--- title: G — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 28 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/28/) [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 28 [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/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) … [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/27/) **28** [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/29/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/33/) **gripping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very exciting and holding your attention, so you cannot stop reading or watching.[↗](../../gripping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Holding something tightly (from the verb «grip»).[↗](../../gripping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was such a gripping book that I read it in one night.[↗](../../gripping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The film had a gripping ending.[↗](../../gripping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was gripping the rope tightly as she climbed.[↗](../../gripping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep gripping the handlebars when you ride downhill.[↗](../../gripping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The football match was gripping right to the last minute.[↗](../../gripping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He told a gripping story about a shipwreck.[↗](../../gripping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby was gripping my finger.[↗](../../gripping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **grisly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Causing horror and disgust; very gruesome, often with death, blood or bones.[↗](../../grisly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Do not confuse with «grizzly» (a bear, or grey-haired).[↗](../../grisly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The grisly giant laughed in the dark.[↗](../../grisly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cave held grisly bones.[↗](../../grisly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The story had a grisly ending that gave us nightmares.[↗](../../grisly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gristle** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Tough, elastic tissue in the body, like cartilage.[↗](../../gristle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.[↗](../../gristle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gristle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **grit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tiny hard bits of stone or sand.[↗](../../grit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Courage and determination to keep going when things are hard.[↗](../../grit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To spread grit or salt on icy roads so they are less slippery (UK: gritting).[↗](../../grit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Grit your teeth: to press your teeth together, or to bravely put up with something hard.[↗](../../grit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I got a bit of grit in my eye at the beach.[↗](../../grit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes grit to keep practising when it's hard.[↗](../../grit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gritted her teeth and finished the race.[↗](../../grit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The council gritted the roads before the snow.[↗](../../grit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rinse the grit off the vegetables.[↗](../../grit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sandpaper has fine grit on one side.[↗](../../grit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With grit and hard work, he learned to swim.[↗](../../grit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Feel where she would, there was nothing but grit and stones, when, suddenly, her fingers touched something soft in a crevice.[↗](../../grit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gritty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gritty means full of tiny hard bits like sand or small stones.[↗](../../gritty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A gritty person is brave and determined and does not give up when things are hard.[↗](../../gritty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A gritty story or film shows life in a hard, realistic way, including poverty, crime or difficult times.[↗](../../gritty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The spinach was gritty because it wasn't washed.[↗](../../gritty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The path was gritty with sand.[↗](../../gritty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team gave a gritty performance and won in the end.[↗](../../gritty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is gritty and never gives up.[↗](../../gritty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film is a gritty story about life in a poor town.[↗](../../gritty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My shoes felt gritty after the beach.[↗](../../gritty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gritty determination helped him finish the race.[↗](../../gritty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Rub the gritty paper on the wood to make it smooth.[↗](../../gritty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **grizzled** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Marked with gray or white patches, spotted or speckled with gray.[↗](../../grizzled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.[↗](../../grizzled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grizzled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.[↗](../../grizzled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grizzled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled bay horses.[↗](../../grizzled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.6.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grizzled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country; (Prophets ZEC.6.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grizzled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **grizzly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grizzly, or grizzly bear, is a large brown bear of North America with a hump on its shoulders and grey-tipped fur.[↗](../../grizzly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Grizzly can mean grey or grey-haired.[↗](../../grizzly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal) A grizzly baby or child is grumpy and whiny.[↗](../../grizzly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A grizzly bear caught a salmon in the river.[↗](../../grizzly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grizzlies sleep through the winter in a den.[↗](../../grizzly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hikers in Canada carry bear spray in case they meet a grizzly.[↗](../../grizzly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The grizzly has a big hump on its shoulders.[↗](../../grizzly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK, informal) The baby was grizzly because she was tired.[↗](../../grizzly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A mother grizzly protects her cubs fiercely.[↗](../../grizzly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **groan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To groan is to make a long, low sound because you are in pain, unhappy, bored or annoyed.[↗](../../groan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A groan is that sound.[↗](../../groan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something heavy can groan when it makes a creaking sound, like an old floor or a table full of food.[↗](../../groan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The class groaned when the teacher gave extra homework.[↗](../../groan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He groaned and held his sore ankle.[↗](../../groan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's joke was so bad that we all groaned.[↗](../../groan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old wooden stairs groaned under our feet.[↗](../../groan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let out a groan if you hate Mondays\![↗](../../groan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard a groan from under the bike and ran to help.[↗](../../groan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Our last romp!”[↗](../../groan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") Mr. Darling groaned.[↗](../../groan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.[↗](../../groan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant.