| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| grabbed | imp. & past participle | of Grab |
| grabber | noun | One who seizes or grabs. |
| grabble | verb i. | To grope; to feel with the hands., To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. |
| gracing | present participle & vb. noun | of Grace |
| gracile | adjective | Alt. of Gracillent |
| grackle | noun | One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow., An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna. |
| gradate | verb t. | To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize., To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as, to gradate a saline solution. |
| grading | present participle & vb. noun | of Grade, The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade. |
| gradely | adjective | Decent; orderly., Decently; in order. |
| gradine | noun | Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another., A toothed chised by sculptors. |
| gradino | noun | A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin. |
| gradual | noun | Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline., An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps., A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass., A series of steps. |
| graffer | noun | a notary or scrivener. |
| grafted | imp. & past participle | of Graft |
| grafter | noun | One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting., An instrument by which grafting is facilitated., The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree. |
| graille | noun | A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, — used by comb makers. |
| grained | imp. & past participle | of Grain, Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough., Dyed in grain; ingrained., Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc., Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers. |
| grainer | noun | An infusion of pigeon’s dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; — called also grains and bate., A knife for taking the hair off skins., One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining. |
| grallae | noun pl. | An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; — called also Grallatores. |
| grallic | adjective | Pertaining to the Grallae. |
| grammar | noun | The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing., The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar., A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing., treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography., To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. |
| grampus | noun | A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii., A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. |
| granade | noun | Alt. of Granado |
| granado | noun | See Grenade. |
| granary | noun | A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain. |
| granate | noun | See Garnet. |
| grandam | noun | An old woman; specifically, a grandmother. |
| grandee | noun | A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king’s presence. |
| grandly | adverb | In a grand manner. |
| grandma | noun | Alt. of Grandmamma |
| grandpa | noun | Alt. of Grandpapa |
| granger | noun | A farm steward., A member of a grange. |
| granite | noun | A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure. |
| grannam | noun | A grandam. |
| granted | imp. & past participle | of Grant |
| grantee | noun | The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made. |
| granter | noun | One who grants. |
| grantor | noun | The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made. |
| granule | noun | A little grain a small particle; a pellet. |
| grapery | noun | A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes. |
| graphic | adjective | Alt. of Graphical |
| grapnel | noun | A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; — written also grapline, and crapnel. |
| grapple | verb t. | To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist., To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly., To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one’s self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another., A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler’s hold., An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab., A grappling iron. |
| grasper | imp. & past participle | of Grasp |
| graaper | noun | One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds. |
| grassed | imp. & past participle | of Grass |
| grating | present participle &. vb. noun | of Grate, A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent., A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; — called also diffraction grating., The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats., That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh., A harsh sound caused by attrition. |
| gratify | verb t. | To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc., To requite; to recompense. |
| graving | present participle & vb. noun | of Grave, The act of cleaning a ship’s bottom., The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio., That which is graved or carved., Impression, as upon the mind or heart. |
| gravely | adverb | In a grave manner. |
| gravery | noun | The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving. |
| gravity | adjective | The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead., Sobriety of character or demeanor., Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense., The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation., Lowness of tone; — opposed to acuteness. |
| gravies | plural | of Gravy |
| grayfly | noun | The trumpet fly. |
| grayish | adjective | Somewhat gray. |
| graylag | noun | The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose. |
| grazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Graze, The act of one who, or that which, grazes., A pasture; growing grass. |
| grazier | noun | One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market. |
| greased | imp. & past participle | of Grease |
| greaser | noun | One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc., A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type. |
| greaten | verb t. | To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand., To become large; to dilate. |
| greatly | adverb | In a great degree; much., Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously. |
| greaved | imp. & past participle | of Greave |
| greaves | noun pl. | The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs’ food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. |
