--- title: G — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 24 description: The 650 words of the English dictionary under G, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/24/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / G # G — The English dictionary · page 24 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* pleasing, giving satisfaction or happiness.[↗](../../gratifying/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Listen to them; it is very gratifying.[↗](../../gratifying/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is most gratifying to find oneself popular.[↗](../../gratifying/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A gratifying prize for a good deed.[↗](../../gratifying/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gratis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal or informal) Free of charge; without having to pay.[↗](../../gratis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum lets children in gratis.[↗](../../gratis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Buy one cake and get another gratis.[↗](../../gratis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He fixed my bike gratis because we are friends.[↗](../../gratis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Programs that are free to use are sometimes called gratis software.[↗](../../gratis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The drinks at the party were gratis.[↗](../../gratis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can have this old toy gratis.[↗](../../gratis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The students, even those who had board and lodging gratis, left the city.[↗](../../gratis/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gratitude** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The feeling of being thankful and wanting to show thanks for something good someone did or gave.[↗](../../gratitude/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She smiled with gratitude when we helped her.[↗](../../gratitude/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote letters of gratitude to the nurses.[↗](../../gratitude/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every night I write three things in my gratitude journal.[↗](../../gratitude/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He showed his gratitude by baking us a cake.[↗](../../gratitude/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of gratitude, the king gave the boy a reward.[↗](../../gratitude/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gratitude can make you feel happier.[↗](../../gratitude/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the man was full of gratitude.[↗](../../gratitude/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gratuitously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without a good reason, in a way that is unnecessary and often unkind or shocking: gratuitously rude.[↗](../../gratuitously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, old) Free of charge, without payment.[↗](../../gratuitously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The villain was gratuitously cruel to the animals.[↗](../../gratuitously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The review said the film was gratuitously violent.[↗](../../gratuitously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was gratuitously rude to the waiter for no reason.[↗](../../gratuitously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't use gratuitously long words in your essay.[↗](../../gratuitously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some games are criticised for being gratuitously gory.[↗](../../gratuitously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **gratuity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A tip; extra money you give to a waiter, driver or helper to thank them for good service.[↗](../../gratuity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A sum of money given to a worker when they leave a job.[↗](../../gratuity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A gratuity of 10% was added to the bill.[↗](../../gratuity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign said «Gratuities are not expected».[↗](../../gratuity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We left a gratuity for the hotel cleaner.[↗](../../gratuity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bill was $40 plus a $6 gratuity, so $46.[↗](../../gratuity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Service and gratuity are included in the price.[↗](../../gratuity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He received a gratuity when he left the army.[↗](../../gratuity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **grave** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place in the ground where a dead person is buried, often marked with a stone.[↗](../../grave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Very serious and worrying: «a grave danger».[↗](../../grave/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Looking serious and not smiling: «a grave face».[↗](../../grave/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We put flowers on Grandma's grave.[↗](../../grave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The grave had a stone with her name on it.[↗](../../grave/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk quietly and respectfully in the graveyard.[↗](../../grave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor looked grave as she gave the news.[↗](../../grave/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Playing on the ice is a grave danger.[↗](../../grave/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Taking the wrong road was a grave mistake.[↗](../../grave/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "I'm going to my comrade's grave.[↗](../../grave/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: (Torah EXO.28.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grave/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.[↗](../../grave/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.35.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grave/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.[↗](../../grave/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grave/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?[↗](../../grave/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.88.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grave/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.[↗](../../grave/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grave/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? — (Writings JOB.3.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grave/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **gravedigger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is to dig graves in a cemetery for burying the dead.[↗](../../gravedigger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Someone or something that brings about the end of something (figurative).[↗](../../gravedigger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gravedigger worked quietly in the churchyard.[↗](../../gravedigger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nowadays most gravediggers use small diggers.[↗](../../gravedigger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story the gravedigger found a strange box.[↗](../../gravedigger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The gravedigger tidied the flowers after the funeral.[↗](../../gravedigger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Being a gravedigger is hard but important work.[↗](../../gravedigger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The village gravedigger also looked after the church garden.[↗](../../gravedigger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Deirdre kept sitting on the brink of the grave, constantly asking the gravediggers to dig the pit wide and free.[↗](../../gravedigger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gravel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lots of small stones and bits of rock, used for paths, driveways and roads, or found in rivers.[↗](../../gravel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (gravelly, of a voice) Low and rough-sounding.[↗](../../gravel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car crunched over the gravel driveway.[↗](../../gravel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We put gravel at the bottom of the fish tank.[↗](../../gravel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I fell off my bike on the loose gravel.[↗](../../gravel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The river bed was covered with gravel.[↗](../../gravel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gravel lets rainwater drain away.