[↗](../../groan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.6.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.[↗](../../groan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.23.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · When I kept silence, my bones wore away through my groaning all the day long.[↗](../../groan/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.32.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groan/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; (Writings PSA.102.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groan/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **groats** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hulled grain, such as oats, crushed and cooked as porridge.[↗](../../groats/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (old use).[↗](../../groats/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An old English coin worth four pence.[↗](../../groats/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") (old use).[↗](../../groats/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She made groats for breakfast.[↗](../../groats/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jan carried a bag of groats home.[↗](../../groats/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, a groat was a coin worth four pence.[↗](../../groats/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And if thou bring a meal-offering of first-fruits unto the LORD, thou shalt bring for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits corn in the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear.[↗](../../groats/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.2.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groats/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall make the memorial-part of it smoke, even of the groats thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.[↗](../../groats/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.2.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groats/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known.[↗](../../groats/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.17.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groats/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.[↗](../../groats/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groats/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **grocer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who owns or runs a shop that sells food and things for the home, such as tea, sugar, tins and cleaning things.[↗](../../grocer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «The grocer's» (UK) or «the grocery store» (US) is the shop itself.[↗](../../grocer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum sent me to the grocer's for a pint of milk.[↗](../../grocer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The grocer weighed out a pound of sugar.[↗](../../grocer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A grocer sells apples at 40p each; how much do 5 apples cost?[↗](../../grocer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our local grocer knows everyone's name.[↗](../../grocer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The grocer stacked oranges in a neat pyramid.[↗](../../grocer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old days the grocer delivered food by bicycle.[↗](../../grocer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She went back to the grocer's, and she got a second bunch.[↗](../../grocer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **grocery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grocery, or grocery store, is a shop that sells food and things for the home.[↗](../../grocery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") In the UK it is often a supermarket or a grocer's.[↗](../../grocery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Groceries are the food and other things you buy there, like milk, bread, fruit and soap.[↗](../../grocery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Grocery shopping is going to buy the food for the week.[↗](../../grocery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mom spent 45 dollars on groceries.[↗](../../grocery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She carried 4 bags of groceries.[↗](../../grocery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The grocery store sells eggs for 3 dollars a dozen.[↗](../../grocery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much change does she get from 50 dollars?[↗](../../grocery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I helped Dad write the grocery list.[↗](../../grocery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We put the groceries away in the fridge.[↗](../../grocery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The grocery store is two blocks from our house.[↗](../../grocery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you help me carry the groceries in from the car?[↗](../../grocery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **groin** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The place where the thigh meets the body, the lower belly.[↗](../../groin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the groin; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.[↗](../../groin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.4.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand; so he smote him therewith in the groin, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died.[↗](../../groin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.20.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the groin, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.[↗](../../groin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.3.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../groin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **grommet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grommet is a metal or plastic ring put in a hole in cloth, leather or paper to make the hole strong, like the holes for laces or for a tent rope.[↗](../../grommet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine, UK, Australia) A grommet is a tiny tube a doctor puts in a child's eardrum to let fluid drain out and help hearing.[↗](../../grommet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Australia, NZ, slang) A grommet (or grom) is a young surfer or skateboarder.[↗](../../grommet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tent rope goes through the metal grommet.[↗](../../grommet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The banner has a grommet in each corner.[↗](../../grommet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I had grommets put in my ears when I was five.[↗](../../grommet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the grommets, Lily could hear much better.[↗](../../grommet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) The grommets were out surfing at dawn.[↗](../../grommet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) That little grom can already ride big waves.[↗](../../grommet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a rubber grommet where the wire passes through the box.[↗](../../grommet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **groom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A man on his wedding day, or a man who has just got married; also called the bridegroom.[↗](../../groom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person whose job is to look after horses: feeding, brushing and cleaning them.[↗](../../groom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To brush and clean an animal's fur or coat, or (for animals) to clean themselves.[↗](../../groom/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To make yourself neat and tidy: «well-groomed».[↗](../../groom/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) To prepare someone for a job: «groomed to be captain».[↗](../../groom/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (safety) When an adult wrongly makes friends with a child to trick and harm them, this is called grooming; children should tell a trusted adult if someone online or nearby asks for secrets.[↗](../../groom/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bride and groom danced first.[↗](../../groom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The groom brushed the horse until it shone.[↗](../../groom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats groom themselves with their tongues.[↗](../../groom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Monkeys groom each other to stay clean and friendly.[↗](../../groom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was always well-groomed for school.