If something is at ground level, it is at the same level as the ground, as opposed to being higher up or below the surface.\nThe hotel is set on three floors. There’s a bar and cafe at ground level...\nThe remaining block of woodland is cut down to ground level.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft prep N


Words: ground plan
Meaning:
ground plan  ground plans\n1. In British English, a ground plan is a plan of the ground floor of a building. In American English, a ground plan is a plan of any floor of a building.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. A ground plan is a basic plan for future action.\n  N-COUNT


Words: ground rent
Meaning:
ground rent  ground rents\n  Ground rent is rent that is paid by the owner of a flat or house to the owner of the land on which it is built. (mainly BRIT)\n  N-VAR


Words: ground rule
Meaning:
ground rule  ground rules\n  The ground rules for something are the basic principles on which future action will be based.\nThe panel says the ground rules for the current talks should be maintained.\n  N-COUNT: usu pl, oft N for/of n


Words: ground staff
Meaning:
ground staff\n1. The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.\nThe ground staff do all they can to prepare the pitch.\n  N-COUNT-COLL\n\n2. At an airport, the ground staff are the employees of aeroplane companies who do not fly with the planes, but who work in the airport helping passengers and providing information.\nThere had been a strike amongst British Airways ground staff.\n  N-COUNT-COLL


Words: groundbait
Meaning:
ground.bait\n   groundbait\n  Groundbait is food that you throw on to a river or lake when you are fishing in order to attract the fish.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: groundbreaking
Meaning:
ground.break.ing\n   groundbreaking   also ground-breaking\n  You use groundbreaking to describe things which you think are significant because they provide new and positive ideas, and influence the way people think about things.\n...his groundbreaking novel on homosexuality.\n...groundbreaking research.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n


Words: groundcloth
Meaning:
ground.cloth\n   groundcloth  groundcloths\n  A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping. (AM; in BRIT, use groundsheet)\n  N-COUNT


Words: groundhog
Meaning:
ground.hog\n   groundhog  groundhogs\n  A groundhog is a type of small animal with reddish-brown fur that is found in North America.\n  N-COUNT\n  = woodchuck


Words: grounding
Meaning:
ground.ing\n   grounding\n  If you have a grounding in a subject, you know the basic facts or principles of that subject, especially as a result of a particular course of training or instruction.\nThe degree provides a thorough grounding in both mathematics and statistics.\n  N-SING: oft N in n


Words: groundless
Meaning:
ground.less\n   groundless\n  If you say that a fear, accusation, or story is groundless, you mean that it is not based on evidence and is unlikely to be true or valid.\nFears that the world was about to run out of fuel proved groundless...\nA ministry official described the report as groundless.\n  ADJ: usu v-link ADJ


Words: groundsheet
Meaning:
ground.sheet\n   groundsheet  groundsheets\n  A groundsheet is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping. (BRIT; in AM, use groundcloth)\n  N-COUNT


Words: groundskeeper
Meaning:
grounds.keeper\n   groundskeeper  groundskeepers\n  A groundskeeper is the same as a groundsman. (AM)\n  N-COUNT


Words: groundsman
Meaning:
grounds.man\n   groundsman  groundsmen\n  A groundsman is a person whose job is to look after a park or sports ground. (BRIT; in AM, use groundskeeper)\n  N-COUNT


Words: groundswell
Meaning:
ground.swell\n   groundswell\n  A sudden growth of public feeling or support for something is often called a groundswell. (JOURNALISM)\nThere is undoubtedly a groundswell of support for the idea of a strong central authority...\nThe groundswell of opinion is in favour of a referendum.\n  N-SING: with supp, usu N of n


Words: groundwater
Meaning:
ground.water\n   groundwater\n  Groundwater is water that is found under the ground. Groundwater has usually passed down through the soil and become trapped by rocks.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: groundwork
Meaning:
ground.work\n   groundwork\n  The groundwork for something is the early work on it which forms the basis for further work.\nYesterday’s meeting was to lay the groundwork for the task ahead...\n  N-SING: the N, oft the N for n


