Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 47
Gross (n. sing. & pl.) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
{Advowson in gross} (Law), An advowson belonging to a person, and not to a manor.
{A great gross}, Twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four dozen.
{By the gross}, By the quantity; at wholesale.
{Common in gross}. (Law) See under {Common}, n.
{In the gross}, {In gross}, In the bulk, or the undivided whole; all parts taken together.
Gross (a.) Before any deductions; "gross income" [ant: {net}, {nett}].
Gross (a.) Lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable".
Gross (a.) Repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: {gross}, {porcine}].
Gross (a.) Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) [syn: {megascopic}, {gross}].
Gross (a.) Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)}, {consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)}, {perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)}, {thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}, {unadulterated}].
Gross (a.) Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: {crude}, {earthy}, {gross}, {vulgar}].
Gross (a.) Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: {crying(a)}, {egregious}, {flagrant}, {glaring}, {gross}, {rank}].
Gross (n.) Twelve dozen [syn: {gross}, {144}].
Gross (n.) The entire amount of income before any deductions are made [syn: {gross}, {revenue}, {receipts}].
Gross (v.) Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
Gross (n.) Absolute; entire, not depending on another. Vide Common.
Gross, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 5
Housing Units (2000): 1
Land area (2000): 0.130441 sq. miles (0.337841 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.130441 sq. miles (0.337841 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20295
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.946756 N, 98.569233 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Grosbeak (n.) (Zool.) 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.]
Grossbeak (n.) (Zool.) See Grosbeak.
Grossbeak (n.) Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill [syn: grosbeak, grossbeak].
Gross-headed (a.) Thick-skulled; stupid.
Grossification (n.) The act of mak or Top-grossing (a.) [Commerce] 創票房最高紀錄的；高票房；票房之冠ing gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.
Grossification (n.) (Bot.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.
Compare: Fertilization
Fertilization (n.) (British Fertilisation) [Mass noun] 肥沃；施肥；【生】受精（作用） The action or process of fertilizing an egg or a female animal or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.
Fertilization (n.) (British Fertilisation) [Mass noun] The action or process of applying a fertilizer to soil or land.
Compare: Highest-grossing
Highest-grossing (a.) or Top-grossing (a.) [Commerce] 創票房最高紀錄的；高票房；票房之冠 Used to describe a product or service, especially a film, that earns more money than any other.
// It is this year's top-grossing film.
// London's top-grossing restaurant.
Grossly (adv.) 非常；下流地；大略 In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.
Grossly (adv.) In a gross manner.
Grossness (n.) [U] 粗野，下流；嚴重；粗壯；濃厚；肥胖 The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.
Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy. -- Dr. T. Dwight.
Grossness (n.) The quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch].
Grossular (a.) 鈣鋁榴石 Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet.
Grossular (a.) (Min.) A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; -- called also grossularite.
Compare: Garnet
Garnet (n.) 石榴石（深紅色寶石）[U] [C]；深紅色 [U] A precious stone consisting of a deep red vitreous silicate mineral.
[As modifier] ‘A garnet ring.’
Garnet (n.) [Mineralogy] [Mass noun] Any of a class of silicate minerals including this, which belong to the cubic system and have the general chemical formula A₃B₂(SiO₄)₃ (A and B being respectively divalent and trivalent metals).
Grossularia (n.) (Min.) Same as Grossular.
Grossulin (n.) (Chem.) A vegetable jelly, resembling pectin, found in gooseberries ({Ribes Grossularia) and other fruits.
Grot (n.) A grotto. [Poetic] -- Milton. Grot
Grot (n.) Alt. of Grote
Grote (n.) A groat. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Grotesque (a.) Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike.
Grotesque (a.) Hence; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." -- Dryden. "Grotesque incidents." -- Macaulay.
Grotesque (n.) A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. -- Dryden.
Grotesque (n.) Artificial grotto-work.
Grotesque (a.) 怪誕的，荒謬的；奇形怪狀的；醜陋的 Strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way.
// By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque.
// Gothic churches are full of devils and grotesque figures.
Grotesque (n.) [ C ] 表現怪誕主題的油畫或藝術品 A painting or other artistic work with an image of a person that is ugly or unpleasant as its subject.
// Spencer's grotesques are his best works.
Grotesquely (adv.) In a grotesque manner.
Grotesqueness (n.) Quality of being grotesque.
Grottoes (n. pl. ) of Grotto
Grotto (n.) [C] 洞穴，石室；（洞穴般的）避暑洞室 A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.
Grotto (n.) A small cave (usually with attractive features) [syn: {grotto}, {grot}].
Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. -- Cowper.
Ground (n.) The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.
There was not a man to till the ground. -- Gen. ii. 5.
The fire ran along upon the ground. -- Ex. ix. 23.
Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth.
Ground (n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground. -- Milton.
Ground (n.) Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.
Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds. -- Dryden. 4.
Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.
Ground (n.) (Paint. & Decorative Art) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground. See Background, Foreground, and Middle-ground.
Ground (n.) (Paint. & Decorative Art) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
Ground (n.) (Paint. & Decorative Art) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
Ground (n.) (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
Ground (n.) (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.
Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
Ground (n.) (Mus.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
Ground (n.) (Mus.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song. -- Moore (Encyc.).
On that ground I'll build a holy descant. -- Shak.
Ground (n.) (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
Ground (n.) pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
Ground (n.) The pit of a theater. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Ground angling, Angling with a weighted line without a float.
Ground annual (Scots Law), An estate created in land by a vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge upon the land.
Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed.
Ground bailiff (Mining), A superintendent of mines. -- Simmonds.
Ground bait, Bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc., thrown into the water to collect the fish, -- Wallon.
Ground bass or Ground base (Mus.), Fundamental base; a fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.
Ground beetle (Zool.), One of numerous species of carnivorous beetles of the family Carabid[ae], living mostly in burrows or under stones, etc.
Ground chamber, A room on the ground floor.
Ground cherry. (Bot.) A genus ({Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry tomato ({Physalis Alkekengi). See Alkekengl.
Ground cherry. (Bot.) A European shrub ({Prunus Cham[ae]cerasus), with small, very acid fruit.
Ground cuckoo. (Zool.) See Chaparral cock.
Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton.
Ground dove (Zool.), One of several small American pigeons of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on the ground.
Ground fish (Zool.), Any fish which constantly lives on the botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut.
Ground floor, The floor of a house most nearly on a level with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in England, the first floor.
Ground form (Gram.), The stem or basis of a word, to which the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root.
Ground furze (Bot.), A low slightly thorny, leguminous shrub ({Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; -- called also rest-harrow.
Ground game, Hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from winged game.
Ground hele (Bot.), A perennial herb ({Veronica officinalis) with small blue flowers, common in Europe and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
Ground of the heavens (Astron.), The surface of any part of the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded as projected.
Ground+hemlock+(Bot.),+The+yew+({Taxus+baccata">Ground hemlock (Bot.), the yew ({Taxus baccata var. Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
Ground hog. (Zool.) The woodchuck or American marmot ({Arctomys monax). See Woodchuck.
Ground hog. (Zool.) The aardvark.
Ground hold (Naut.), Ground tackle. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Ground ice, Ice formed at the bottom of a body of water before it forms on the surface.
Ground ivy. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See Gill.
Ground joist, A joist for a basement or ground floor; a. sleeper.
Ground lark (Zool.), The European pipit. See Pipit.
Ground laurel (Bot.). See Trailing arbutus, under Arbutus.
Ground line (Descriptive Geom.), The line of intersection of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
Ground liverwort (Bot.), A flowerless plant with a broad flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and radiated receptacles ({Marchantia polymorpha).
Ground mail, In Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a churchyard.
Ground mass (Geol.), The fine-grained or glassy base of a rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are embedded.
Ground parrakeet (Zool.), One of several Australian parrakeets, of the genera Callipsittacus and Geopsittacus, which live mainly upon the ground.
Ground pearl (Zool.), An insect of the family Coccid[ae] ({Margarodes formicarum), found in ants' nests in the Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives.
Ground pig (Zool.), A large, burrowing, African rodent ({Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no spines; -- called also ground rat.
Ground pigeon (Zool.), One of numerous species of pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed pigeon ({Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura, and Ground dove (above).
Ground pine. (Bot.) (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga ({A. Cham[ae]pitys), formerly included in the genus Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous smell. -- Sir J. Hill.
Ground pine. (Bot.) (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium+({L.+clavatum">Lycopodium ({L. clavatum); -- called also club moss.
Ground pine. (Bot.) (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in height, of the same genus ({L. dendroideum) found in moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United States. -- Gray.
Ground plan (Arch.), A plan of the ground floor of any building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an elevation or perpendicular section.
Ground plane, The horizontal plane of projection in perspective drawing.
Ground plate. (a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or groundsel.
Ground plate. (b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a mudsill.
Ground plate. (c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities. -- Knight.
Ground plot, The ground upon which any structure is erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground plan.
Ground plum (Bot.), A leguminous plant ({Astragalus caryocarpus) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas, and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
Ground rat. (Zool.) See Ground pig (above).
