--- title: G — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 29 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/29/) [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 29 [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:* Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way.[↗](../../grotesque/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A grotesque is a strange carved or painted figure.[↗](../../grotesque/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") (noun).[↗](../../grotesque/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gargoyle had a grotesque face.[↗](../../grotesque/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The devil looked grotesque in the firelight.[↗](../../grotesque/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grotesque faces grinned at us from the carved walls.[↗](../../grotesque/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **grotto** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small cave, often a shady or decorated place, sometimes made in a garden.[↗](../../grotto/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children found a grotto behind the waterfall.[↗](../../grotto/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nymphs lived in a shady grotto.[↗](../../grotto/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Santa has a grotto in the shop.[↗](../../grotto/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ground** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The surface of the Earth that you stand on.[↗](../../ground/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Soil, earth.[↗](../../ground/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The ground is hard."[↗](../../ground/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An area of land used for something.[↗](../../ground/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "playground", "sports ground".[↗](../../ground/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A reason.[↗](../../ground/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "on the grounds that".[↗](../../ground/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* As a verb, to keep a child at home as punishment or to keep a plane from flying.[↗](../../ground/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Past of "grind".[↗](../../ground/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "ground coffee".[↗](../../ground/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* To cover ground means to travel a long way quickly or to make good progress.[↗](../../ground/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ball fell to the ground.[↗](../../ground/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ground is wet after the rain.[↗](../../ground/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We play in the playground.[↗](../../ground/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Crawl along the ground under the smoke.[↗](../../ground/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our flat is on the ground floor.[↗](../../ground/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeds grow in the ground.[↗](../../ground/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was grounded for a week.[↗](../../ground/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum bought ground pepper.[↗](../../ground/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “He covers the ground,” said another.[↗](../../ground/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.[↗](../../ground/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ground/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.[↗](../../ground/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ground/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.[↗](../../ground/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ground/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground; (Writings PSA.107.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ground/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast righteousness to the ground; (Prophets AMO.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ground/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD upholdeth the humble; He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.[↗](../../ground/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.147.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ground/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **groundhog** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A groundhog is a North American animal, a large brown rodent that lives in burrows and sleeps through the winter; it is also called a woodchuck.[↗](../../groundhog/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Groundhog Day is a custom in the USA and Canada where people watch a groundhog come out of its burrow: if it sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter.[↗](../../groundhog/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) «Groundhog Day» means a situation that keeps repeating in the same boring way, from a famous film.[↗](../../groundhog/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The groundhog dug a burrow under the shed.[↗](../../groundhog/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Groundhogs hibernate all winter.[↗](../../groundhog/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · On Groundhog Day everyone waits to see the groundhog's shadow.[↗](../../groundhog/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The groundhog saw its shadow, so the story says winter will last longer.[↗](../../groundhog/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A groundhog is also called a woodchuck.[↗](../../groundhog/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?[↗](../../groundhog/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Every day at the bus stop is like Groundhog Day.[↗](../../groundhog/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Groundhogs eat plants and can whistle when scared.[↗](../../groundhog/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **groundsman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK) A person whose job is to look after a sports field, park or school grounds: cutting grass, marking lines, caring for the pitch.[↗](../../groundsman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The groundsman mowed the football pitch.[↗](../../groundsman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask the groundsman before you go on the field.[↗](../../groundsman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The groundsman marked the running track.[↗](../../groundsman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cricket groundsmen roll the pitch flat.[↗](../../groundsman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The groundsman was cross about the muddy footprints.[↗](../../groundsman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school groundsman plants the flower beds.[↗](../../groundsman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **groundwork** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The first work or base on which something else is built.[↗](../../groundwork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **group** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A group is a number of things or people that are together or belong together: a group of friends.[↗](../../group/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A group is a band that plays music.[↗](../../group/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To group things is to put them together in sets: group the shapes by colour.[↗](../../group/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When we put two groups together, we add.