Words: group
Meaning:
group  groups  grouping  grouped\n1. A group of people or things is a number of people or things which are together in one place at one time.\nThe trouble involved a small group of football supporters...\nThe students work in groups on complex problems.\n  N-COUNT-COLL: oft N of n\n\n2. A group is a set of people who have the same interests or aims, and who organize themselves to work or act together.\n...the Minority Rights Group...\nMembers of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant.\n  N-COUNT: usu supp N\n\n3. A group is a set of people, organizations, or things which are considered together because they have something in common.\nShe is among the most promising players in her age group...\nAs a group, today’s old people are still relatively deprived.\n  N-COUNT: usu supp N\n\n4. A group is a number of separate commercial or industrial firms which all have the same owner. (BUSINESS)\nThe group made a pre-tax profit of .1.05 million.\n...a French-based insurance group.\n  N-COUNT: usu supp N\n\n5. A group is a number of musicians who perform together, especially ones who play popular music.\nAt school he played bass in a pop group called The Urge.\n...Billy Bragg’s backing group.\n  N-COUNT\n  = band\n6. If a number of things or people are grouped together or group together, they are together in one place or within one organization or system.\nThe fact sheets are grouped into seven sections...\nThe G-7 organization groups together the world’s seven leading industrialized nations...\nWe want to encourage them to group together to act as a big purchaser.\n  VERB: be V-ed prep, V pl-n with together, V together, also V n prep\n\n7.\n  see also grouping, blood group, ginger group, pressure group


Words: group therapy
Meaning:
group thera.py\n   group therapy\n  Group therapy is a form of psychiatric treatment in which a group of people discuss their problems with each other.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: groupie
Meaning:
groupie  groupies\n  A groupie is someone, especially a young woman, who is a fan of a particular pop group, singer, or other famous person, and follows them around.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grouping
Meaning:
group.ing\n   grouping  groupings\n  A grouping is a set of people or things that have something in common.\nThere were two main political groupings pressing for independence.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp


Words: grouse
Meaning:
grouse  grouses  grousing  groused\n\n  The form grouse is used as the plural for meaning 1.\n\n1. A grouse is a wild bird with a round body. Grouse are often shot for sport and can be eaten.\nThe party had been to the grouse moors that morning.\n  N-COUNT: oft N n\n\n  Grouse is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.\nThe menu included roast grouse.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. If you grouse, you complain.\n`How come we never know what’s going on?’ he groused...\nWhen they groused about the parking regulations, they did it with good humor.\n  VERB: V with quote, V about n, also V that, V\n\n3. A grouse is a complaint.\nThere have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grout
Meaning:
grout  grouts  grouting  grouted\n1. Grout is a thin mixture of sand, water, and cement or lime, which is used to fill in the spaces between tiles that are fixed to a wall.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n2. If you grout the tiles on a wall, you use grout to fill in the spaces between the tiles.\nMake sure that your tiles are thoroughly grouted and sealed.\n  VERB: be V-ed, also V n


Words: grove
Meaning:
grove  groves\n1. A grove is a group of trees that are close together.\n...an olive grove.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp\n\n2. Grove is often used as part of the name of a street. (mainly BRIT)\n...47 Canada Grove, Bognor Regis.\n  N-IN-NAMES


Words: grovel
Meaning:
grov.el\n   grovel  grovels  grovelling  grovelled\nin AM, use groveling, groveled\n1. If you say that someone grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened or because they want something.\nI don’t grovel to anybody...\nSpeakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel.\n...a letter of grovelling apology.\n  VERB: V to/before n, V, V-ing  disapproval\n\n2. If you grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something.\nWe grovelled around the club on our knees.\n  VERB: V prep/adv, also V