[↗](../../gravel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old farm road is just gravel, not tarmac.[↗](../../gravel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So he trotted off to the gravel path near the house, and sat down to think.[↗](../../gravel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.[↗](../../gravel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.20.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gravel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.[↗](../../gravel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gravel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **gravelly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Covered with or full of gravel (small stones).[↗](../../gravelly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Describing a voice: low and rough.[↗](../../gravelly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked along the gravelly path.[↗](../../gravelly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant spoke in a gravelly voice.[↗](../../gravelly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The river bed was gravelly.[↗](../../gravelly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gravelly soil lets water drain away quickly.[↗](../../gravelly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old captain had a gravelly laugh.[↗](../../gravelly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My bike skidded on the gravelly road.[↗](../../gravelly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gravely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a very serious way, showing that something is important or worrying.[↗](../../gravely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very badly: gravely ill, gravely injured.[↗](../../gravely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «This is very important,» said the headteacher gravely.[↗](../../gravely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier was gravely wounded.[↗](../../gravely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad was gravely ill but he got better.[↗](../../gravely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She shook her head gravely.[↗](../../gravely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The police are gravely concerned about the missing boy.[↗](../../gravely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · “It was Dorothy,” said the Lion gravely.[↗](../../gravely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **graven** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Carved or cut into stone, wood or metal.[↗](../../graven/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* carved or cut into a hard material, such as stone or metal.[↗](../../graven/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.[↗](../../graven/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.32.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../graven/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, (Torah DEU.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../graven/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.[↗](../../graven/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../graven/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever\![↗](../../graven/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../graven/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.[↗](../../graven/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.58, JPS 1917)[↗](../../graven/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy walls are continually before Me.[↗](../../graven/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.49.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../graven/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.[↗](../../graven/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.32.16, JPS 1917) · lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,[↗](../../graven/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.4.16, JPS 1917) · And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.[↗](../../graven/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.6, JPS 1917) **graver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Graver means more serious or more worrying: a graver danger.[↗](../../graver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A graver is a sharp tool for cutting lines into metal, wood or stone (an engraving tool).[↗](../../graver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The flood was a graver danger than the wind.[↗](../../graver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor's face grew graver.[↗](../../graver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing could be graver than lying under oath.[↗](../../graver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist cut the lines with a graver.[↗](../../graver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The situation is graver than we thought.[↗](../../graver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lying would only make things graver.[↗](../../graver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For she had also been wise, and lack-ing her guidance, all grave affairs seemed graver, shadowing each day and going with him to the pillow at night.[↗](../../graver/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gravestone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stone put on a grave, with the name of the person buried there and words about them.[↗](../../gravestone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We read the names on the old gravestones in the churchyard.[↗](../../gravestone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The gravestone was covered in moss.[↗](../../gravestone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Flowers were left by the gravestone.[↗](../../gravestone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some gravestones have carved angels.[↗](../../gravestone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her gravestone said «A loving mother».[↗](../../gravestone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class drew rubbings of the gravestones.[↗](../../gravestone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **graveyard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A graveyard is a piece of land, often around a church, where dead people are buried.[↗](../../graveyard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A graveyard is a place where old, broken or unwanted things are left: «a car graveyard», «an elephant graveyard».[↗](../../graveyard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Graveyard shift» means work done late at night until morning (informal).[↗](../../graveyard/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old church has a graveyard with mossy stones.[↗](../../graveyard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited Grandad's grave in the graveyard.[↗](../../graveyard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please walk quietly and respectfully in a graveyard.[↗](../../graveyard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ghost story was set in a graveyard at midnight.[↗](../../graveyard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Old aeroplanes are kept in a desert graveyard.[↗](../../graveyard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses on the graveyard shift work all night.[↗](../../graveyard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His road lay in front of a graveyard.[↗](../../graveyard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gravitation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gravitation is the force by which everything with mass pulls on everything else; it keeps us on the ground and the Moon going round the Earth.[↗](../../gravitation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Gravitation can mean moving towards something or being drawn to it, like a gravitation of people towards cities.[↗](../../gravitation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gravitation keeps the planets moving round the Sun.[↗](../../gravitation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Newton wrote about the law of gravitation.[↗](../../gravitation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gravitation pulls the apple down to the ground.[↗](../../gravitation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Moon's gravitation causes the tides.[↗](../../gravitation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Everything has gravitation, even you and me, but it is tiny.[↗](../../gravitation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bigger objects have stronger gravitation.[↗](../../gravitation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a gravitation of families towards the new park.[↗](../../gravitation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts float because they are falling around the Earth, not because gravitation stops.