Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 46
Grit (v. i.) To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. -- Goldsmith.
Gritted (imp. & p. p.) of Grit
Gritting (p. pr. &, vb. n.) of Grit
Grit (v. t.) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Collog.]
Grit (n.) A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: grit, gritrock, gritstone].
Grit (n.) Fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption].
Grit (v.) Cover with a grit; "grit roads".
Grit (v.) Clench together; "grit one's teeth".
Grith (n.) Peace; security; agreement. [Obs.] -- Gower. Gritrock
Gritrock (n.) Alt. of Gritstone
Gritstone (n.) (Geol.) See Grit, n., 4.
Gritrock (n.) A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: grit, gritrock, gritstone].
Grittiness (n.) The quality of being gritty.
Gritty (a.) 有砂礫的；勇敢的 Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
Gritty (a.) Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.]
Gritty (a.) Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy].
Gritty (a.) Willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky].
Grivet (n.) (Zool.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia ({Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
Grivet (n.) White and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face [syn: grivet, Cercopithecus aethiops].
Grize (n.) Same as 2d Grise. [Obs.]
Compare: Gree
Gree (n.; pl.) Grees; obs. plurals Greece Grice, Grise, Grize, etc., F. grade. See Grade.] A step.
Grizelin (a.) See Gridelin.
Gridelin (n.) A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet. [Written also gredaline, grizelin.] -- Dryden.
Grizzle (n.) 灰色；斑白的頭髮 Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. -- Shak.
Grizzle (v. t. & i.) (v. i.) 變成灰色 (v. t.) 使成為灰色 To make or become grizzly, or grayish.
Hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children. -- R. F. Burton.
I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey. -- Pall Mall Mag.
Grizzle (v. i. & t.) To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] "Don't sit grizzling there." -- Charles Reade.
Grizzle (n.) A grey wig.
Grizzle (v.) Be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: {grizzle}, {brood}, {stew}].
Grizzle (v.) Complain whiningly [syn: {whine}, {grizzle}, {yammer}, {yawp}].
Grizzled (a.) Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks. -- Sir W. Scott.
Grizzled (a.) Having dark hairs mixed with grey or white.
Grizzly (a.) Somewhat gray; grizzled.
Old squirrels that turn grizzly. -- Bacon.
Grizzly bear (Zool.), A large and ferocious bear ({Ursus horribilis) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws.
Grizzlies (n. pl. ) of Grizzly
Grizzly (n.) (Zool.) A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.
Grizzly (n.) pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. [Local, U. S.] -- Raymond.
Grizzly (a.) Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey- haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired].
Grizzly (n.) Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America [syn: grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis].
Groaned (imp. & p. p.) of Groan
Groaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groan
Groan (v. i.) To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan.
For we . . . do groan, being burdened. -- 2 Cor. v. 4.
He heard the groaning of the oak. -- Sir W. Scott.
Groan (v. i.) To strive after earnestly, as with groans.
Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so. -- Herbert.
Groan (v. t.) To affect by groans.
Groan (n.) A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans.
Such groans of roaring wind and rain. -- Shak.
The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. -- Shak.
Groan (n.) An utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: groan, moan].
Groan (v.) Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" [syn: groan, moan].
Groanful (a.) Agonizing; sad. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Groat (n.) An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.
Groat (n.) Any small sum of money.
Groat (n.) A former English silver coin worth four pennies [syn: fourpence, groat].
Groats (n. pl.) Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits.
Embden groats, Crushed oats.
Groats (n.) The hulled and crushed grain of various cereals.
Grocer (n.) 食品雜貨商 A trader who deals in foods such as meats, dairy products, produce, tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities.
{Grocer's itch} (Med.), 雜貨商癬病 A disease of the skin, caused by handling sugar and treacle.
{Grocer's itch} (Med.), Grocer's itch is a cutaneous condition characterized by a pruritic dermatitis that occurs from coming into contact with mites such as Carpoglyphus passularum (a fruit mite) or Glyciphagus domesticus (a common house mite). Contact usually occurs when handling food with mites in it, such as figs, dates, prunes, grain, cheese, or other dried foods. [1]: 454 [2]
Grocer (n.) A retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies).
Groceries (n. pl. ) of Grocery
Grocery (n.) [C] 食品雜貨店 [C]；食品雜貨 [U]；食品雜貨，南北貨 [P] The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.
A deal box . . . to carry groceries in. -- Goldsmith.
The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery. -- Macaulay.
Grocery (n.) A retail grocer's shop or store. [U. S.]
Grocery (n.) A marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" [syn: {grocery store}, {grocery}, {food market}, {market}].
Grocery (n.) (Usually plural) Consumer goods sold by a grocer [syn: {grocery}, {foodstuff}].