Words: grow
Meaning:
grow  grows  growing  grew  grown\n1. When people, animals, and plants grow, they increase in size and change physically over a period of time.\nWe stop growing at maturity.\n  VERB: V\n\n2. If a plant or tree grows in a particular place, it is alive there.\nThe station had roses growing at each end of the platform.\n  VERB: V\n\n3. If you grow a particular type of plant, you put seeds or young plants in the ground and look after them as they develop.\nI always grow a few red onions...\n  VERB: V n\n\n4. When someone’s hair grows, it gradually becomes longer. Your nails also grow.\nThen the hair began to grow again and I felt terrific.\n  VERB: V\n\n5. If someone grows their hair, or grows a beard or moustache, they stop cutting their hair or shaving so that their hair becomes longer. You can also grow your nails.\nI’d better start growing my hair.\n  VERB: V n\n\n6. If someone grows mentally, they change and develop in character or attitude.\nThey began to grow as persons.\n  VERB: V\n\n7. You use grow to say that someone or something gradually changes until they have a new quality, feeling, or attitude.\nI grew a little afraid of the guy next door...\nHe grew to love his work.\n  V-LINK: V adj, V to-inf\n\n8. If an amount, feeling, or problem grows, it becomes greater or more intense.\nOpposition grew and the government agreed to negotiate.\n...a growing number of immigrants.\n  VERB: V, V-ing\n\n9. If one thing grows into another, it develops or changes until it becomes that thing.\nThe boys grew into men...\nThis political row threatens to grow into a full blown crisis.\n  VERB: V into n, V into n\n\n10. If something such as an idea or a plan grows out of something else, it develops from it.\nThe idea for this book grew out of conversations with Philippa Brewster.\n  VERB: V out of n\n\n11. If the economy or a business grows, it increases in wealth, size, or importance. (BUSINESS)\nThe economy continues to grow.\n...a fast growing business.\n  VERB: V, V-ing\n\n12. If someone grows a business, they take actions that will cause it to increase in wealth, size, or importance. (BUSINESS)\nTo grow the business, he needs to develop management expertise and innovation across his team.\n  VERB: V n\n\n13. If a crystal grows, or if a scientist grows it, it forms from a solution.\n...crystals that grow in cavities in the rock...\nWe tried to grow some copper sulphate crystals with our children.\n  VERB: V, V n\n\n14.\n  see also grown


Words: grow apart
Meaning:
grow apart\n  If people who have a close relationship grow apart, they gradually start to have different interests and opinions from each other, and their relationship starts to fail.\nHe and his wife grew apart...\nIt sounds as if you have grown apart from Tom.\n  PHRASAL VERB: pl-n V P, V P from n


Words: grow into
Meaning:
grow into\n  When a child grows into an item of clothing, they become taller or bigger so that it fits them properly.\nIt’s a bit big, but she’ll soon grow into it.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: grow on
Meaning:
grow on\n  If someone or something grows on you, you start to like them more and more.\nSlowly and strangely, the place began to grow on me.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: grow out of
Meaning:
grow out of\n1. If you grow out of a type of behaviour or an interest, you stop behaving in that way or having that interest, as you develop or change.\nMost children who stammer grow out of it.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n\n  = outgrow\n2. When a child grows out of an item of clothing, they become so tall or big that it no longer fits them properly.\nYou’ve grown out of your shoes again.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P P n\n  = outgrow


Words: grow up
Meaning:
grow up\n1. When someone grows up, they gradually change from being a child into being an adult.\nShe grew up in Tokyo.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P\n\n  see also grown-up\n2. If you tell someone to grow up, you are telling them to stop behaving in a silly or childish way. (INFORMAL)\nIt’s time you grew up.\n  PHRASAL VERB: usu imper, V P  disapproval\n\n3. If something grows up, it starts to exist and then becomes larger or more important.\nA variety of heavy industries grew up alongside the port.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P


Words: grower
Meaning:
grow.er\n   grower  growers\n  A grower is a person who grows large quantities of a particular plant or crop in order to sell them.\n...England’s apple growers.\n  N-COUNT: usu supp N