[↗](../../group/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 books are put into 2 equal groups.[↗](../../group/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") How many books are in each group?[↗](../../group/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 5 groups with 3 children in each group.[↗](../../group/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We worked in groups of four.[↗](../../group/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Group the shapes by colour.[↗](../../group/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A group of ducks swam across the pond.[↗](../../group/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Whales and bats belong to the group called mammals.[↗](../../group/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay with your group on the school trip.[↗](../../group/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Everywhere groups of boys were gathered together.[↗](../../group/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · tion of numbers and letters ; every letter suggesting a 'number, and every group of letters having a numerical signification, as vital as its literal meaning.[↗](../../group/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../group/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles."[↗](../../group/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../group/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · With these three classes, or groups, of letters were created the various parts of the world ish'-j), of the year ("Jti') and of tiie soul.[↗](../../group/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../group/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **grouper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grouper is a big, heavy sea fish with a wide mouth that lives in warm seas, often near coral reefs and rocks.[↗](../../grouper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A huge grouper swam slowly past the divers.[↗](../../grouper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant grouper can weigh as much as a small car.[↗](../../grouper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Groupers hide in caves on the coral reef.[↗](../../grouper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad ordered grilled grouper at the seafood restaurant.[↗](../../grouper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some groupers change from female to male.[↗](../../grouper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Overfishing has made some grouper rare.[↗](../../grouper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **grouping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A set of people or things that are put together because they are alike or work together.[↗](../../grouping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of putting things into groups.[↗](../../grouping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) Putting numbers or objects into equal groups to help count, multiply or divide; also using brackets to group parts of a calculation.[↗](../../grouping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We used grouping to count the beads in tens.[↗](../../grouping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 20 sweets shared by grouping into 5s gives 4 groups.[↗](../../grouping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In science we did a grouping of animals by what they eat.[↗](../../grouping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher changed the table groupings this week.[↗](../../grouping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Brackets show the grouping in 2 × (3 + 4).[↗](../../grouping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A new grouping of countries agreed to work together on climate.[↗](../../grouping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grouping words by their spelling patterns helps me learn them.[↗](../../grouping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The grouping of the processes of origin into an arrangement, at once alphabetic and numeral, is one only to be found in Semitic authors.[↗](../../grouping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../grouping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **grouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grouse is a plump, brown wild bird with feathered legs that lives on moors and in forests.[↗](../../grouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To grouse means to complain or grumble, and a grouse is a complaint.[↗](../../grouse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Australia, NZ, slang) Grouse means really good or excellent.[↗](../../grouse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A grouse flew up from the heather.[↗](../../grouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Red grouse live on the moors of Scotland.[↗](../../grouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The male sage grouse puffs up its chest to show off.[↗](../../grouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop grousing about the rain and put your coat on.[↗](../../grouse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My only grouse is that the film was too long.[↗](../../grouse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) That pie was grouse, mate\![↗](../../grouse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grouse are hard to see because their feathers match the moor.[↗](../../grouse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus spoke the grouse, who certainly had very pretty manners.[↗](../../grouse/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **grove** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small group of trees, or a small wood.[↗](../../grove/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An orchard of fruit trees, such as an orange grove or olive grove.[↗](../../grove/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Used in street names.[↗](../../grove/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Elm Grove.[↗](../../grove/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had a picnic in a shady grove of oak trees.[↗](../../grove/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Olive groves cover the hills in Greece.[↗](../../grove/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They picked oranges in the orange grove.[↗](../../grove/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The elves lived in a secret grove.[↗](../../grove/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin lives on Maple Grove.[↗](../../grove/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds sang in the grove all morning.[↗](../../grove/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is like entering a grove of chestnut and walnut-trees.[↗](../../grove/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **grovel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lie or crawl low on the ground, especially to show fear or respect.[↗](../../grovel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To beg or act very humbly to win favour.[↗](../../grovel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog grovelled at his master's feet.[↗](../../grovel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He grovelled before the king for pardon.[↗](../../grovel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop grovelling and stand up straight\![↗](../../grovel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **grow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To grow is to get bigger or taller, like a child or a plant.