Grog (n.) A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor.
Grog blossom, A redness on the nose or face of persons who drink ardent spirits to excess. [Collog.]
Grog (n.) Rum cut with water.
Groggeries (n. pl. ) of Groggery
Groggery (n.) A grogshop. [Slang, U. S.]
Grogginess (n.) State of being groggy.
Grogginess (n.) (Man.) Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner.
Grogginess (n.) A dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol.
Grogginess (n.) A groggy state resulting from weariness.
Grogginess (n.) Marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor" [syn: grogginess, stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness].
Groggy (a.) Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs. [Colloq.]
Groggy (a.) Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists. [Cant or Slang]
Groggy (a.) (Man.) Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; -- said of a horse. --Youatt. Grogram
Groggy (a.) Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) [syn: dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous].
Grogram (n.) Alt. of Grogran
Grogran (n.) A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.
Grogram (n.) A coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum.
Grogshop (n.) A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a dramshop.
Groin (n.) The snout of a swine. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Groin (v. i.) To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bears that groined coatinually. -- Spenser.
Groin (n.) (Anat.) 【解】鼠蹊 The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
Groin (n.) (Arch.) 【建】穹窿 The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
Groin (n.) (Math.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
Groin (n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [Eng.] -- Weale.
Groined (imp. & p. p.) of Groin
Groining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groin
Groin (v. t.) 使成穹窿形 To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. -- Emerson.
Groin (n.) The crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals [syn: groin, inguen].
Groin (n.) A curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults.
Groin (n.) A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away [syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty].
Groin (v.) Build with groins; "The ceiling was groined".
Groined (a.) (Arch.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault.
Gromet (n.) Same as Grommet.
Gromill (n.) (Bot.) See Gromwell.
Gromwell (n.) (Bot.) Lithospermum+({L.+arvense">A plant of the genus Lithospermum ({L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel.
The German gromwell is the Stellera. [Written also gromill.]
Grommet (n.) 金屬扣眼；【海】索環 A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grummet.
Grommet (n.) Any eyelet or ring of metal or other material inserted in a hole in a sheet of some other material; in sailing, a metallic ring in or for a sail or a mailbag.
Grommet (n.) A ring of rubber or other insulating material inserted in a hole in some surface of a device, to prevent wires passing through the hole from making contact with the surface; used especially in electrical and electronic devices, to prevent undesired electrical contact.
Grommet (n.) (Mil.) A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.
Grommet (n.) Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet].
Gromwell (n.) (Bot.) Lithospermum+({L.+arvense">A plant of the genus Lithospermum ({L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel.
The German gromwell is the Stellera. [Written also gromill.]
Gromwell (n.) European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands [syn: gromwell, Lithospermum officinale].
Grond () obs. imp. of Grind.
Gronte () obs. imp. of Groan.
Groom (n.) [C] 馬伕；新郎 A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable. -- Spenser.
Groom (n.) One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole.
Groom (n.) A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom. -- Dryden.
Groom porter, Formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.
Groomed (imp. & p. p.) of Groom
Grooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groom
Groom (v. i.) To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.
Groom (n.) A man participant in his own marriage ceremony [syn: groom, bridegroom].
Groom (n.) Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler].
Groom (n.) A man who has recently been married [syn: groom, bridegroom].
Groom (v.) Educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" [syn: prepare, groom, train].
Groom (v.) (v. t.) 照料（馬等）Give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" [syn: dress, groom, curry].
Groom (v.) (v. t.) 使整潔；打扮 [H] ；(v. i.) 打扮，穿戴 Care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed" [syn: groom, neaten].
Groom, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 587
Housing Units (2000): 290
Land area (2000): 0.753837 sq. miles (1.952428 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.753837 sq. miles (1.952428 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31292
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 35.203112 N, 101.106710 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79039
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Groom, TX
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Groom (v.) [ T ] (Clean) 擦洗，刷洗（動物）To clean an animal, often by brushing its fur.
// Polly spends hours in the stables grooming her pony.
Groom (v.) [ T ] (Prepare) 培養；培訓；使做好準備 To prepare someone for a special job or activity.
// She was being groomed for leadership.
// [ + to infinitive ] My boss is grooming me to take over his job next year.
Groom (v.) [ T ] (Sex) （尤指透過網際網路）勾引，誘騙，誘姦（兒童） To become friends with a child, especially over the internet, with the intention of committing a sexual offence.
Groom (n.) [ C ] (Man) (B1) 新郎；即將（或剛）結婚的男子 A bridegroom.
// The bride and groom walked down the aisle together.
Groom (n.) [ C ] (Horses) 馬夫 A person whose job is to take care of and clean horses.
Groomer (n.) One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses.
Groomsmen (n. pl. ) of Groomsman.
