--- title: G — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 30 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/30/) [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 30 [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/) … [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/29/) **30** [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/31/) [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/32/) [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/33/) **grown** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The form of "grow" used after have/has/had or in the passive.[↗](../../grown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She has grown taller." "[↗](../../grown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Rice is grown in China."[↗](../../grown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, adult.[↗](../../grown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a grown man", "grown-ups".[↗](../../grown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puppy has grown so big.[↗](../../grown/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · These tomatoes were grown in our garden.[↗](../../grown/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask a grown-up for help.[↗](../../grown/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A fully grown elephant is very heavy.[↗](../../grown/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You've grown two centimetres since last year.[↗](../../grown/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden was overgrown with weeds.[↗](../../grown/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wheat is grown on big farms.[↗](../../grown/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A Lion had grown very old.[↗](../../grown/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But if the scall stay in its appearance, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.[↗](../../grown/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grown/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.[↗](../../grown/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grown/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law: 'Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up'; for he said: 'Lest he also die, like his brethren.'[↗](../../grown/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.[↗](../../grown/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.38.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grown/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king said: 'Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.'[↗](../../grown/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.10.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grown/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.[↗](../../grown/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grown/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace; (Writings PSA.144.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grown/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **grownup** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, children's word) A grownup is an adult, a person who is fully grown.[↗](../../grownup/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Grown-up means adult or acting like an adult: a grown-up decision.[↗](../../grownup/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ask a grownup to help you light the candle.[↗](../../grownup/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you get lost, find a grown-up you can trust.[↗](../../grownup/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The grownups sat at a big table.[↗](../../grownup/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You are so grown-up now\![↗](../../grownup/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · When I'm a grownup, I'll stay up late.[↗](../../grownup/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film is for grownups only.[↗](../../grownup/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a grown-up choice to say sorry.[↗](../../grownup/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Two grownups and three children got on the bus.[↗](../../grownup/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **growth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Getting bigger, taller or more developed.[↗](../../growth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a growth spurt".[↗](../../growth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An increase in amount.[↗](../../growth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "population growth".[↗](../../growth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something that grows, such as new plants or a lump on the skin.[↗](../../growth/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plants need light for growth.[↗](../../growth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured the bean plant's growth each day.[↗](../../growth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He had a growth spurt and grew 5 centimetres.[↗](../../growth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sleep helps your body's growth.[↗](../../growth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph shows the town's population growth.[↗](../../growth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · New growth appeared on the tree in spring.[↗](../../growth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I am only a little backward, perhaps, in my growth.’[↗](../../growth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I cause thee to increase, even as the growth of the field.[↗](../../growth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../growth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Watering her ridges abundantly, settling down the furrows thereof, Thou makest her soft with showers; Thou blessest the growth thereof.[↗](../../growth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.65.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../growth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In that day shall the growth of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.[↗](../../growth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../growth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **groyne** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A low wall or fence of wood, stone or concrete built out from a beach into the sea to stop the sand and pebbles being washed away.[↗](../../groyne/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wooden groynes stretch down the beach at Brighton.[↗](../../groyne/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Groynes trap sand carried by longshore drift.[↗](../../groyne/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat on a groyne and ate our picnic.[↗](../../groyne/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sand piles up on one side of each groyne.[↗](../../groyne/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The council built new groynes to protect the coast.[↗](../../groyne/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In our geography test we had to label the groynes on a diagram.[↗](../../groyne/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **grub** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grub is the young, worm-like form (larva) of some insects, especially beetles, which lives in soil or wood.[↗](../../grub/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK, Australia, NZ) Grub means food: «Grub's up!» means the meal is ready.[↗](../../grub/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To grub means to dig or search about in the ground or in a messy place: «the pig grubbed for roots».[↗](../../grub/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Australia) A «witchetty grub» is a large grub eaten as traditional bush food by Aboriginal people.[↗](../../grub/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bird pulled a fat grub out of the lawn.[↗](../../grub/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A beetle grub lives in rotten wood.[↗](../../grub/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Grub's up!» called Dad from the kitchen.[↗](../../grub/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The food at camp was good grub.[↗](../../grub/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Witchetty grubs are a traditional Aboriginal bush food.[↗](../../grub/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hedgehog grubbed around in the leaves for insects.[↗](../../grub/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A grub is the larva stage of a beetle.[↗](../../grub/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Catherine went as she was bid, and began to grub for them, and soon made herself very dirty with the earth.[↗](../../grub/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **grubby** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Rather dirty, usually from mud, sweat or touching things.[↗](../../grubby/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Not quite honest or decent: a grubby little trick.