Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 44
Grenadillo (n.) A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony.
Grenadine (n.) [F.] A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear.
Grenadine (n.) A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure fuchsine.
Grenadine (n.) Thin syrup made from pomegranate juice; used in mixed drinks.
Grenado (n.) Same as Grenade.
Grene (a.) Green. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Gres (n.) Grass. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Gressorial
Gressorial (a.) Alt. of Gressorious.
Gressorious (a.) (Zool.) Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust. under Aves. Gret
Gret (a.) Alt. of Grete
Grete (a.) Great. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Gretto () imp. of Greet, to salute.
Greve (n.) A grove. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Grew () imp. of Grow. Grewsome
Compare: Grow
Grow (v. i.) [imp. Grew; p. p. Grown; p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.] To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.
Grow (v. i.) To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
Winter began to grow fast on. -- Knolles.Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to me by Antipholus. -- Shak.
Grow (v. i.) To spring up and
come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to
flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.
Where law faileth, error groweth. -- Gower.
Grow (v. i.) To pass from one
state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow
pale.
For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. -- Byron.
Grow (v. i.) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. -- Shak.
Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope.
Grown over, Covered with a growth.
To grow out of, To issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. -- A. Hamilton.
To grow up, To arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children.
To grow together, To close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. -- Howells.
Syn: To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend.
Grewsome (a.) Alt. of Gruesome.
Gruesome (a.) Ugly; frightful.
Grey (a.) See Gray (the correct orthography).
Greyhound (n.) [C] 灰狗（一種身體細長、善跑的獵犬） A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. [Written also {grayhound}.]
Greyhound (n.) 快速船 A swift steamer, esp. an ocean steamer.
Greyhound (n.) A tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog.
Greyhound (n.) (Prov. 30:31), The rendering of the Hebrew _zarzir mothnayim_, meaning literally "girded as to the lions." Some (Gesen.; R.V. marg.) render it "war-horse." The LXX. and Vulgate versions render it "cock." It has been by some interpreters rendered also "stag" and "warrior," as being girded about or panoplied, and "wrestler." The greyhound, however, was evidently known in ancient times, as appears from Egyptian monuments.
Greyhound Lines, Inc., (n.) 灰狗巴士（英語：Greyhound Lines），又名「灰狗長途巴士」，是美國跨城市的長途商營巴士，客運於美國與加拿大之間，開業於1914年美國明尼蘇達州希賓市，在1929年成為有限公司。現在的公司總部在德克薩斯州達拉斯。Usually shortened to Greyhound, is an intercity bus common carrier serving over 3,800 destinations across North America. The company's first route began in Hibbing, Minnesota in 1914, and the company adopted the Greyhound name in 1929. Since October 2007, Greyhound has been a subsidiary of British transportation company FirstGroup, but continues to be based in Dallas, Texas, where it has been headquartered since 1987. Greyhound and sister companies in FirstGroup America are the largest motorcoach operators in the United States and Canada. [4]
Greyish (a.) 淺灰色的 Somewhat gray.
Syn: grayish.
Greyish (a.) Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair" [syn: grey, gray, greyish, grayish].
Greylag (n.) See Graylag.
Gribble (n.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.
Grice (n.) A little pig.
Grice (n.) See Gree, a step.
Grid (n.) A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.
Griddle (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.
Griddle (n.) A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.
Griddlecake (n.) A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.
Grided (imp. & p. p.) of Gride.
Griding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gride.
Gride (e. i.) To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword.
Grade (n.) A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
Gridelin (n.) A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet.
Gridiron (n.) 鐵格架；烤架 A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.
Gridiron (n.) (Naut.) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
Gridiron (n.) (Sport) 橄欖球場 A football field. -- so called because of the resemblance of the parallel marked yard lines to a gridiron [1].
Gridiron pendulum. See under Pendulum.
Gridiron valve (Steam Engine), A slide valve with several parallel perforations corresponding to openings in the seat on which the valve moves.
Gridiron (n.) A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat [syn: grid, gridiron].
Gridiron (n.) The playing field on which football is played [syn: football field, gridiron].
Gridlock (n.) 極端嚴重的交通壅塞（無車能動）；僵局 A traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible.
Gridlock (n.) A traffic jam in which a grid of intersecting streets is so completely congested that no vehicular movement is possible.
Gridlock (n.) A situation resembling gridlock (as in congestion or lack of movement).
// Political gridlock.
Gridlock (v. i. & v. t.) (gridlocked; gridlocking; gridlocks) 交通阻塞；陷入僵局 To cause to be in a state or situation in which movement or progress is stopped completely .
// To produce gridlock in or of.
Grief (a.) Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
Grief (a.) Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.
Grief (a.) Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady.
Griefful (a.) Full of grief or sorrow.
Griefless (a.) Without grief.
Griego (n.) See Greggoe.
Grievable (a.) 可悲的；令人惋惜的；表現悲哀的，哀傷的；品質不好的，糟糕的 Lamentable. [Obs.]
Grievance (n.) 不滿，不平；抱怨，牢騷 [C] [（+against）] A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.
Grievance (n.) Grieving; grief; affliction.
The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked. -- Milton.
Syn: Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.
Grievance (n.) A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: {grudge}, {score}, {grievance}].
Grievance (n.) An allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice.
Grievance (n.) A complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action.
Grievancer (n.) One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint. [Obs.]
Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers. -- Fuller. Grieve
Grieve (n.) Alt. of Greeve.
Greeve (n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.
Grieved (imp. & p. p.) of Grieve.
Grieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grieve.
Grieve (v. t.) To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
Grieve (v. t.) To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.
Grieve (v. i.) To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.
Griever (n.) One who, or that which, grieves.