[↗](../../grow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To grow plants is to plant them and help them come up from the soil.[↗](../../grow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To grow can mean to increase in number or amount, like a town or savings.[↗](../../grow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To grow can mean to become, as in grow tired or grow dark.[↗](../../grow/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To grow up is to change from a child into an adult.[↗](../../grow/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The plant grows 3 cm each week.[↗](../../grow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She grew 20 tomatoes.[↗](../../grow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy grew 4 kilograms.[↗](../../grow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How tall will it grow in 5 weeks?[↗](../../grow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I want to be a vet when I grow up.[↗](../../grow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It grew dark, so we went inside.[↗](../../grow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The beanstalk grew taller than the house.[↗](../../grow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother grew out of his shoes.[↗](../../grow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · All children, except one, grow up.[↗](../../grow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the child grew, and was weaned.[↗](../../grow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great.[↗](../../grow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son.[↗](../../grow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Can the reed-grass grow without water?[↗](../../grow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.8.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.[↗](../../grow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.2.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · In the beds where it grew it shall wither.'[↗](../../grow/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.17.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grow/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **grower** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grower is a person or company that grows plants, fruit or vegetables to sell, such as a fruit grower or a flower grower.[↗](../../grower/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A grower is a plant that grows in a certain way: «a fast grower», «a slow grower».[↗](../../grower/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Something that is «a grower» is a song, show or thing you do not like at first but come to like more and more.[↗](../../grower/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle is a strawberry grower.[↗](../../grower/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Coffee growers in Kenya pick the berries by hand.[↗](../../grower/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bamboo is a very fast grower.[↗](../../grower/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The grower sells his apples at the market.[↗](../../grower/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Oak trees are slow growers.[↗](../../grower/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I didn't like the song at first, but it's a grower.[↗](../../grower/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Flower growers in the Netherlands grow millions of tulips.[↗](../../grower/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a tomato grower's greenhouse.[↗](../../grower/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **groweth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «groweth» means «grows», a form of «grow».[↗](../../groweth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To grow is to get bigger or taller, like a child or a plant.[↗](../../groweth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.[↗](../../groweth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.11, JPS 1917) · That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.[↗](../../groweth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.5, JPS 1917) **growing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Growing means getting bigger or taller right now.[↗](../../growing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Growing plants means raising them from seeds.[↗](../../growing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Growing can mean increasing or becoming more, like a growing crowd.[↗](../../growing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A growing child is one who is still getting bigger.[↗](../../growing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tree is growing 30 cm a year.[↗](../../growing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is growing 12 sunflowers.[↗](../../growing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The growing puppy eats more each week.[↗](../../growing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His savings keep growing by 5 dollars.[↗](../../growing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Growing up on a farm, she learned to ride.[↗](../../growing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A growing crowd waited at the gate.[↗](../../growing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We are growing beans in cups on the windowsill.[↗](../../growing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Growing children need about 10 hours of sleep.[↗](../../growing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I feel that I am growing.[↗](../../growing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **growl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of an animal like a dog, bear or lion, to make a low, rough, deep sound in the throat as a warning or because it is angry.[↗](../../growl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of a person, to say something in a low, angry voice.[↗](../../growl/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Of a stomach or engine, to make a low rumbling noise: my tummy is growling.[↗](../../growl/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog growled when the boy reached for its bone.[↗](../../growl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If a dog growls, back away slowly.[↗](../../growl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bear gave a deep growl.[↗](../../growl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Get out!" the giant growled.[↗](../../growl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My stomach growled during the quiet test.[↗](../../growl/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The car engine growled as it climbed the hill.[↗](../../growl/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never tease a dog that is growling.[↗](../../growl/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion growled to warn the other lions away.[↗](../../growl/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Nonsense, nonsense!" growled the sleepy Giant.[↗](../../growl/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.[↗](../../growl/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../growl/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · We all growl like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for right, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.[↗](../../growl/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.59.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../growl/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) … [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/28/) **29** [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/30/) … 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