--- title: G — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 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/5/) [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 5 [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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meaning 1:* To gather is to come together in one place as a group.[↗](../../gather/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To gather things is to collect them from different places.[↗](../../gather/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To gather can mean to understand from what you heard: «I gather you are new.».[↗](../../gather/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To gather speed or strength is to slowly get more of it.[↗](../../gather/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gather round and listen to the story.[↗](../../gather/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We gathered shells on the beach.[↗](../../gather/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels gather nuts for the winter.[↗](../../gather/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A crowd gathered to watch the parade.[↗](../../gather/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dark clouds gathered in the sky.[↗](../../gather/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The train gathered speed.[↗](../../gather/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gather up your things, it's time to go.[↗](../../gather/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists gather data in experiments.[↗](../../gather/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Queen gathered together the lilies.[↗](../../gather/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them go and gather straw for themselves.[↗](../../gather/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gather/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.[↗](../../gather/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.8.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gather/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.[↗](../../gather/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gather/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?[↗](../../gather/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gather/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O shameless nation; (Prophets ZEP.2.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gather/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.[↗](../../gather/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.13.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gather/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **gatherer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or animal that collects things, such as food, information or people.[↗](../../gatherer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hunter-gatherers: people who live by hunting animals and collecting wild plants, nuts and berries instead of farming.[↗](../../gatherer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stone Age people were hunter-gatherers.[↗](../../gatherer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hunter-gatherers moved from place to place to find food.[↗](../../gatherer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The honey gatherer climbed the tall tree.[↗](../../gatherer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In our group, I was the information gatherer.[↗](../../gatherer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels are busy gatherers of nuts in autumn.[↗](../../gatherer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The gatherers came back with baskets of berries.[↗](../../gatherer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?[↗](../../gatherer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets OBA.1.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gatherer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?[↗](../../gatherer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.49.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gatherer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus saith the LORD of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer upon the shoots.[↗](../../gatherer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gatherer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **gatherest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «gatherest» means «you gather», a form of «gather».[↗](../../gatherest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To gather is to come together in one place as a group.[↗](../../gatherest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.[↗](../../gatherest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.24.21, JPS 1917) · and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.[↗](../../gatherest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.16, JPS 1917) **gathereth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «gathereth» means «gathers», a form of «gather».[↗](../../gathereth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To gather is to come together in one place as a group.[↗](../../gathereth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **gathering** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A gathering is a group of people who meet together, often for a special reason.[↗](../../gathering/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Gathering is collecting things together, like food or information.[↗](../../gathering/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, rare) A gathered fold in cloth.[↗](../../gathering/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Gathering your wits means pulling your thoughts together so that you can think clearly.[↗](../../gathering/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have a big family gathering at Christmas.[↗](../../gathering/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The church held a gathering after the service.[↗](../../gathering/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Early people lived by hunting and gathering.[↗](../../gathering/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We are gathering data for our science project.[↗](../../gathering/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Storm clouds were gathering.[↗](../../gathering/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The gathering sang together around the fire.[↗](../../gathering/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gathering his wits together, he said:[↗](../../gathering/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.[↗](../../gathering/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.15.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gathering/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day.[↗](../../gathering/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.15.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gathering/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.[↗](../../gathering/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gathering/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I hate the gathering of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked.[↗](../../gathering/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.26.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gathering/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.[↗](../../gathering/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.22.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gathering/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **gator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, US) A gator is short for an alligator, a large reptile with strong jaws that lives in rivers and swamps in the southern USA and China.[↗](../../gator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A small off-road farm or utility vehicle, from a brand name.[↗](../../gator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We saw a gator sunning itself by the pond.[↗](../../gator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Signs said «Beware of gators».