Words: growing pains
Meaning:
grow.ing pains\n   growing pains\n1. If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.\nThere’s some sympathy for this new country’s growing pains, but that sympathy is fast wearing out.\n  N-PLURAL: usu with poss\n\n2. If children suffer from growing pains, they have pain in their muscles or joints that is caused by unusually fast growth.\n  N-PLURAL


Words: growing season
Meaning:
grow.ing sea.son\n   growing season  growing seasons\n  The growing season in a particular country or area is the period in each year when the weather and temperature is right for plants and crops to grow.\n  N-COUNT: usu sing


Words: growl
Meaning:
growl  growls  growling  growled\n1. When a dog or other animal growls, it makes a low noise in its throat, usually because it is angry.\nThe dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail.\n  VERB: V\n\n  Growl is also a noun.\nThe bear exposed its teeth in a muffled growl.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. If someone growls something, they say something in a low, rough, and angry voice. (WRITTEN)\nHis fury was so great he could hardly speak. He growled some unintelligible words at Pete...\n`I should have killed him,’ Sharpe growled.\n  VERB: V n, V with quote\n\n  Growl is also a noun.\n...with an angry growl of contempt for her own weakness.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grown
Meaning:
grown\n  A grown man or woman is one who is fully developed and mature, both physically and mentally.\nFew women can understand a grown man’s love of sport...\nDad, I’m a grown woman. I know what I’m doing.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n  see also full-grown


Words: grown-up
Meaning:
grown-up  grown-ups\n\n  The spelling grownup is also used. The syllable up is not stressed when it is a noun.\n\n1. A grown-up is an adult; used by or to children.\nTell children to tell a grown-up if they’re being bullied.\n  N-COUNT\n  = adult\n2. Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.\nI have grown-up children who’re doing well.\n  ADJ\n\n3. If you say that someone is grown-up, you mean that they behave in an adult way, often when they are in fact still a child.\nShe’s very grown-up.\n  ADJ: usu v-link ADJ\n\n4. Grown-up things seem suitable for or typical of adults. (INFORMAL)\nHer songs tackle grown-up subjects...\nShe talked in a grown-up manner.\n  ADJ\n  = adult


Words: growth
Meaning:
growth  growths\n1. The growth of something such as an industry, organization, or idea is its development in size, wealth, or importance.\n...the growth of nationalism.\n...Japan’s enormous economic growth.\n...high growth rates.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n\n\n2. The growth in something is the increase in it.\nA steady growth in the popularity of two smaller parties may upset the polls...\nThe area has seen a rapid population growth...\nThe market has shown annual growth of 20 per cent for several years.\n  N-UNCOUNT: also a N, oft supp N, N in n, N of amount\n\n3. A growth industry, area, or market is one which is increasing in size or activity. (BUSINESS)\nComputers and electronics are growth industries and need skilled technicians...\nReal estate lending has become the biggest growth area for American banks.\n  ADJ: ADJ n\n\n4. Someone’s growth is the development and progress of their character.\n...the child’s emotional and intellectual growth...\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N\n\n5. Growth in a person, animal, or plant is the process of increasing in physical size and development.\n...hormones which control fertility and body growth...\nCells divide and renew as part of the human growth process.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp\n\n6. You can use growth to refer to plants which have recently developed or which developed at the same time.\nThis helps to ripen new growth and makes it flower profusely...\n  N-VAR\n\n7. A growth is a lump that grows inside or on a person, animal, or plant, and that is caused by a disease.\nThis type of surgery could even be used to extract cancerous growths.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grub
Meaning:
grub  grubs  grubbing  grubbed\n1. A grub is a young insect which has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. Grub is food. (INFORMAL)\nGet yourself some grub and come and sit down.\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n3. If you grub around, you search for something.\nI simply cannot face grubbing through all this paper.\n  VERB: V adv/prep


Words: grubby
Meaning:
grub.by\n   grubby  grubbier  grubbiest\n1. A grubby person or object is rather dirty.\nHis white coat was grubby and stained.\n...kids with grubby faces.\n  ADJ\n\n2. If you call an activity or someone’s behaviour grubby, you mean that it is not completely honest or respectable.\n...the grubby business of politics.\n  ADJ  disapproval


