Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 42
Graze (v. i.) To touch something lightly in passing.
Graze (n.) The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]
Turning him out for a graze on the common. -- T. Hughes.
Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.
Graze (n.) A superficial abrasion.
Graze (n.) The act of grazing [syn: graze, grazing].
Graze (v.) Feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture].
Graze (v.) Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet".
Graze (v.) Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop, graze, pasture].
Graze (v.) Scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake].
Graze (v.) Eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze].
Grazer (n.) One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.
The cackling goose, Close grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want. -- J. Philips.
Grazier (n.) One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.
The inhabitants be rather . . . graziers than plowmen. -- Stow.
Grazier (n.) A rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market.
Grazing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, grazes.
Grazing (n.) A pasture; growing grass.
Grazioso (adv.) (Mus.) Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly.
Gre (n.) See Gree, a step. [Obs.]
Gre (n.) See Gree, good will. [Obs.]
Grease (n.) Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
Grease (n.) (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.
Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below).
Grease+moth+(Zool.),+A+pyralid+moth+({Aglossa+pinguinalis">Grease moth (Zool.), a pyralid moth ({Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc.
Grease wood (Bot.), A scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub ({Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of Atriplex and Obione.
Greased (imp. & p. p.) of Grease
Greasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grease
Grease (v. t.) To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
Grease (v. t.) To bribe; to corrupt with presents.
The greased advocate that grinds the poor. -- Dryden.
Grease (v. t.) To cheat or cozen; to overreach. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Grease (v. t.) (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
To grease in the hand, To grease the hand, to corrupt by bribes. -- Usher.
Grease (n.) A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) [syn: grease, lubricating oil].
Grease (n.) The state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge].
Grease (v.) Lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels".
Greaser (n.) One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.
Greaser (n.) A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type. -- derogatory and offensive. [Low, U. S.] grease gun
Greaser (n.) (Ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Mexican descent [syn: greaser, wetback, taco].
Greasily (adv.) In a greasy manner.
Greasily (adv.) In a gross or indelicate manner. [Obs.]
You talk greasily; your lips grow foul. -- Shak.
Greasily (adv.) In a greasy manner; "the food was greasily unappetizing".
Greasiness (n.) The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.
Greasiness (n.) Consisting of or covered with oil [syn: greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness].
Greasy (a.) 油膩的，滑溜溜的，泥濘的 Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.
Greasy (a.) Smeared or defiled with grease.
With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. -- Shak.
Greasy (a.) Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.
Greasy (a.) Fat of body; bulky. [R.] -- Shak.
Greasy (a.) Gross; indelicate; indecent. [Obs.] -- Marston.
Greasy (a.) (Far.) Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.
Greasy (a.) Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds" [syn: {greasy}, {oily}, {sebaceous}, {oleaginous}].
Greasy (a.) Smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" [syn: {greasy}, {oily}].
Greasy, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 387
Housing Units (2000): 146
Land area (2000): 20.337796 sq. miles (52.674647 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.079111 sq. miles (0.204896 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 20.416907 sq. miles (52.879543 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31165
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.678115 N, 94.721152 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Greasy, OK
Greasy
Great (a.) （數量，規模等）大的，巨大的；偉大的，優秀的；重大的，重要的 [B]；【口】美妙的，極好的；【口】對……拿手的；熱中 [（+at/on）]；（程度）異乎尋常的 [B]；【口】（用來強調其後緊接的形容詞）非常的 [B]；高貴的 Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
Great (a.) Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
Great (a.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
Great (a.) Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
Great (a.) Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
Great (a.) Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
He doth object I am too great of birth. -- Shak.
Great (a.) Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
Great (a.) Pregnant; big (with young).
The ewes great with young. -- Ps. lxxviii. 71.
Great (a.) More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
We have all Great cause to give great thanks. -- Shak.
Great (a.) (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc.
Great bear (Astron.), The constellation Ursa Major.
Great cattle (Law), All manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. -- Wharton.
Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta.
Great circle of a sphere, A circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere.
Great circle sailing, The process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places.
Great cormorant (n.) 鸕鶿 The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag in New Zealand and formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family os seabirds. [2] The genus name is Latinised Ancient Greek, from φαλακρός (phalakros, "bald") and κόραξ (korax, "raven"), and carbo is Latin for "charcoal". [3]
It breeds in much of the Old World, Australia, and the Alantic coast of North America.
Great go, The final examination for a degree at the
University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats. -- T. Hughes.
Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun.
The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the northern borders of the United States.
Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand.
Great organ (Mus.), The largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position.
