--- title: G — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 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/9/) [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 9 [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:* Germanic describes the family of languages that includes English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic.[↗](../../germanic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Germanic describes the ancient peoples of northern Europe, such as the Angles, Saxons, Goths and Vikings, and their cultures.[↗](../../germanic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Germanic can mean typical of Germany or German people.[↗](../../germanic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* English is a Germanic language.[↗](../../germanic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Angles and Saxons were Germanic tribes.[↗](../../germanic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · German, Dutch and Swedish are Germanic languages too.[↗](../../germanic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many short English words have Germanic roots.[↗](../../germanic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Vikings spoke a Germanic language called Old Norse.[↗](../../germanic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Water» and «Wasser» show the Germanic link.[↗](../../germanic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Romans fought Germanic tribes.[↗](../../germanic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The old castle had a Germanic look.[↗](../../germanic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **germinate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* When a seed germinates, it starts to grow and puts out a root and a shoot.[↗](../../germinate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To germinate an idea is to begin to develop it (formal).[↗](../../germinate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bean seeds germinated after five days.[↗](../../germinate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeds need water and warmth to germinate.[↗](../../germinate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We germinated cress on damp cotton wool.[↗](../../germinate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeds will not germinate if they are too cold.[↗](../../germinate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The root comes out first when a seed germinates.[↗](../../germinate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An idea for the story germinated in her head.[↗](../../germinate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **germination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Germination is the process in which a seed starts to grow into a new plant, putting out a root and then a shoot.[↗](../../germination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Germination begins when the seed takes in water.[↗](../../germination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested what seeds need for germination.[↗](../../germination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Warmth speeds up germination.[↗](../../germination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Germination is the first stage of a plant's life cycle.[↗](../../germination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After germination, the shoot grows towards the light.[↗](../../germination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our beans showed germination after four days.[↗](../../germination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gestation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The time a baby animal grows inside its mother before it is born.[↗](../../gestation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The time an idea or plan takes to develop.[↗](../../gestation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gestation period of an elephant is about 22 months.[↗](../../gestation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Human gestation lasts about nine months.[↗](../../gestation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mice have a short gestation.[↗](../../gestation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Compare the gestation periods in the table.[↗](../../gestation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Kangaroos have a very short gestation, then the baby grows in the pouch.[↗](../../gestation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The idea had a long gestation before it became a book.[↗](../../gestation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **gesture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A movement of your hand, head or body that shows a meaning, like waving, nodding or pointing.[↗](../../gesture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something you do to show a feeling, especially kindness: «a kind gesture».[↗](../../gesture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To move your hand or head to show something: «She gestured to the door».[↗](../../gesture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She waved goodbye – a friendly gesture.[↗](../../gesture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nodding is a gesture that means "yes" in many countries.[↗](../../gesture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bringing flowers to the new neighbour was a kind gesture.[↗](../../gesture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher gestured to us to sit down.[↗](../../gesture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He made a rude gesture and got into trouble.[↗](../../gesture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sign language uses many gestures.[↗](../../gesture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some gestures mean something different in other countries.[↗](../../gesture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · With a hasty gesture he tried to hide it, but he was too late.[↗](../../gesture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **get** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To get is to receive or be given: get a present.[↗](../../get/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To get is to go and bring something: get your coat.[↗](../../get/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To get is to become: get wet, get better.[↗](../../get/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To get to a place is to arrive there.[↗](../../get/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To get something can mean to understand it.[↗](../../get/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I get it\![↗](../../get/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To get can mean to catch an illness or a bus: get a cold, get the bus.[↗](../../get/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Got» often means «have»: «I've got 3», «you got any?»; «gotta» means «have got to, must»; «get this» means «listen to this surprising thing».[↗](../../get/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (rough) «Get lost!», «get out!», «get stuffed!»[↗](../../get/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") (UK, Australia) tell someone rudely to go away; «I'll get you» is a threat.[↗](../../get/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (formal) The exam voice says «obtain», «acquire», «receive», «procure», «be in receipt of».[↗](../../get/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sam has 7 cards.[↗](../../get/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Sam gets 8 more cards.[↗](../../get/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many does each child get?[↗](../../get/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ella got 6 stickers from her teacher.[↗](../../get/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Add 5 and 5 and you get 10.[↗](../../get/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Get your coat; it's cold.[↗](../../get/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I get up at seven every morning.[↗](../../get/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't get wet in the rain\![↗](../../get/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh, now I get it\![↗](../../get/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · u got any more? i only got 3 left[↗](../../get/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Get lost, they're my sweets\![↗](../../get/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Gotta go, mum's here.[↗](../../get/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam, being in possession of 7 cards, subsequently acquires a further 8; determine the total.[↗](../../get/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I have not got my boots\![↗](../../get/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'[↗](../../get/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../get/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.'[↗](../../get/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../get/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.'[↗](../../get/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../get/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeath-benjamin.[↗](../../get/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.13.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../get/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · From Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.[↗](../../get/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.104, JPS 1917)[↗](../../get/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.[↗](../../get/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.22.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../get/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **gettest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «gettest» means «you get», a form of «get»: To get is to receive or be given: get a present.[↗](../../gettest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Take it home, and when thou gettest there, make to thyself a cattle-pen, and make it strong; then break the egg in the middle of thy cattle-pen, and thou shalt see something.[↗](../../gettest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) **getting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Receiving or obtaining.[↗](../../getting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I'm getting a new bike."