Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
gibe |
verb i. |
To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff., To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock., An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer. |
gift |
verb t. |
Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering., The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President., A bribe; anything given to corrupt., Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking., A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession., To endow with some power or faculty. |
gide |
noun |
Alt. of Guide |
gilt |
|
of Gild, A female pig, when young., imp. & p. p. of Gild., Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow., Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding., Money. |
gild |
verb t. |
To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold., To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten., To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie., To make red with drinking. |
gile |
noun |
Guile. |
gill |
noun |
An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia., The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom., The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle., The flesh under or about the chin., One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments., A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber., A leech., A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream., A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint., A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl., The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); — called also gill over the ground, and other like names., Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy. |
gimp |
adjective |
Smart; spruce; trim; nice., A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; — used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc., To notch; to indent; to jag. |
ging |
noun |
Same as Gang, n., 2. |
ginn |
plural |
of Ginnee |
gird |
noun |
A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang., A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer., To strike; to smite., To sneer at; to mock; to gibe., To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms., To encircle or bind with any flexible band., To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc., To surround; to encircle, or encompass., To clothe; to swathe; to invest., To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one’s self for a contest. |
girt |
imp. & past participle |
of Gird, imp. & p. p. of Gird., To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree., Bound by a cable; — used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide., Same as Girth. |
gire |
noun |
See Gyre. |
girl |
noun |
A young person of either sex; a child., A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden., A female servant; a maidservant., A roebuck two years old. |
girn |
noun |
To grin. |
gise |
verb t. |
To feed or pasture., Guise; manner. |
gist |
noun |
A resting place., The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question. |
gite |
noun |
A gown. |
gith |
noun |
The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower. |
give |
noun |
To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow., To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy., To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks., To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc., To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission., To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship., To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one’s self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study., To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; — used principally in the passive form given., To allow or admit by way of supposition., To attribute; to assign; to adjudge., To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain., To pledge; as, to give one’s word., To cause; to make; — with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc., To give a gift or gifts., To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet., To become soft or moist., To move; to recede., To shed tears; to weep., To have a misgiving., To open; to lead. |