The great powers (of Europe), In modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.
Great primer. See under Type.
Great scale (Mus.), The complete scale; -- employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest.
Great sea, The Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called.
Great seal. The principal seal of a kingdom or state.
Great seal. In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is custodian of this seal); also, his office.
Great tithes. See under Tithes.
The great, The eminent, distinguished, or powerful.
The Great Spirit, Among the North American Indians, their chief or principal deity.
To be great (with one), To be intimate or familiar (with him). -- Bacon.
Great (n.) The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
Great (a.) Relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay".
Great (a.) Of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey" [syn: {great}, {outstanding}].
Great (a.) Remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome".
Great (a.) Very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: {bang-up}, {bully}, {corking}, {cracking}, {dandy}, {great}, {groovy}, {keen}, {neat}, {nifty}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy}, {slap-up}, {swell}, {smashing}].
Great (a.) Uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: {capital}, {great}, {majuscule}].
Great (a.) In an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant}, {gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with child(p)}].
Great (n.) 偉人們，大人物們 [the S] [the P] [K] A person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music".
Great, (a.) "I'm great," the Lion said -- "I reign The monarch of the wood and plain!"
The Elephant replied: "I'm great -- No quadruped can match my weight!"
"I'm great -- no animal has half So long a neck!" said the Giraffe.
"I'm great," the Kangaroo said -- "see My femoral muscularity!"
The 'Possum said: "I'm great -- behold, My tail is lithe and bald and cold!"
An Oyster fried was understood To say: "I'm great because I'm good!"
Each reckons greatness to consist In that in which he heads the list, And Vierick thinks he tops his class Because he is the greatest ass. Arion Spurl Doke
Great-bellied (a.) Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. -- Shak.
Greatcoat (n.) An overcoat.
Greatcoat (n.) A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter [syn: greatcoat, overcoat, topcoat].
Greaten (v. t.) To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. [R.]
A minister's [business] is to greaten and exalt [his king]. -- Ken.
Greaten (v. i.) To become large; to dilate. [R.]
My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. -- Mrs. Browning.
Great-grandchild (n.) （外）曾孫；（外）曾孫女 The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.
Great-grandchildren (n. pl.) A grandchild of one's son or daughter.
Great-granddaughter (n.) （外）曾孫女 A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
Great-grandfather (n.) （外）曾祖父 The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
Great-grandmother (n.) （外）曾祖母 The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
Great-grandson (n.) （外）曾孫 A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
Great-hearted (a.) 慷慨的，無私的High-spirited; fearless. [Obs.] -- Clarendon.
Great-hearted (a.) Generous; magnanimous; noble.
Great-heartedness (n.) 崇高，寬宏大量The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
Greatly (adv.) In a great degree; much.
I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. -- Gen. iii. 16.
Greatly (adv.) Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously.
By a
high fate thou greatly didst expire. -- Dryden.
Greatly (adv.) To an extraordinary extent or
degree; "he improved greatly".
Greatness (n.) [U] 偉大；崇高；著名；大；巨大 The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
Greatness (n.) Pride; haughtiness. [Obs.]
It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. -- Bacon.
Greatness (n.) The property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence [syn: {greatness}, {illustriousness}].
Greatness (n.) Unusual largeness in size or extent or number [syn: {enormousness}, {grandness}, {greatness}, {immenseness}, {immensity}, {sizeableness}, {vastness}, {wideness}].
Greave (n.) （常用複）護脛套 A grove. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Greave (n.) Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
Greaved (imp. & p. p.) of Greave
Greaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Greave
Greave (v. t.) (Naut.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
Greave (n.) Armor plate that protects legs below the knee [syn: {greave}, {jambeau}].
Greaves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. [Written also graves.]
Grebe (n.) (Zool.) One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.
Grebe (n.) Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet.
Grecian (a.) Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.
Grecian bend, Among women, an affected carriage of the body, the upper part being inclined forward. [Collog.]
Grecian fire. See Greek fire, under Greek.
Grecian (n.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.
Grecian (n.) A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist. -- Acts vi. 1.
Note: The Greek word rendered Grecian in the Authorized Version of the New Testament is translated Grecian Jew in the Revised Version.
Grecian (n.) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history. -- De Quincey.
Grecian (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe" [syn: Greek, Grecian, Hellenic].
Grecian (n.) A native or resident of Greece.
Grecism (n.) An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism. -- Addison.
Grecized (imp. & p. p.) of Grecize
Grecizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grecize
Grecize (v. t.) To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized. -- T. Warton.