[↗](../../groom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The young player is being groomed for the first team.[↗](../../groom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If an online stranger asks you to keep secrets, tell an adult: it could be grooming.[↗](../../groom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · On the back seat a little smart groom balanced himself.[↗](../../groom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **grooming** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cleaning and brushing an animal's fur or coat.[↗](../../grooming/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Keeping yourself clean and tidy: washing, combing hair, cutting nails.[↗](../../grooming/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Getting someone ready for a job or role.[↗](../../grooming/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (safety) When an adult or older person tricks a child into trusting them so they can harm them — a danger to report.[↗](../../grooming/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Monkeys spend hours grooming each other.[↗](../../grooming/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat is grooming its paws.[↗](../../grooming/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We take our dog to a grooming salon.[↗](../../grooming/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Personal grooming includes brushing your teeth.[↗](../../grooming/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He is being groomed to be the next captain.[↗](../../grooming/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If an adult online asks you to keep secrets, it might be grooming — tell someone you trust.[↗](../../grooming/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **groove** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A groove is a long, narrow cut or channel in a surface, like the lines on a screw or a record.[↗](../../groove/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A good rhythm in music that makes you want to dance.[↗](../../groove/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To groove is to dance or move to music in a relaxed, happy way.[↗](../../groove/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) Being «in the groove» means doing something smoothly and well.[↗](../../groove/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The marble rolled along the groove in the track.[↗](../../groove/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tyres have grooves to grip the wet road.[↗](../../groove/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The band found a great groove.[↗](../../groove/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We grooved to the music at the party.[↗](../../groove/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After a slow start, she got into the groove.[↗](../../groove/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Old records have tiny grooves that hold the sound.[↗](../../groove/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With his finger he marks out a groove in the stone table.[↗](../../groove/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **groovy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, dated) Groovy means cool, fashionable, exciting or very nice; it was popular in the 1960s and 1970s and now often sounds funny or old-fashioned.[↗](../../groovy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare) Groovy means having grooves (lines cut into a surface).[↗](../../groovy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That's a groovy shirt, Grandad\![↗](../../groovy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Groovy!» said the hippie in the cartoon.[↗](../../groovy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We danced to some groovy 70s music.[↗](../../groovy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Your new bike is pretty groovy.[↗](../../groovy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The party had groovy lights and a disco ball.[↗](../../groovy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad still says «groovy», and we all laugh.[↗](../../groovy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **grope** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To feel about with the hands because you cannot see, searching for something.[↗](../../grope/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I groped for the light switch.[↗](../../grope/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He groped about in the dark for his shoes.[↗](../../grope/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She groped her way down the stairs.[↗](../../grope/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.[↗](../../grope/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grope/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.[↗](../../grope/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grope/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.[↗](../../grope/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grope/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, as they that have no eyes do we grope; we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in dark places like the dead.[↗](../../grope/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.59.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grope/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **groping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see.[↗](../../groping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Searching slowly and uncertainly for a way.[↗](../../groping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Groping round, he found his way back to his room.[↗](../../groping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The groping child bumped into a chair.[↗](../../groping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her groping hand found the door handle.[↗](../../groping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gross** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Gross means disgusting, very unpleasant: «Ew, that's gross!».[↗](../../gross/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Gross means total, before anything is taken away: gross weight, gross pay.[↗](../../gross/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A gross is 144, which is twelve dozen.[↗](../../gross/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) Gross means very bad and obvious: a gross mistake.[↗](../../gross/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) To gross is to earn a total amount of money.[↗](../../gross/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Long ago, gross could mean coarse, common or low-born, rather than fine or delicate.[↗](../../gross/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ew, there's a slug in my shoe — gross\![↗](../../gross/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The gross weight of the box is 5 kg and the box itself is 1 kg.[↗](../../gross/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His gross pay is £300, but he takes home less after tax.[↗](../../gross/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A gross is twelve dozen, which is 144.[↗](../../gross/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) It was a gross error to leave the gate open.[↗](../../gross/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film grossed millions at the cinema.[↗](../../gross/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Picking your nose is gross.[↗](../../gross/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.[↗](../../gross/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gross/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Their heart is gross like fat; but I delight in Thy law.[↗](../../gross/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.70, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gross/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Their gross heart they have shut tight, with their mouth they speak proudly.[↗](../../gross/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.17.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gross/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but upon thee the LORD will arise, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.[↗](../../gross/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.60.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gross/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) … [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/27/) **28** [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/29/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/33/) - ← previous: [page 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/27/) - next →: [page 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/29/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)