[↗](../../grubby/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wash your grubby hands before you eat\![↗](../../grubby/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His school shirt was grubby after playtime.[↗](../../grubby/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The library book had grubby fingerprints on it.[↗](../../grubby/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The grubbiest kid on the team scored the winning goal.[↗](../../grubby/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The car was grubby after the muddy road.[↗](../../grubby/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a grubby trick to cheat in the quiz.[↗](../../grubby/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **grudge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grudge is a feeling of anger or dislike you keep for a long time against someone who you think treated you badly.[↗](../../grudge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hold or bear a grudge is to keep that feeling and not forgive.[↗](../../grudge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To grudge (or begrudge) something is to give it or let someone have it unwillingly.[↗](../../grudge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He held a grudge against me for weeks.[↗](../../grudge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't hold a grudge — say sorry and move on.[↗](../../grudge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two families had an old grudge.[↗](../../grudge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She doesn't bear grudges; she forgives quickly.[↗](../../grudge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a grudge match between the two teams.[↗](../../grudge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't grudge him his win; he trained hard.[↗](../../grudge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Holding a grudge made her feel bad inside.[↗](../../grudge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not grudge others what you cannot enjoy yourself.[↗](../../grudge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.[↗](../../grudge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grudge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Will He bear grudge for ever?[↗](../../grudge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grudge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever.[↗](../../grudge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../grudge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **gruel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thin, watery food made by boiling oats or other grain in water or milk.[↗](../../gruel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It was cheap food for poor people or the sick long ago.[↗](../../gruel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (old use).[↗](../../gruel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The orphan ate a bowl of gruel.[↗](../../gruel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Make some gruel for the sick king.[↗](../../gruel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gruel was thin and cold.[↗](../../gruel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gruesome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Horrible and disgusting, often involving blood, injury or death.[↗](../../gruesome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The film had a gruesome scene.[↗](../../gruesome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The story told of a gruesome witch.[↗](../../gruesome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gruesome tale made us shiver.[↗](../../gruesome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gruff** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of a voice) Low, deep and rough.[↗](../../gruff/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a person) Rather unfriendly or impatient in the way they speak, though maybe kind underneath.[↗](../../gruff/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Who's there?» said Badger in a gruff voice.[↗](../../gruff/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Three Billy Goats Gruff crossed the bridge.[↗](../../gruff/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa sounds gruff, but he's really very kind.[↗](../../gruff/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The guard answered gruffly.[↗](../../gruff/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His voice was gruff from his cold.[↗](../../gruff/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Come in, then,» said the gruff old man.[↗](../../gruff/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Ahas!” said a gruff voice across the water.[↗](../../gruff/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gruffly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a rough, deep, unfriendly voice.[↗](../../gruffly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Go away,» he said gruffly.[↗](../../gruffly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat replied gruffly from her chair.[↗](../../gruffly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The troll answered gruffly from under the bridge.[↗](../../gruffly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **grumble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To complain in a low, unhappy voice.[↗](../../grumble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A complaint.[↗](../../grumble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To make a low rumbling sound: «My tummy grumbled», «Thunder grumbled».[↗](../../grumble/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stop grumbling and tidy your room\![↗](../../grumble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He grumbled about the rain all day.[↗](../../grumble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My tummy is grumbling — I'm hungry.[↗](../../grumble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thunder grumbled in the distance.[↗](../../grumble/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad had a grumble about the price of petrol.[↗](../../grumble/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man grumbled at the noisy children.[↗](../../grumble/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Scarecrow began to grumble a bit.[↗](../../grumble/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **grumbler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who often grumbles: someone who complains in a low, unhappy voice about small things.[↗](../../grumbler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Uncle Bob is a real grumbler about the weather.[↗](../../grumbler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a grumbler — we'll have fun even if it rains.[↗](../../grumbler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old grumbler in the story complained about every child in the street.[↗](../../grumbler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every team has a grumbler who hates early practice.[↗](../../grumbler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The grumbler moaned that the soup was too hot, then too cold.[↗](../../grumbler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole was no grumbler; he got on with the spring cleaning.[↗](../../grumbler/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **grumpiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The state of being grumpy: in a bad, cross mood and easily annoyed.[↗](../../grumpiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His grumpiness disappeared after he had breakfast.[↗](../../grumpiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tiredness can cause grumpiness.[↗](../../grumpiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa's grumpiness is just for show; he is really kind.[↗](../../grumpiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The troll was famous for his grumpiness.[↗](../../grumpiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We laughed until her grumpiness went away.[↗](../../grumpiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hunger plus a long car ride equals grumpiness\![↗](../../grumpiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **grumpy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Grumpy means in a bad mood, easily annoyed and complaining a lot.[↗](../../grumpy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm always grumpy when I'm hungry.[↗](../../grumpy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is grumpy in the morning before his coffee.[↗](../../grumpy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be grumpy; we'll go to the park later.[↗](../../grumpy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The grumpy old troll would not let the goats cross the bridge.[↗](../../grumpy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister gets grumpy when she is tired.[↗](../../grumpy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grumpy is one of the seven dwarfs.[↗](../../grumpy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat looked grumpy after its bath.[↗](../../grumpy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He was the grumpiest boy in the class until he made a friend.