Grecize (v. t.) To translate into Greek. Grecize
Grecize (v. i.) Alt. of Grecianize
Grecianize (v. i.) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.
Greco-Roman (a.) Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco-Roman architecture.
Greco-Roman (a.) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical [syn: classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic].
Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander.
Gree (n.) Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke. -- Fairfax.
Gree (n.) Rank; degree; position. [Obs. or Scot.] -- Chaucer.
He is a shepherd great in gree. -- Spenser.
Gree (n.) The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize. [Obs. or Scot.] -- Chaucer.
Gree (v. i.) To agree. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Grees (n. pl. ) of Gree
Greece (n. pl. ) of Gree
Grice (n. pl. ) of Gree
Grise (n. pl. ) of Gree
Grize (n. pl. ) of Gree
Gree (n.) A step.
Greece (n. pl.) See Gree a step. [Obs.]
Greece (n.) A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil [syn: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas].
Greece (n.) Ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE.
Greece, () Orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus. In Acts 20:2 it designates only the Roman province of Macedonia. Greece was conquered by the Romans B.C. 146. After passing through various changes it was erected into an independent monarchy in 1831.
Moses makes mention of Greece under the name of Javan (Gen. 10:2-5); and this name does not again occur in the Old Testament till the time of Joel (3:6). Then the Greeks and Hebrews first came into contact in the Tyrian slave-market. Prophetic notice is taken of Greece in Dan. 8:21.
The
cities of Greece were the special scenes of the labours of the
apostle Paul.
Greece, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
Population (2000): 14614
Housing Units (2000): 6170
Land area (2000): 4.331068 sq. miles (11.217414 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.331068 sq. miles (11.217414 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30279
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 43.209112 N, 77.700341 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 14616
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Greece, NY
Greece
Greed (n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
Greed (n.) Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves.
Greed (n.) Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia].
Greedily (adv.) In a greedy manner.
Greedily (adv.) In a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously, greedily].
Greediness (n.) The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.
Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. -- Shak.
Syn: Ravenousness; voracity; eagerness; avidity.
Greediness (n.) An excessive desire for food [syn: greediness, hoggishness, piggishness].
Greediness (n.) An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts); "the greediness of lawyers" [syn: greediness, voraciousness, rapaciousness].
Greedy (a.) 貪吃的；貪婪的；渴望的 Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.
Greedy (a.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.
Greedy (a.) Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: {avaricious}, {covetous}, {grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}, {prehensile}].
Greedy (a.) (Often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: {avid}, {devouring(a)}, {esurient}, {greedy}].
Greedy (a.) Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies".
Greedy-gut (n.) A glutton. [Low] -- Todd. Greegree
Greegree (n.) An African talisman or charm.
A greegree man, An African magician or fetich priest.
Greegree (n.) An African amulet [syn: grigri, gres-gris, greegree].
Greek (a.) 希臘的；希臘人的；希臘語的 Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.
Greek calends. See under Greek calends in the vocabulary.
Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), The Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia.
The
Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church.
Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross.
Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
Greek fire, A combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. -- Ure.
Greek rose, The flower campion.
Greek (n.) 希臘人 [C]；希臘語 [U] ；難懂的事 [U] A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.
Greek (n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat. [Slang]
Without a confederate the . . . game of baccarat does not . . . offer many chances for the Greek. -- Sat. Rev.
Greek (n.) Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me. [Colloq.]
Greek (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe" [syn: Greek, Grecian, Hellenic].
Greek (n.) The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages [syn: Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language].
Greek (n.) A native or inhabitant of Greece [syn: Greek, Hellene].
Greeking, () To display text as abstract dots and lines
in order to give a preview of layout without actually being legible. This is faster than drawing the characters correctly which may require scaling or other transformations. Greeking is particularly useful when displaying a reduced image of a document where the text would be too small to be legible on the display anyway.
A related technique is lorem ipsum. (2006-09-18)
Greek, () Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed between "Greek" and "Grecian" (q.v.). The former is (1) a Greek by race (Acts 16:1-3; 18:17; Rom. 1:14), or (2) a Gentile as opposed to a Jew (Rom. 2:9, 10). The latter, meaning properly "one who speaks Greek," is a foreign Jew opposed to a home Jew who dwelt in Palestine.
The word "Grecians" in Acts 11:20 should be "Greeks," denoting the heathen Greeks of that city, as rendered in the Revised Version according to the reading of the best manuscripts ("Hellenes").
Greekess (n.) A female Greek. [R.]
Greekish (a.) Peculiar to Greece.