Groomsman (n.) 男儐相 A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the chief attendant is also called the best man; -- the correlative of bridesmaid.
Groomsman (n.) A male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding.
Grooper (n.) (Zool.) See Grouper.
Groove (n.) A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.
Groove (n.) Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.
The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove. -- J. Morley.
Groove (n.) [See Grove.] (Mining) A shaft or excavation. [Prov. Eng.]
Grooved (imp. & p. p.) of Groove.
Groving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groove.
Groove (v. t.) 在……上開出溝（或槽等）；用溝（或槽等）連接；使陷入常規 [（+into/ in/ down）] [H] To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
Groove (n.) 溝；槽；（車）轍；（唱片）紋（道）； 常規；習慣；老一套 A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) [syn: groove, channel].
Groove (n.) A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: rut, groove].
Groove (n.) (Anatomy) Any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part [syn: groove, vallecula].
Groove (v.) (v. i.) 被槽連接；被配上槽；形成溝槽；陷入常規 [（+into/ in/ down）] Make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl record".
Groove (v.) Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow, rut, groove].
Groover (n.) 切槽裝置；挖槽機 One who or that which grooves.
Groover (n.) A miner. [Prov.
Eng.] -- Holloway.
Groover (n.) A device that makes grooves by cutting or
punching
Grooving (n.) The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.
Grooving (n.) The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm [syn: grooving, rifling].
Groped (imp. & p. p.) of Grope.
Groping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grope
Grope (v. i.) 觸摸；暗中摸 [Q] [（+for）]；探索，探求 [（+for/ after）] To feel with or use the hands; to handle. [Obs.]
Grope (v. i.) To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
We grope for the wall like the blind. -- Is. lix. 10.
To grope a little longer among the miseries and sensualities ot a worldly life. -- Buckminster.
Grope (v. t.) 摸索（路等）[O]；【口】（調情時）撫摸……的身體 To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.
Grope (v. t.) To examine; to
test; to sound. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe. -- Genevan Test. (Acts xxiv. ).
Grope (n.) 觸摸；探索 [C] The act of groping; and instance of groping.
Grope (v.) Feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" [syn: grope, fumble].
Grope (v.) Search blindly or uncertainly; "His mind groped to make the connection".
Grope (v.) Fondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly".
Groper (n.) One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling.
Grouper (n.) (Zool.) (a) 石斑魚；鰭科魚（一種生活在溫暖海域的鱸魚科海魚） One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranid[ae], as the red grouper, or brown snapper ({Epinephelus morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({Epinephelus nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
Grouper (n.) (Zool.) (b) The tripletail ({Lobotes).
Grouper (n.) (Zool.) (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also groper, gruper, and trooper.]
Groping-ly (adv.) In a groping manner.
Gros (n.) A heavy silk with a dull finish; as, gros de Naples; gros de Tours.
Grosbeak (n.) (Zool.) 【鳥】蠟嘴鳥；松雀 One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.
Note: Among the best known American species are the rose-breasted ({Habia Ludoviciana); the blue ({Guiraca c[oe]rulea); the pine ({Pinicola enucleator}); and the evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and Cardinal grosbeak, Evening grosbeak, under Cardinal and Evening. [Written also grossbeak.]
Grosbeak (n.) Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill [syn: grosbeak, grossbeak].
Groschen (n.) [G.] 德國的古銀幣 A small silver coin and money of account of Germany, worth about two cents. It was discontinued in the new monetary system of the empire and not subsequeently used.
Groschen (n.) 格羅申（奧地利的貨幣單位） 100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria.
Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Grosgrain (n.) 羅緞；羅緞緞帶 A silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs.
Gross (a.) 總的；毛的 [Z] [B]； 顯著的，十足的；嚴重的；惡劣的 [B]； 粗俗的；下流的 Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large. "A gross fat man." -- Shak.
A gross body of horse under the Duke. -- Milton.
Gross (a.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
Gross (a.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear. -- Milton.
Gross (a.) Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next. -- Macaulay.
Gross (a.) Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a gross remark.
Gross (a.) Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
Gross (a.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
Gross (a.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to {net}.
{Gross adventure} (Law), The loan of money upon bottomry, i. e., on a mortgage of a ship.
{Gross average} (Law), That kind of average which falls upon the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; -- commonly called {general average}. -- Bouvier. -- Burrill.
{Gross receipts}, The total of the receipts, before they are diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; -- distinguished from net profits. -- Abbott.
{Gross weight}, The total weight of merchandise or goods, without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; -- distinguished from {neat weight}, or {net weight}.
Gross (n.) 總額，總量 [the S]；籮（計算單位，等於12打或144個）[C] The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. "The gross of the enemy." -- Addison.
For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle. -- Burke.