[↗](../../gator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gator slid silently into the water.[↗](../../gator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never swim where gators live.[↗](../../gator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Florida team is called the Gators.[↗](../../gator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A baby gator is only as long as a pencil.[↗](../../gator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gauche** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Awkward and clumsy in how you behave with other people, saying or doing slightly wrong things.[↗](../../gauche/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French) «gauche» means «left» in French: à gauche = to the left.[↗](../../gauche/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He felt gauche and shy at his first dance.[↗](../../gauche/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a bit gauche to ask how much her dress cost.[↗](../../gauche/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, «gauche» means left and «droite» means right.[↗](../../gauche/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tournez à gauche! — Turn left\![↗](../../gauche/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her gauche manners made people smile kindly.[↗](../../gauche/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **gauge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An instrument that measures and shows an amount, like a fuel gauge, a pressure gauge or a rain gauge.[↗](../../gauge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To measure something exactly.[↗](../../gauge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To judge or guess something, like a person's mood or how far something is.[↗](../../gauge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The width or thickness of something, like the distance between railway tracks or the thickness of wire.[↗](../../gauge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made a rain gauge from a plastic bottle.[↗](../../gauge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fuel gauge shows the tank is nearly empty.[↗](../../gauge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad checked the tyres with a pressure gauge.[↗](../../gauge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's hard to gauge how deep the water is.[↗](../../gauge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She tried to gauge if her teacher was cross.[↗](../../gauge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy train runs on narrow-gauge tracks.[↗](../../gauge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the gauge to the nearest mark on the scale.[↗](../../gauge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gaul** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Gaul was the old name for a large area of western Europe in Roman times, mostly where France and Belgium are today.[↗](../../gaul/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Gaul was a person from Gaul, one of the Celtic peoples who lived there.[↗](../../gaul/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Julius Caesar conquered Gaul.[↗](../../gaul/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Gauls were Celtic people.[↗](../../gaul/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Asterix stories, one village of Gauls holds out against Rome.[↗](../../gaul/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gaul was divided into three parts, Caesar wrote.[↗](../../gaul/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · France was once part of Gaul.[↗](../../gaul/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Gauls fought bravely against the Roman army.[↗](../../gaul/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a map of Roman Gaul.[↗](../../gaul/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A Gaulish warrior wore a helmet and a cloak.[↗](../../gaul/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gaunt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gaunt means very thin, with a bony, hungry look, often from illness or hunger.[↗](../../gaunt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the long winter she looked pale and gaunt.[↗](../../gaunt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old beggar was gaunt and grey.[↗](../../gaunt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His gaunt face frightened the children.[↗](../../gaunt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.[↗](../../gaunt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gaunt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **gauntlet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thick glove with a long wide cuff covering the wrist, worn for work, riding or motoring.[↗](../../gauntlet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A metal glove that was part of a knight's armour.[↗](../../gauntlet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In phrases: «throw down the gauntlet» – challenge someone; «take up the gauntlet» – accept a challenge; «run the gauntlet» – face attacks or criticism from many people one after another.[↗](../../gauntlet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Toad pulled on his driving gauntlets and goggles.[↗](../../gauntlet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight threw down his gauntlet as a challenge.[↗](../../gauntlet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear gauntlets when you cut thorny roses.[↗](../../gauntlet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher threw down the gauntlet: who could finish the puzzle first?[↗](../../gauntlet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new pupil had to run the gauntlet of questions in the playground.[↗](../../gauntlet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The welder wore thick leather gauntlets.[↗](../../gauntlet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sweat ran down his face, but he dried it with his gauntlet.[↗](../../gauntlet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gauntleted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wearing gauntlets: thick gloves with wide cuffs that cover the wrist, or armoured gloves worn by knights.[↗](../../gauntleted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a hand) Covered with such a glove.[↗](../../gauntleted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight raised his gauntleted fist.[↗](../../gauntleted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's gauntleted hands gripped the steering wheel.[↗](../../gauntleted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The falconer held the hawk on his gauntleted arm.[↗](../../gauntleted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The motorcyclist pulled off his gauntleted gloves.[↗](../../gauntleted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A gauntleted hand knocked on the castle door.[↗](../../gauntleted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fencer saluted with a gauntleted hand.[↗](../../gauntleted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gauze** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gauze is a very thin, light cloth with tiny holes, often used to cover wounds.[↗](../../gauze/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Gauze is a fine net of wire, used in science equipment and screens.[↗](../../gauze/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nurse put gauze over the cut on my knee.[↗](../../gauze/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A first-aid kit has gauze pads and bandages.[↗](../../gauze/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Press the gauze firmly to stop the bleeding.[↗](../../gauze/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The window had a gauze screen to keep out flies.[↗](../../gauze/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In science, the beaker sat on a wire gauze.[↗](../../gauze/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fairy's dress was made of shiny gauze.[↗](../../gauze/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Better than all, he had two lovely gauze wings which carried him the whole day without getting tired.