| grecian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek., A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek., A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist., One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history. |
| grecism | noun | An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism. |
| grecize | verb t. | To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized., To translate into Greek., Alt. of Grecianize |
| grecque | noun | An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander. |
| greened | imp. & past participle | of Green |
| greenly | adverb | With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely., Of a green color. |
| greenth | noun | The state or quality of being green; verdure. |
| greeted | imp. & past participle | of Greet |
| greeter | noun | One who greets or salutes another., One who weeps or mourns. |
| greggoe | noun | Alt. of Grego |
| greisen | noun | A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony. |
| gremial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom., A bosom friend., A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop’s lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests. |
| grenade | noun | A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies. |
| grenado | noun | Same as Grenade. |
| greylag | noun | See Graylag. |
| gribble | noun | 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. |
| griddle | noun | An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes., A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners. |
| griding | present participle & vb. noun | of Gride |
| grieved | imp. & past participle | of Grieve |
| griever | noun | One who, or that which, grieves. |
| griffin | noun | An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe., Alt. of Griffon |
| griffon | noun | A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art., A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge., 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., An English early apple. |
| grilled | imp. & past participle | of Grill |
| grimace | noun | A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face., To make grimaces; to distort one’s face; to make faces. |
| grimily | adverb | In a grimy manner. |
| grimsir | noun | A stern man. |
| grinned | imp. & past participle | of Grin |
| grinded | past participle | Ground. |
| grinder | noun | One who, or that which, grinds., One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar., The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; — called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes. |
| grindle | noun | The bowfin; — called also Johnny Grindle. |
| grinner | noun | One who grins. |
| griping | present participle & vb. noun | of Gripe |
| gripper | noun | One who, or that which, grips or seizes., In printing presses, the fingers or nippers. |
| gripple | noun | A grasp; a gripe., Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious. |
| griskin | noun | The spine of a hog. |
| grisled | adjective | See Grizzled. |
| grisons | noun pl. | Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps., The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons. |
| gristle | noun | Cartilage. See Cartilage. |
| gristly | adjective | Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous. |
| gritted | imp. & past participle | of Grit |
| grizzle | noun | Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. |
| grizzly | adjective | Somewhat gray; grizzled., A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a., In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. |
| groaned | imp. & past participle | of Groan |
| grocery | noun | The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; — in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense., A retail grocer’s shop or store. |
| grogram | noun | Alt. of Grogran |
| grogran | noun | A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk. |
| groined | imp. & past participle | of Groin, Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault. |
| gromill | noun | See Gromwell. |
| grommet | noun | 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., A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place. |
| groomed | imp. & past participle | of Groom |
| groomer | noun | One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses. |
| grooper | noun | See Grouper. |
| grooved | imp. & past participle | of Groove |
| groving | present participle & vb. noun | of Groove |
| groover | noun | One who or that which grooves., A miner. |
| groping | present participle & vb. noun | of Grope |
| grossly | adverb | In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully. |
| grouped | imp. & past participle | of Group |
| grouper | noun | 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., The tripletail (Lobotes)., In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. |
| grouser | noun | A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage. |
| grouted | imp. & past participle | of Grout |
| growing | present participle & vb. noun | of Grow |
| growled | imp. & past participle | of Growl |
| growler | noun | One who growls., The large-mouthed black bass., A four-wheeled cab. |
| grubbed | imp. & past participle | of Grub |
| grubber | noun | One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc. |
| grubbla | verb t. & i. | To feel or grope in the dark. |
| grucche | verb i. | To murmur; to grumble. |
| grudger | imp. & past participle | of Grudge |
| gruelly | adjective | Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel. |
| grumble | verb i. | To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner., To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey., To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles., To express or utter with grumbling., The noise of one that grumbles., A grumbling, discontented disposition. |
| grumbly | adverb | In a grum manner. |
| grumose | adjective | Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous. |
| grumous | adjective | Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood., See Grumose. |
| grundel | noun | A groundling (fish). |
| grunted | imp. & past participle | of Grunt |
| grunter | noun | One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog., One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2., A hook used in lifting a crucible. |
| gruntle | verb i. | To grunt; to grunt repeatedly. |
| gryllus | noun | A genus of insects including the common crickets. |
| gryphon | noun | The griffin vulture. |
| grysbok | noun | A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn. |