| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| groan | verb i. | To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan., To strive after earnestly, as with groans., To affect by groans., 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. |
| groat | noun | An old English silver coin, equal to four pence., Any small sum of money. |
| groin | noun | The snout of a swine., To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur., The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen., The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit., The surface formed by two such vaults., A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle., To fashion into groins; to build with groins. |
| grond | obs. imp. of Grind. | |
| groom | noun | A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable., 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., A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom., To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse. |
| grope | verb i. | To feel with or use the hands; to handle., 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., To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight., To examine; to test; to sound. |
| gross | superl. | Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large., Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate., Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless., Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure., Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium., Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence., Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; — opposed to net., The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass., The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens. |
| grote | noun | A groat. |
| group | noun | 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., An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation, or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as, groups of strata., 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., 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., 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. |
| grout | noun | Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats., Formerly, a kind of beer or ale., Lees; dregs; grounds., 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., To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones. |
| grove | verb | 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. |
| grovy | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, or frequenting, groves. |
| grown | past participle | of Grow, p. p. of Grow. |
| growl | verb i. | To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound., To express by growling., The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound. |