Words: grudge
Meaning:
grudge  grudges\n  If you have or bear a grudge against someone, you have unfriendly feelings towards them because of something they did in the past.\nHe appears to have a grudge against certain players...\nThere is no doubt it was an accident and I bear no grudges.\n  N-COUNT: oft N against n


Words: grudge match
Meaning:
grudge match  grudge matches\n  You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.\nThis is something of a grudge match against a long-term enemy.\n  N-COUNT


Words: grudging
Meaning:
grudg.ing\n   grudging\n  A grudging feeling or action is felt or done very unwillingly.\nHe even earned his opponents’ grudging respect...\nThere seems to be a grudging acceptance of the situation.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  = reluctant\n=>  grudg.ing.ly\nThe film studio grudgingly agreed to allow him to continue working.\n  ADV: ADV with v\n  = reluctantly


Words: gruelling
Meaning:
gru.el.ling\n   gruelling\nin AM, use grueling\n  A gruelling activity is extremely difficult and tiring to do.\nHe had complained of exhaustion after his gruelling schedule over the past week...\nThis flight was more gruelling than I had expected.\n  ADJ\n  = exhausting


Words: gruesome
Meaning:
grue.some\n   gruesome\n  Something that is gruesome is extremely unpleasant and shocking.\nThere has been a series of gruesome murders in the capital.\n  ADJ: usu ADJ n\n  = grisly\n=>  grue.some.ly\nHe has spent periods in prison, where he was gruesomely tortured.\n...a gruesomely compelling series of interviews.\n  ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v


Words: gruff
Meaning:
gruff\n1. A gruff voice sounds low and rough.\nHe picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman’s gruff voice.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  gruff.ly\n`Well, never mind now,’ he said gruffly.\n  ADV\n\n2. If you describe someone as gruff, you mean that they seem rather unfriendly or bad-tempered.\nHis gruff exterior concealed one of the kindest hearts.\n  ADJ


Words: grumble
Meaning:
grum.ble\n   grumble  grumbles  grumbling  grumbled\n1. If someone grumbles, they complain about something in a bad-tempered way.\nI shouldn’t grumble about Mum.she’s lovely really...\nTaft grumbled that the law so favored the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance...\n`This is inconvenient,’ he grumbled...\nIt’s simply not in her nature to grumble.\n  VERB: V about/at n, V that, V with quote, V\n  = moan, whinge\n  Grumble is also a noun.\nMy grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.\n  N-COUNT\n\n=>  grum.bling      grumblings\nThere have been grumblings about the party leader.\n  N-VAR\n\n2. If something grumbles, it makes a low continuous sound. (LITERARY)\nIt was quiet now, the thunder had grumbled away to the west...\nThe dogs made a noise, a rough, grumbling sound.\n  VERB: V adv/prep, V-ing, also V\n\n  Grumble is also a noun.\nOne could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.\n  N-SING: usu N of n


Words: grumpy
Meaning:
grumpy  grumpier  grumpiest\n  If you say that someone is grumpy, you mean that they are bad-tempered and miserable.\nSome folk think I’m a grumpy old man.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  grumpi.ly\n`I know, I know,’ said Ken, grumpily, without looking up.\n  ADV: ADV with v


Words: grunge
Meaning:
grunge\n1. Grunge is the name of a fashion and of a type of music. Grunge fashion involves wearing clothes which look old and untidy. Grunge music is played on guitars and is very loud.\n  N-UNCOUNT: oft N n\n\n2. Grunge is dirt. (AM INFORMAL)\n  N-UNCOUNT\n\n=>  grungy\n...grungy motel rooms.\n  ADJ


Words: grunt
Meaning:
grunt  grunts  grunting  grunted\n1. If you grunt, you make a low sound, especially because you are annoyed or not interested in something.\nThe driver grunted, convinced that Michael was crazy...\n`Rubbish,’ I grunted...\nHe grunted his thanks.\n  VERB: V, V with quote, V n\n\n  Grunt is also a noun.\nTheir replies were no more than grunts of acknowledgement.\n  N-COUNT: oft N of n\n\n2. When an animal grunts, it makes a low rough noise.\n...the sound of a pig grunting.\n  VERB: V