Ground rent, Rent paid for the privilege of building on another man's land.
Ground robin. (Zool.) See Chewink.
Ground room, A room on the ground floor; a lower room. -- Tatler.
Ground sea, The West Indian name for a swell of the ocean, which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause, breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called also rollers, and in Jamaica, the North sea.
Ground sill. See Ground plate (a) (above).
Ground snake (Zool.), A small burrowing American snake ({Celuta am[oe]na). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt tail.
Ground squirrel. (Zool.) (a.) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher.
Ground squirrel. (Zool.) (b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied to Tamias.
Ground story. Same as Ground floor (above).
Ground substance (Anat.), The intercellular substance, or matrix, of tissues.
Ground swell. (a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Ground swell. (b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean, caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a remote distance after the gale has ceased.
Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Ground tackle (Naut.), The tackle necessary to secure a vessel at anchor. -- Totten.
Ground thrush (Zool.), One of numerous species of bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittid[ae]. See Pitta.
Ground tier. (a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold. -- Totten.
Ground tier. (b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a vessel's hold.
Ground tier. (c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
Ground timbers (Shipbuilding) The timbers which lie on the keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers. -- Knight.
Ground tit. (Zool.) See Ground wren (below).
Ground wheel, That wheel of a harvester, mowing machine, etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
Ground wren (Zool.), A small California bird ({Cham[ae]a fasciata) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits the arid plains. Called also ground tit, and wren tit.
To bite the ground, To break ground. See under Bite, Break.
To come to the ground, To fall to the ground, To come to nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
To gain ground. (a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an army in battle gains ground.
To gain ground. (b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the army gains ground on the enemy.
To gain ground. (c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or influential.
To get ground, or To gather ground, To gain ground. [R.] "Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." -- Milton.
There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground of them, but by bidding higher. -- South.
To give ground, To recede; to yield advantage.
These nine . . . began to give me ground. -- Shak.
To lose ground, To retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit or reputation; to decline.
To stand one's ground, To stand firm; to resist attack or encroachment. -- Atterbury.
To take the ground To touch bottom or become stranded; -- said of a ship.
Grounded (imp. & p. p.) of Ground
Grounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ground
Ground (v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground.
Ground (v. t.) To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
Being rooted and grounded in love. -- Eph. iii. 17.
So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation. -- Sir W. Hamilton
Ground (v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles.
Ground (v. t.) (Elec.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.
Ground (v. t.) (Fine Arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
Ground (v. t.) To forbid (a pilot) to fly an airplane; -- usually as a disciplinary measure, or for reasons of ill health sufficient to interfere with performance.
Ground (v. t.) To forbid (aircraft) to fly; -- usually due to the unsafe condition of the aircraft or lack of conformity to safety regulations; as, the discovery of a crack in the wing of a Trijet caused the whole fleeet to be grounded for inspection.
Ground (v. t.) To temporarily restrict the activities of (a child), especially social activity outside the house; -- usually for bad or unsatisfactory conduct; as, Johnny was grounded for fighting at school and can't go to the movies for two weeks.
Ground (v. i.) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.
Ground () imp. & p. p. of Grind.
Ground cock, A cock, the plug of which is ground into its seat, as distinguished from a compression cock. -- Knight.
Ground glass, Glass the transparency of which has been destroyed by having its surface roughened by grinding.
Ground joint, A close joint made by grinding together two pieces, as of metal with emery and oil, or of glass with fine sand and water.
Ground (n.) The solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" [syn: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma].
Ground (n.) A rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration" [syn: reason, ground].
Ground (n.) The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church" [syn: earth, ground].
Ground (n.) A relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis" [syn: footing, basis, ground].
Ground (n.) A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground".
Ground (n.) The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" [syn: background, ground].
Ground (n.) Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil" [syn: land, ground, soil].
Ground (n.) A relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused [ant: figure].
Ground (n.) A connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) [syn: ground, earth].
Ground (n.) (Art) The surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting.
Ground (n.) The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat].
Ground (v.) Fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete" [syn: anchor, ground].
Ground (v.) Confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot".
Ground (v.) Place or put on the ground.
Ground (v.) Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject.
Ground (v.) Bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" [syn: ground, strand, run aground].
Ground (v.) Hit or reach the ground [syn: ground, run aground].
Ground (v.) Throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
Ground (v.) Hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman".
Ground (v.) Hit onto the ground.
Ground (v.) Cover with a primer; apply a primer to [syn: prime, ground, undercoat].
Ground (v.) Connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons".