[↗](../../gauze/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles.[↗](../../gauze/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gauze/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **gauzy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gauzy means very thin and light, almost see-through, like fine cloth.[↗](../../gauzy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wore a gauzy scarf over her hair.[↗](../../gauzy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fairy had gauzy wings.[↗](../../gauzy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The curtains were thin and gauzy.[↗](../../gauzy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gavel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small wooden hammer that a judge, auctioneer or chairperson bangs to get attention, keep order or show that something is decided or sold.[↗](../../gavel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The judge banged the gavel and shouted, «Order in court!»[↗](../../gavel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The auctioneer struck the gavel: «Sold to the lady in red!»[↗](../../gavel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class president used a gavel to start the meeting.[↗](../../gavel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The gavel came down and the painting was sold.[↗](../../gavel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the school mock trial, Tom held the gavel.[↗](../../gavel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The chairwoman tapped her gavel for silence.[↗](../../gavel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gavest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «gavest» means «you gave», a form of «give»: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present.[↗](../../gavest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'[↗](../../gavest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.12, JPS 1917) **gay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Describing a person, especially a man, who is romantically attracted to people of the same sex; women may also call themselves gay or lesbian.[↗](../../gay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") This is the usual meaning today and a respectful word.[↗](../../gay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned) Happy, merry and full of fun: «a gay laugh».[↗](../../gay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old-fashioned) Bright and colourful: «gay flags».[↗](../../gay/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (rude, offensive) Used by some as an insult meaning «bad» or «stupid» – this is hurtful and wrong.[↗](../../gay/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle is gay and lives with his husband.[↗](../../gay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some of my friends have two mums.[↗](../../gay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old song, the girls were «gay and bright».[↗](../../gay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The town was gay with flags for the festival.[↗](../../gay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad sang a gay little song as he drove along.[↗](../../gay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Using «gay» as an insult is unkind and not allowed in our school.[↗](../../gay/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never has there been a gayer Court.[↗](../../gay/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gaze** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To look at something steadily for a long time, often because you are thinking, amazed or in love.[↗](../../gaze/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A long, steady look.[↗](../../gaze/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) The direction someone is looking.[↗](../../gaze/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We lay on the grass and gazed at the stars.[↗](../../gaze/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She gazed out of the window during the lesson.[↗](../../gaze/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby gazed at her mum.[↗](../../gaze/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His gaze moved slowly across the room.[↗](../../gaze/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never gaze straight at the sun; it can hurt your eyes.[↗](../../gaze/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He couldn't hold the teacher's gaze and looked down.[↗](../../gaze/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Stargazing is fun on clear nights.[↗](../../gaze/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The children gazed at each other.[↗](../../gaze/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.[↗](../../gaze/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.19.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gaze/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he gaze upon his adversaries.[↗](../../gaze/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.112.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gaze/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth; but the righteous shall gaze upon their fall.[↗](../../gaze/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.29.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gaze/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For He hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath gazed upon mine enemies.[↗](../../gaze/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.54.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gaze/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **gazelle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A gazelle is a small, slim, fast antelope with curved horns that lives in Africa and Asia.[↗](../../gazelle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* People sometimes call a graceful, fast runner a gazelle.[↗](../../gazelle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A herd of gazelles grazed on the savanna.[↗](../../gazelle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheetah chased the gazelle across the plain.[↗](../../gazelle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gazelles can run very fast and turn quickly.[↗](../../gazelle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the food chain, grass is eaten by the gazelle, and the gazelle is eaten by the lion.[↗](../../gazelle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She ran like a gazelle on sports day.[↗](../../gazelle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The gazelle leapt high into the air to warn the herd.[↗](../../gazelle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The gazelle kept silence for a few moments.[↗](../../gazelle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.[↗](../../gazelle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.14.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gazelle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt eat it within thy gates; the unclean and the clean may eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.[↗](../../gazelle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gazelle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.[↗](../../gazelle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.12.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gazelle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle.[↗](../../gazelle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.7.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gazelle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies.[↗](../../gazelle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gazelle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.[↗](../../gazelle/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../gazelle/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) … [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/6/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/33/) - ← previous: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/4/) - next →: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/6/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)