Words: GSM
Meaning:
GSM is a digital mobile telephone system, used across Europe and in other parts of the world. GSM is an abbreviation for `global system for mobile communication’.\nThere has been consistent growth in GSM mobile subscribers.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: guacamole
Meaning:
gua.ca.mo.le\n   guacamole\n  Guacamole is a cold food from Mexico made of crushed avocados and other ingredients such as tomatoes and chillis.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: guano
Meaning:
gua.no\n   guano\n  Guano is the faeces of sea birds and bats. It is used as a fertilizer.\n  N-UNCOUNT


Words: guarantee
Meaning:
guar.an.tee\n   guarantee  guarantees  guaranteeing  guaranteed\n1. If one thing guarantees another, the first is certain to cause the second thing to happen.\nSurplus resources alone do not guarantee growth.\n...a man whose fame guarantees that his calls will nearly always be returned.\n  VERB: V n, V that, also V n n\n\n2. Something that is a guarantee of something else makes it certain that it will happen or that it is true.\nA famous old name on a firm is not necessarily a guarantee of quality...\nThere is still no guarantee that a formula could be found.\n  N-COUNT: oft N of n, N that\n\n3. If you guarantee something, you promise that it will definitely happen, or that you will do or provide it for someone.\nMost states guarantee the right to free and adequate education...\nAll students are guaranteed campus accommodation for their first year...\nWe guarantee that you will find a community with which to socialise...\nWe guarantee to refund your money if you are not delighted with your purchase.\n...a guaranteed income of .3.6 million.\n  VERB: V n, be V-ed n, V that, V to-inf, V-ed, also V n n, V n that\n\n  Guarantee is also a noun.\nThe Editor can give no guarantee that they will fulfil their obligations...\nCalifornia’s state Constitution includes a guarantee of privacy.\n  N-COUNT: oft N that, N of n\n\n4. A guarantee is a written promise by a company to replace or repair a product free of charge if it has any faults within a particular time.\nWhatever a guarantee says, when something goes wrong, you can still claim your rights from the shop...\nIt was still under guarantee.\n  N-COUNT: also under N\n\n5. If a company guarantees its product or work, they provide a guarantee for it.\nSome builders guarantee their work...\nAll Dreamland’s electric blankets are guaranteed for three years.\n  VERB: V n, V n\n\n6. A guarantee is money or something valuable which you give to someone to show that you will do what you have promised.\nMales between 18 and 20 had to leave a deposit as a guarantee of returning to do their military service.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n/-ing


Words: guaranteed
Meaning:
guar.an.teed\n   guaranteed\n  If you say that something is guaranteed to happen, you mean that you are certain that it will happen.\nReports of this kind are guaranteed to cause anxiety...\nIt’s guaranteed that my colleagues think I’m deranged...\nSuccess is not guaranteed.\n  ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf, it v-link ADJ that\n\n  see also guarantee


Words: guarantor
Meaning:
guar.an.tor\n   guarantor  guarantors\n  A guarantor is a person who gives a guarantee or who is bound by one. (LEGAL)\n  N-COUNT