Ground (v.) Use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found].
Groundage (n.) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port. -- Bouvier.
Groundage (mar. law.) The consideration paid for standing a ship in a port. Jacobs, Dict. h. t., Vide Demurrage.
Groundedly (adv.) In a grounded or firmly established manner. -- Glanvill.
Grounden () Obs. p. p. of Grind. -- Chaucer.
Grounding (n.) The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation.
Grounding (n.) Hence, [Nominalized form of ground [3], v. t.] Elementary instruction; instruction in the basic concepts of a topic or skill.
Grounding (n.) The act or process of applying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; a basis.
Grounding (n.) Education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: foundation, grounding].
Grounding (n.) Fastening electrical equipment to earth [syn: grounding, earthing].
Groundless (a.) Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n.
Groundless (a.) Without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild].
Groundling (n.) (Zool.) A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water, as the loach.
Groundling (n.) A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches.
No comic buffoon to make the groundlings laugh. -- Coleridge.
Groundling (n.) In Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section.
Groundly (adv.) Solidly; deeply; thoroughly. [Obs.]
Those
whom princes do once groundly hate, Let them provide to die as sure us fate.
-- Marston.
Groundnut (n.) (Bot.) The fruit of the Arachis hypogaea (native
country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.
Groundnut (n.) (Bot.) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste.
Groundnut (n.) (Bot.) The dwarf ginseng ({Aralia trifolia). [U. S.] -- Gray. Bunium+({B.+flexuosum">(d) A European plant of the genus Bunium ({B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut.
Compare: Peanut
Peanut (n.) (Bot.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant ({Arachis hypog[ae]a); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.
Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the soil. Called also earthnut, groundnut, and goober.
Groundnut (n.) A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans [syn: groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa].
Groundnut (n.) Nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans [syn: groundnut, potato bean, wild bean].
Groundnut (n.) Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms [syn: peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut].
Groundnut (n.) A European plant of the genus {Bunium} ({B. flexuosum}), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also {earthnut}, {earth chestnut}, {hawknut}, and {pignut}.
Groundsel (v.) An annual composite plant ({Senecio vulgaris), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.
Groundsel (n.) Alt. of Groundsill.
Groundsill (n.) See Ground plate (a), under Ground.
Groundsel (n.) Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers [syn: groundsel, Senecio vulgaris].
Groundwork (n.) That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle ; as, development of a convenient DNA sequencing technique layed the groundwork for many of the subsequent advances in molecular genetics. -- Dryden.
Groundwork (n.) The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone].
Groundwork (n.) Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure].
Groundwork (n.) Preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago".
Group (n.) A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of isles.
Group (n.) An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation, or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as, groups of strata.
Group (n.) (Biol.) A variously limited assemblage of animals or plants, having some resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. The term has different uses, and may be made to include certain species of a genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera, or even several orders.
Group (n.) (Mus.) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
Grouped (imp. & p. p.) of Group
Grouping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Group
Group (v. t.) To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to form an assemblage of.
The difficulty lies in drawing and disposing, or, as the painters term it, in grouping such a multitude of different objects. -- Prior.
Grouped columns (Arch.), Three or more columns placed upon the same pedestal.
Compare: Residue
Residue (n.) That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. -- Jer. xv. 9.
If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. -- I. Taylor.
Residue (n.) (Law) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.
Residue (n.) (Chem.) That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; a moiety or group; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.
Note:
The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term
residue and moiety being applied to the others.
Residue (n.) (Theory of Numbers) Any positive or negative number
that differs
from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the
modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are
residues.
Syn: Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics.
Group (n.) Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit [syn: group, grouping]
Group (n.) (Chemistry) Two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule [syn: group, radical, chemical group].
Group (n.) A set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse [syn: group, mathematical group].
Group (v.) Arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"
Group (v.) Form a group or group together [syn: group, aggroup]
Grouper (n.) (Zool.) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (E. nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
Grouper (n.) (Zool.) The tripletail ({Lobotes).
Grouper (n.) (Zool.) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also groper, gruper, and
trooper.]
Compare: Triple-tail
Triple-tail (n.) (Zool.) An edible fish ({Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail.
It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.
Grouper (n.) Flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass.
Grouper (n.) Usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas.
Grouping (n.) The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design.
Grouping (n.) Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit [syn: group, grouping].
Grouping (n.) The activity of putting things together in groups.
Grouping (n.) A system for classifying things into groups [syn: grouping, pigeonholing].
Grouse (n. sing. & pl.) (Zool.) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet.