Grieving (a.) Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.
Grieving (n.) The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved.
Grievous (a.) 令人悲痛的，悲傷的；表示悲痛的；極嚴重的；難忍受的 Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
The famine was grievous in the land. -- Gen. xii. 10.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. -- Gen. xxi. 11.
Grievous (a.) Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20.
Grievous (a.) Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. -- Griev"ous*ness, n.
Grievous (a.) Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening].
Grievous (a.) Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn: grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending].
Grievous (a.) Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty].
Grievous (a.) Shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" [syn: atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous].
Griff (n.) A person of mixed blood.
Griff (n.) Grasp; reach. [Obs.]
A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff. -- Holland.
Griff (n.) (Weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. -- Knight.
Griffe (n.) The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto. [Local, U. S.]
Griffe (n.) A person of mixed negro and American Indian blood.
Griffin (n.) An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe. -- H. Kingsley. Griffin
Griffin (n.) Alt. of Griffon.
Griffon (n.) (Myth.) A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.
Griffon (n.) (Her.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.
Griffon (n.) (Zool.) A species of large vulture ({Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; -- called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir. [Written also gryphon.]
Griffon (n.) An English early apple.
Griffon (n.) Winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion [syn: gryphon, griffin, griffon].
Griffin, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 23451
Housing Units (2000): 9636
Land area (2000): 14.520335 sq. miles (37.607494 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.077816 sq. miles (0.201542 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 14.598151 sq. miles (37.809036 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35324
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.247602 N, 84.270891 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 30223
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Griffin, GA
Griffin
Griffin, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 160
Housing Units (2000): 81
Land area (2000): 0.067702 sq. miles (0.175347 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.067702 sq. miles (0.175347 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30024
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.204406 N, 87.915033 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47616
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Griffin, IN
Griffin
Grift (v.) [No object] [North American] [Informal] 【俚】詐騙 Engage in petty or small-scale swindling.
‘How long have you been grifting?’
Grift (n.) [North American] [Informal] 詐騙；【俚】詐騙來的錢財 A petty or small-scale swindle.
‘A Sixth Avenue palmistry grift.’
Compare: Palmistry
Palmistry (n.) [Mass noun] 手相術 The art or practice of supposedly interpreting a person's character or predicting their future by examining the palm of their hand.
Compare: Swindle
Swindle (v.) [With object] 詐騙；騙取 [（+out of）] Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.
‘A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds.’
Swindle (v.) [With object] Obtain (money) fraudulently.
‘He was said to have swindled £62.5 million from the state-owned cement industry.’
Swindle (v.) (Used with object) (swin·dled, swin·dling) To cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
Swindle (v.) (Used with object) To obtain by fraud or deceit.
Swindle (v.) (Used without object) (swin·dled, swin·dling.) 詐騙 To put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat.
Swindle (n.) [C] 詐騙行為，欺騙行為；騙人的東西 An act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.
Swindle (n.) Anything deceptive; a fraud.
// This advertisement is a real swindle.
Grifter (n.)【美】【俚】騙子A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud [syn: swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter].
Grig (n.) A cricket or grasshopper.
Grig (n.) Any small eel.
Grig (n.) The broad-nosed eel. See Glut.
Grig (n.) Heath.
Gril (a.) Harsh; hard; severe; stern; rough.
Grill (n.) A gridiron.
[They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat. -- Cotton.
Grill (n.) That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.
Grill (n.) A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those sometimes impressed upon postage stamps.
Grill (n.) A grillroom.
Grilled (imp. & p. p.) of Grill.
Grilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grill.
Grill (v. t.) To broil on a grill or gridiron.
Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on Gridirons. -- Marvell.
Grill (v. t.) To torment, as if by broiling. -- Dickens.
Grill (v. t.) To stamp or mark with a grill.
Grill (v. i.) To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to broil.
He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains. -- Kipling.
Grill (n.) A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill [syn: grillroom, grill].
Grill (n.) A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" [syn: grill, grille, grillwork].
Grill (v.) Cook over a grill; "grill the sausages."
Grill (v.) Examine thoroughly; "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology."
Grillade (v. t.) The act of grilling; also, that which is grilled.
Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.
Grille (v. t.) A lattice or grating.
Grillroom (n.) A room specially fitted for broiling food, esp. one in a restaurant, hotel, or clubhouse, arranged for prompt service.
Grillroom (n.) A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill.
Syn: grill.
Grillroom (n.) A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill [syn: grillroom, grill].
Grilly (v. t.) To broil; to grill; hence, To harass.
Grilse (n.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
Grim (Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Grimace (n.) 面部的歪扭，鬼臉，痛苦的表情 A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.
Grimace (v. i.) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
Grimace (v.) [ I ] （因疼痛或厭惡而）做鬼臉，做怪相，作苦相 To make an expression of pain, strong dislike, etc. in which the face twists in an ugly way.
// He tried to stand and grimaced with pain.
Grimaced (a.) Distorted; crabbed.
Grimalkin (n.) An old cat, esp. a she-cat.
Grime (n.) Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.
Grime (v. t.) To sully or soil deeply; to dirt.
Grimily (adv.) In a grimy manner.
Griminess (n.) The state of being grimy.
Grimly (a.) Grim; hideous; stern.
Grimly (adv.) In a grim manner; fiercely.
Grimme (n.) A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also conquetoon.
Grimness (n.) Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.
Grimsir (n.) A stern man.
Grimy (a.) Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul.
Grimy (a.) Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: {begrimed}, {dingy}, {grimy}, {grubby}, {grungy}, {raunchy}].
Grin (n.) A snare; a gin.
Grinned (imp. & p. p.) of Grin.
Grinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grin.
Grin (v. i.) To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.