Words: guard
Meaning:
guard  guards  guarding  guarded\n1. If you guard a place, person, or object, you stand near them in order to watch and protect them.\nGunmen guarded homes near the cemetery with shotguns...\n...the heavily guarded courtroom.\n  VERB: V n, V-ed\n\n2. If you guard someone, you watch them and keep them in a particular place to stop them from escaping.\nMarines with rifles guarded them...\nHe is being guarded by a platoon of police.\n  VERB: V n, be V-ed by n\n\n3. A guard is someone such as a soldier, police officer, or prison officer who is guarding a particular place or person.\nThe prisoners overpowered their guards and locked them in a cell.\n  N-COUNT\n\n4. A guard is a specially organized group of people, such as soldiers or policemen, who protect or watch someone or something.\nWe have a security guard around the whole area...\nA heavily armed guard of police have sealed off the city centre.\n  N-SING-COLL\n\n5. On a train, a guard is a person whose job is to travel on the train in order to help passengers, check tickets, and make sure that the train travels safely and on time. (BRIT; in AM, use conductor)\n  N-COUNT\n\n6. If you guard some information or advantage that you have, you try to protect it or keep it for yourself.\nHe closely guarded her identity.\n...a threat to the country’s jealously guarded unity.\n  VERB: V n, V-ed\n\n7. A guard is a protective device which covers a part of someone’s body or a dangerous part of a piece of equipment.\n...the chin guard of my helmet...\nA blade guard is fitted to protect the operator.\n  N-COUNT: usu with supp\n\n8. Some regiments in the British Army, or the soldiers in them, are referred to as Guards.\n...the Grenadier Guards.\n  N-IN-NAMES\n\n9.\n  see also guarded, bodyguard, coastguard, lifeguard, old guard\n10. If someone catches you off guard, they surprise you by doing something you do not expect. If something catches you off guard, it surprises you by happening when you are not expecting it.\nCharm the audience and catch them off guard...\nThe invitation had caught me off guard.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n11. If you lower your guard, let your guard down or drop your guard, you relax when you should be careful and alert, often with unpleasant consequences.\nThe ANC could not afford to lower its guard until everything had been carried out...\nYou can’t let your guard down...\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n12. If you mount guard or if you mount a guard, you organize people to watch or protect a person or place.\nThey’ve even mounted guard outside the main hotel in the capital...\n  PHRASE: V and N inflect\n\n13. If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.\nThe police have questioned him thoroughly, and he’ll be on his guard...\nHe is constantly on guard against any threat of humiliation.\n  PHRASE: usu v-link PHR\n\n14. If someone is on guard, they are on duty and responsible for guarding a particular place or person.\nPolice were on guard at Barnet town hall.\n  PHRASE: usu v-link PHR\n\n15. If you stand guard, you stand near a particular person or place because you are responsible for watching or protecting them.\nOne young policeman stood guard outside the locked embassy gates.\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n16. If someone is under guard, they are being guarded.\nThree men were arrested and one was under guard in hospital.\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v


Words: guard against
Meaning:
guard against\n  If you guard against something, you are careful to prevent it from happening, or to avoid being affected by it.\nThe armed forces were on high alert to guard against any retaliation.\n  PHRASAL VERB: V P n


Words: guard dog
Meaning:
guard dog  guard dogs\n  A guard dog is a fierce dog that has been specially trained to protect a particular place.\n  N-COUNT


Words: guard of honour
Meaning:
guard of hon.our\n   guard of honour  guards of honour\n  A guard of honour is an official parade of troops, usually to celebrate or honour a special occasion, such as the visit of a head of state. (BRIT; in AM, use honor guard)\n  N-COUNT


Words: guard’s van
Meaning:
guard’s van  guard’s vans\n  The guard’s van of a train is a small carriage or part of a carriage in which the guard travels. (BRIT)\n  N-COUNT


Words: guarded
Meaning:
guard.ed\n   guarded\n  If you describe someone as guarded, you mean that they are careful not to show their feelings or give away information.\nThe boy gave him a guarded look...\nIn the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relaxed.\n  ADJ\n\n=>  guard.ed.ly\n`I am happy, so far,’ he says guardedly...\nThey are guardedly optimistic that the market is on the road to recovery.\n  ADV: usu ADV with v, ADV adj, also ADV with cl


Words: guardian
Meaning:
guard.ian\n   guardian  guardians\n1. A guardian is someone who has been legally appointed to look after the affairs of another person, for example a child or someone who is mentally ill.\n  N-COUNT: usu with poss\n\n2. The guardian of something is someone who defends and protects it.\nThe National Party is lifting its profile as socially conservative guardian of traditional values.\n  N-COUNT: usu N of n