[↗](../../grumpy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **grunt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To grunt is to make a short low sound in your throat, like a pig.[↗](../../grunt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A grunt is that sound.[↗](../../grunt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* People grunt when lifting something heavy, or to answer without words when they are tired or grumpy.[↗](../../grunt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) A grunt is a low-ranking soldier or worker who does hard, boring jobs.[↗](../../grunt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pig grunted in the mud.[↗](../../grunt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad grunted as he lifted the sofa.[↗](../../grunt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother just grunts when I ask about school.[↗](../../grunt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tennis player grunted with every shot.[↗](../../grunt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave a grunt of agreement.[↗](../../grunt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I got stuck with all the grunt work.[↗](../../grunt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the ugly old Fairy only grunted and made no answer.[↗](../../grunt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gryphon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A made-up creature from old stories, with the head, wings and front legs of an eagle and the body, back legs and tail of a lion.[↗](../../gryphon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In Alice in Wonderland, the Gryphon is a lazy, rough-talking creature who takes Alice to meet the Mock Turtle and tells her about their school under the sea.[↗](../../gryphon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Gryphon was asleep in the sun when the Queen found him.[↗](../../gryphon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A gryphon has an eagle's head and a lion's body.[↗](../../gryphon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle danced the Lobster Quadrille for Alice.[↗](../../gryphon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a stone gryphon over the door of the old bank.[↗](../../gryphon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fantasy game, the knight rode a gryphon through the sky.[↗](../../gryphon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Gryphon told Alice that the lessons «lessen» from day to day.[↗](../../gryphon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gryphons are made up, like dragons and unicorns.[↗](../../gryphon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gu** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gu on its own is not an English word.[↗](../../gu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Mandarin, pinyin) gu is a syllable with many meanings by tone: gǔ means old or ancient, bone, or drum; gū means aunt (father's sister); gù means reason or so.[↗](../../gu/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") It sounds like goo.[↗](../../gu/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Gu can be part of a name (a surname, Gu).[↗](../../gu/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* It may be a fragment cut from a longer word such as gum or guide.[↗](../../gu/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Gu is also used in some place names, such as Ryn Gu, the name of a realm in a story.[↗](../../gu/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gu is not an English word.[↗](../../gu/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Mandarin, gǔ can mean drum.[↗](../../gu/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gūgu is how a Chinese child says auntie on her father's side.[↗](../../gu/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gu sounds like goo to an English ear.[↗](../../gu/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Gu is our new maths teacher.[↗](../../gu/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The word got cut and only gu was left on the page.[↗](../../gu/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the Mikoto soon remembered what had brought him to Ryn Gu, and said to his host:[↗](../../gu/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **guacamole** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A green dip or sauce from Mexico made of mashed avocado, usually with lime, onion, tomato, chilli and salt.[↗](../../guacamole/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We dipped tortilla chips into the guacamole.[↗](../../guacamole/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Guacamole is made from mashed avocados.[↗](../../guacamole/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Add lime juice so the guacamole doesn't go brown.[↗](../../guacamole/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have extra guac on my burrito?[↗](../../guacamole/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made guacamole in our food technology lesson.[↗](../../guacamole/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Guacamole comes from Mexico and the Aztecs made it long ago.[↗](../../guacamole/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **guanaco** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wild South American animal like a small, slim llama, with a light brown woolly coat, living in the Andes mountains and Patagonia.[↗](../../guanaco/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A guanaco is a wild cousin of the llama.[↗](../../guanaco/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a herd of guanacos in Patagonia.[↗](../../guanaco/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Guanacos can live in very dry places.[↗](../../guanaco/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Llamas were tamed from guanacos thousands of years ago.[↗](../../guanaco/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The guanaco spat when the tourist came too close.[↗](../../guanaco/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Guanacos have thick wool to keep warm in the Andes.[↗](../../guanaco/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **guano** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Guano is the droppings of seabirds or bats, which pile up in huge amounts on rocks and in caves.[↗](../../guano/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Guano is used as a strong fertiliser to help plants grow because it is full of nitrogen and phosphorus.[↗](../../guano/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Guano is bird or bat poo.[↗](../../guano/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocks were white with seabird guano.[↗](../../guano/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers used guano to help crops grow.[↗](../../guano/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bat cave floor was covered in guano.[↗](../../guano/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Islands near Peru were mined for guano long ago.[↗](../../guano/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Guano is full of nutrients for plants.[↗](../../guano/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a mask in bat caves because guano dust can make you ill.[↗](../../guano/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Penguins make burrows in old guano.[↗](../../guano/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **guarantee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work.[↗](../../guarantee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") To guarantee means to promise it surely.[↗](../../guarantee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A guarantee is also a shop's written promise to fix or replace something if it breaks within a certain time.[↗](../../guarantee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many socks must you take to guarantee a matching pair?[↗](../../guarantee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop guarantees the toy for 2 years.[↗](../../guarantee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many marbles must she pick to guarantee 2 red ones?[↗](../../guarantee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer is guaranteed $3 a box.[↗](../../guarantee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The watch has a one-year guarantee.[↗](../../guarantee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no guarantee that it will be sunny tomorrow.[↗](../../guarantee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Practice does not guarantee a win, but it helps.[↗](../../guarantee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike was still under guarantee, so they fixed it for free.[↗](../../guarantee/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.[↗](../../guarantee/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) … [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/29/) **30** [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/31/) [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/32/) [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/33/) - ← 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