[↗](../../gravitation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gravitational** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gravitational means about gravity, the force that pulls things towards each other, like objects falling to the ground.[↗](../../gravitational/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Used in science to describe the pull of planets, stars and the Moon.[↗](../../gravitational/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Moon's gravitational pull causes tides.[↗](../../gravitational/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Earth's gravitational force keeps us on the ground.[↗](../../gravitational/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jupiter has a very strong gravitational pull.[↗](../../gravitational/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts float because they are falling around Earth in its gravitational field.[↗](../../gravitational/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Black holes have huge gravitational fields.[↗](../../gravitational/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gravitational force is measured in newtons.[↗](../../gravitational/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gravity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The force that pulls things towards each other, especially the pull of the Earth that makes things fall and gives them weight.[↗](../../gravity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seriousness: «the gravity of the situation» (formal).[↗](../../gravity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gravity makes the ball fall back down.[↗](../../gravity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Moon's gravity is weaker than Earth's.[↗](../../gravity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gravity keeps the planets moving around the Sun.[↗](../../gravity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Without gravity we would float away.[↗](../../gravity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Isaac Newton studied gravity.[↗](../../gravity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Water flows downhill because of gravity.[↗](../../gravity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts feel almost weightless in space.[↗](../../gravity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A low centre of gravity helps you balance.[↗](../../gravity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gravy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gravy is a hot brown sauce made from the juices of cooked meat, often thickened with flour, poured over meat, potatoes and other food.[↗](../../gravy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the southern USA, gravy can also be a white creamy sauce served with biscuits.[↗](../../gravy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please pass the gravy.[↗](../../gravy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma made gravy from the juices of the roast chicken.[↗](../../gravy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I like mashed potatoes with lots of gravy.[↗](../../gravy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The gravy was too thick, so Dad added some water.[↗](../../gravy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We put the gravy in a little jug called a gravy boat.[↗](../../gravy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Poutine is chips with cheese curds and gravy.[↗](../../gravy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: hot gravy can burn your tongue.[↗](../../gravy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gray** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gray is the colour between black and white, like ash or rain clouds.[↗](../../gray/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Gray describes dull, cloudy weather or a dull, boring feeling.[↗](../../gray/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To gray (of hair) means to turn gray with age.[↗](../../gray/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A gray area is something not clearly right or wrong.[↗](../../gray/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sky was gray and it started to rain.[↗](../../gray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix black and white to make gray.[↗](../../gray/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa's hair is turning gray.[↗](../../gray/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An elephant is gray.[↗](../../gray/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use your gray matter — think\![↗](../../gray/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Whether that is cheating is a gray area.[↗](../../gray/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was so gray and old.[↗](../../gray/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs.[↗](../../gray/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gray/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.[↗](../../gray/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gray/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.[↗](../../gray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.[↗](../../gray/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gray/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.[↗](../../gray/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.7.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gray/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **graze** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To graze is when animals like cows, sheep and horses eat grass in a field.[↗](../../graze/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To graze your skin is to scrape it a little, like a knee when you fall.[↗](../../graze/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") A graze is that small scrape.[↗](../../graze/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To graze can also mean to touch something lightly as you pass.[↗](../../graze/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 12 cows graze in the field.[↗](../../graze/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 more sheep came to graze.[↗](../../graze/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The horses graze for 6 hours a day.[↗](../../graze/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many animals graze on the hill now?[↗](../../graze/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Deer graze at the edge of the forest at dawn.[↗](../../graze/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She fell off her bike and grazed her knee.[↗](../../graze/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash the graze and put a plaster on it.[↗](../../graze/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball grazed the top of the net.[↗](../../graze/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **grease** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Grease is a thick, oily substance used to make machine parts move smoothly.[↗](../../grease/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Grease is soft animal fat, especially after cooking, like bacon grease.[↗](../../grease/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Grease is oil on skin or hair.[↗](../../grease/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To grease something is to put fat, butter or oil on it, like greasing a cake tin.[↗](../../grease/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang) «Grease someone's palm» means to bribe them.[↗](../../grease/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grease the tin with butter before you pour in the mix.[↗](../../grease/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike chain needs some grease.[↗](../../grease/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pan was covered in bacon grease.[↗](../../grease/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It took a lot of elbow grease to clean the oven.[↗](../../grease/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grease reduces friction between the moving parts.[↗](../../grease/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His hands were black with grease after fixing the car.[↗](../../grease/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Soap helps wash grease off plates.[↗](../../grease/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Put some bear’s grease on your beard and that will soon make it grow again.’[↗](../../grease/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/23/) **24** [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/25/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/33/) - ← previous: [page 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/23/) - next →: [page 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/25/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)