Words: guardian angel
Meaning:
guard.ian an.gel\n   guardian angel  guardian angels\n  A guardian angel is a spirit who is believed to protect and guide a particular person.\n  N-COUNT


Words: guardianship
Meaning:
guardi.an.ship\n   guardianship\n  Guardianship is the position of being a guardian.\n...depriving mothers of the guardianship of their children.\n  N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss


Words: guardrail
Meaning:
guard.rail\n   guardrail  guardrails   also guard rail\n  A guardrail is a railing that is placed along the edge of something such as a staircase, path, or boat, so that people can hold onto it or so that they do not fall over the edge.\n  N-COUNT


Words: guardsman
Meaning:
guards.man\n   guardsman  guardsmen   also Guardsman\n1. In Britain, a guardsman is a soldier who is a member of one of the regiments of Guards.\n  N-COUNT\n\n2. In the United States, a guardsman is a soldier who is a member of the National Guard.\n  N-COUNT


Words: guava
Meaning:
gua.va\n   guava  guavas\n  A guava is a round yellow tropical fruit with pink or white flesh and hard seeds.\n  N-VAR


Words: gubernatorial
Meaning:
gu.ber.na.to.rial\n   gubernatorial\n  Gubernatorial means relating to or connected with the post of governor.\n...a well-known Dallas lawyer and former Texas gubernatorial candidate.\n  ADJ: ADJ n


Words: guerrilla
Meaning:
guer.ril.la\n   guerrilla  guerrillas   also guerilla\n  A guerrilla is someone who fights as part of an unofficial army, usually against an official army or police force.\nThe guerrillas threatened to kill their hostages.\n...a guerrilla war.\n  N-COUNT: oft N n


Words: guess
Meaning:
guess  guesses  guessing  guessed\n1. If you guess something, you give an answer or provide an opinion which may not be true because you do not have definite knowledge about the matter concerned.\nThe suit was faultless: Wood guessed that he was a very successful publisher or a banker...\nYou can only guess at what mental suffering they endure...\nPaula reached for her camera, guessed distance and exposure, and shot two frames...\nGuess what I did for the whole of the first week...\nIf she guessed wrong, it meant twice as many meetings the following week.\n  VERB: V that, V at n/wh, V n, V wh, V adv\n\n2. If you guess that something is the case, you correctly form the opinion that it is the case, although you do not have definite knowledge about it.\nBy now you will have guessed that I’m back in Ireland...\nHe should have guessed what would happen...\nSomeone might have guessed our secret and passed it on.\n  VERB: V that, V wh, V n\n\n3. A guess is an attempt to give an answer or provide an opinion which may not be true because you do not have definite knowledge about the matter concerned.\nMy guess is that the chance that these vaccines will work is zero...\nHe’d taken her pulse and made a guess at her blood pressure...\nWell, we can hazard a guess at the answer.\n  N-COUNT: oft N that, N at n, N as to n/wh\n\n4. If you say that something is anyone’s guess or anybody’s guess, you mean that no-one can be certain about what is really true. (INFORMAL)\nJust when this will happen is anyone’s guess...\n  PHRASE: v-link PHR\n\n5. You say at a guess to indicate that what you are saying is only an estimate or what you believe to be true, rather than being a definite fact.\nAt a guess he’s been dead for two days.\n  PHRASE: PHR with cl  vagueness\n\n6. You say I guess to show that you are slightly uncertain or reluctant about what you are saying. (mainly AM INFORMAL)\nI guess she thought that was pretty smart...\nI guess he’s right...\n`I think you’re being paranoid.’.`Yeah. I guess so.’\n  PHRASE: PHR with cl, PHR soot  vagueness\n\n7. If someone keeps you guessing, they do not tell you what you want to know.\nThe author’s intention is to keep everyone guessing until the bitter end...\n  PHRASE: V inflects\n\n8. You say guess what to draw attention to something exciting, surprising, or interesting that you are about to say. (INFORMAL)\nGuess what, I just got my first part in a movie.\n  CONVENTION