Note: Among the European species are the red grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus) and the hazel grouse ({Bonasa betulina}).
See Capercaidzie, Ptarmigan, and Heath grouse.
Among the most important American species are the ruffed grouse, or New England partridge ({Bonasa umbellus); the sharp-tailed grouse ({Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine grouse ({Dendragapus obscurus) of the Rocky Mountains; the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge ({D. Canadensis). See also Prairie hen, and Sage cock.
The Old World sand grouse ({Pterocles, etc.) belong to a very different family. See Pterocletes, and Sand grouse.
Grouse (v. i.) To seek or shoot grouse.
Grouse (v. i.) To complain or grumble ; as, employees grousing about their incompetent boss. [informal]
Grouse (n.) Flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil.
Grouse (n.) Popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet.
Grouse (v.) Hunt grouse.
Grouse (v.) Complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler].
Grouser (n.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage.
Grout (n.) Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats.
Grout (n.) Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.]
Grout (n.) pl. Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] "Grouts of tea." -- Dickens.
Grout (n.) A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings. -- Gwilt.
Grouted (imp. & p. p.) of Grout
Grouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grout
Grout (v. t.) To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.
Grout (n.) A thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork.
Grout (v.) Bind with grout; "grout the bathtub".
Grouthead (n.) [Obs.] See Growthead.
Grouting (n.) The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in. -- Gwilt.
Groutnol (n.) [Obs.] Same as Growthead. -- Beau. & Fl.
Grouty (a.) Cross; sulky; sullen. [Colloq.]
Grove (n.) A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.
Note: The Hebrew word Asherah, rendered grove in the Authorized Version of the Bible, is left untranslated in the Revised Version. Almost all modern interpreters agree that by Asherah an idol or image of some kind is intended.
Grove (n.) A small growth of trees without underbrush.
Grove (n.) Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth [syn: grove, woodlet, orchard, plantation].
Grove, () Heb. 'asherah, properly a wooden image, or a pillar representing Ashtoreth, a sensual Canaanitish goddess, probably usually set up in a grove (2 Kings 21:7; 23:4). In the Revised Version the word "Asherah" (q.v.) is introduced as a proper noun, the name of the wooden symbol of a goddess, with the plurals Asherim (Ex. 34:13) and Asheroth (Judg. 3:13).
The LXX. have rendered _asherah_ in 2 Chr. 15:16 by "Astarte." The Vulgate has done this also in Judg. 3:7.
Grove, () Heb. 'eshel (Gen. 21:33). In 1 Sam. 22:6 and 31:13 the Authorized Version renders this word by "tree." In all these passages the Revised Version renders by "tamarisk tree." It has been identified with the Tamariscus orientalis, five species of which are found in Palestine.
Grove, () The Heb. word 'elon, uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "plain," properly signifies a grove or plantation. In the Revised Version it is rendered, pl., "oaks" (Gen. 13:18; 14:13; 18:1; 12:6; Deut. 11:30; Josh. 19:33). In the earliest times groves are mentioned in connection with religious worship.
The heathen consecrated groves to particular gods, and for this reason they were forbidden to the Jews (Jer. 17:3; Ezek. 20:28).
Grove, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 5131
Housing Units (2000): 2807
Land area (2000): 9.014379 sq. miles (23.347133 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.054273 sq. miles (0.140566 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.068652 sq. miles (23.487699 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31600
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.588611 N, 94.783110 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 74344
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grove, OK
Grove
Groveled (imp. & p. p.) of Grovel
Grovelled () of Grovel
Groveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grovel
Grovelling () of Grovel
Grovel (v. i.) To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl.
To creep and grovel on the ground. -- Dryden.
Grovel (v. i.) To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
Grovel (v.) Show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel].
Grovel (v. i.) To work interminably and without apparent progress. Often used transitively with `over' or `through'. "The file scavenger has been groveling through the /usr directories for 10 minutes now." Compare grind and crunch. Emphatic form: `grovel obscenely'.
Grovel (v. i.) To examine minutely or in complete detail. "The compiler grovels over the entire source program before beginning to translate it." "I grovelled through all the documentation, but I still couldn't find the command I wanted." -- The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.
Groveler (n.) One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also -- groveller.] Groveling
Groveler (n.) Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler].
Groveling (.) Lying prone; low; debased ; submissive in a self-abasing manner. "A groveling creature." -- Cowper.
Syn: cringing, wormlike, wormy.
Groveling (a.) Totally submissive [syn: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy].
Grovy (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, or frequenting, groves. -- Dampier.
Grew (imp.) of Grow
Grown (p. p.) of Grow