[↗](../../getting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Becoming.[↗](../../getting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "It's getting dark."[↗](../../getting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Arriving or moving.[↗](../../getting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "We're getting home late."[↗](../../getting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Understanding.[↗](../../getting/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Are you getting this?"[↗](../../getting/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Fetching.[↗](../../getting/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She's getting the milk."[↗](../../getting/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* "Getting on" can mean how someone is doing or managing.[↗](../../getting/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's getting dark outside.[↗](../../getting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm getting ready for school.[↗](../../getting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you getting better?[↗](../../getting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We're getting a puppy\![↗](../../getting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice is getting thin, so stay off.[↗](../../getting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is getting good at swimming.[↗](../../getting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They are getting on well together.[↗](../../getting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He is getting up early tomorrow.[↗](../../getting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "How's my old woman getting on?"[↗](../../getting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.[↗](../../getting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../getting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.[↗](../../getting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.4.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../getting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.[↗](../../getting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.21.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../getting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **geyser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A geyser is a hot spring in the ground that shoots hot water and steam high into the air from time to time.[↗](../../geyser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, old) A geyser is a gas water heater in a kitchen or bathroom.[↗](../../geyser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A geyser can mean any sudden jet of liquid shooting up.[↗](../../geyser/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Old Faithful is a geyser that erupts about every hour and a half.[↗](../../geyser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the geyser shoot steam into the sky in Iceland.[↗](../../geyser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Geysers form where hot rocks heat underground water.[↗](../../geyser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay on the boardwalk because the water near a geyser is boiling.[↗](../../geyser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The word geyser comes from Geysir, a hot spring in Iceland.[↗](../../geyser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When the pipe burst, a geyser of water sprayed across the street.[↗](../../geyser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rotorua in New Zealand has bubbling mud and geysers.[↗](../../geyser/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ghanaian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From or to do with Ghana, a country in West Africa.[↗](../../ghanaian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A person from Ghana.[↗](../../ghanaian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend Kwame's family is Ghanaian.[↗](../../ghanaian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ghanaian kente cloth has bright woven patterns.[↗](../../ghanaian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We tasted Ghanaian jollof rice at the culture fair.[↗](../../ghanaian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Ghanaians speak English as well as Twi or Ewe.[↗](../../ghanaian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ghanaian farmers grow lots of the world's cocoa.[↗](../../ghanaian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A Ghanaian storyteller told us about Anansi the spider.[↗](../../ghanaian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ghastly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very bad, horrible or unpleasant.[↗](../../ghastly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Shocking and frightening, like something terrible to see.[↗](../../ghastly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Very pale and ill-looking, like a ghost.[↗](../../ghastly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, UK) Awful, as in «a ghastly mistake», «ghastly weather».[↗](../../ghastly/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school dinner was ghastly.[↗](../../ghastly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had ghastly weather on holiday.[↗](../../ghastly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A ghastly scream came from the cellar.[↗](../../ghastly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He looked ghastly after being seasick.[↗](../../ghastly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I've made a ghastly mistake\![↗](../../ghastly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad thought the prison food was ghastly.[↗](../../ghastly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The weasels let out a ghastly howl as the friends burst in.[↗](../../ghastly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **gherkin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small cucumber kept in vinegar, eaten as a pickle; in the USA and Canada usually called a «pickle».[↗](../../gherkin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The small cucumber itself, grown for pickling.[↗](../../gherkin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal) «The Gherkin», a famous pickle-shaped tower in London.[↗](../../gherkin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I always take the gherkin out of my burger.[↗](../../gherkin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum chopped gherkins into the potato salad.[↗](../../gherkin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gherkins taste sour and crunchy.[↗](../../gherkin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In America, a gherkin is just called a pickle.[↗](../../gherkin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw the Gherkin building on our trip to London.[↗](../../gherkin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A jar of gherkins stood on the picnic table.[↗](../../gherkin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa grows gherkins in his vegetable patch.[↗](../../gherkin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ghost** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people believe can be seen or heard.[↗](../../ghost/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A very faint trace of something.[↗](../../ghost/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a ghost of a smile".[↗](../../ghost/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, slang) To suddenly stop answering someone's messages and ignore them.[↗](../../ghost/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* give up the ghost (informal): to die, or of a machine, to stop working.[↗](../../ghost/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We told ghost stories round the campfire.[↗](../../ghost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He dressed up as a ghost for Halloween.[↗](../../ghost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old house is said to have a ghost.[↗](../../ghost/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning.[↗](../../ghost/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My old phone finally gave up the ghost.[↗](../../ghost/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) He ghosted me after the party.[↗](../../ghost/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a ghost town on Sunday mornings.[↗](../../ghost/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.[↗](../../ghost/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ghost/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.[↗](../../ghost/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ghost/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A man also or a woman that divineth by a ghost or a familiar spirit, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.[↗](../../ghost/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.20.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ghost/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Saul had put away those that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land.[↗](../../ghost/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.28.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ghost/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of a ghost, to inquire thereby, (Writings 1CH.10.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ghost/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead (Prophets ISA.8.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ghost/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **ghostly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Like a ghost or to do with ghosts: pale, faint, strange and scary.[↗](../../ghostly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Faint and hard to see or hear, as if not quite real: a ghostly shape in the fog.[↗](../../ghostly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ghostly can also mean spiritual, to do with the soul, saints or religion.[↗](../../ghostly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A ghostly figure drifted across the old hall.[↗](../../ghostly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a ghostly moan from the attic, but it was just the wind.[↗](../../ghostly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The moon gave the garden a ghostly glow.[↗](../../ghostly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face looked ghostly pale after the fright.[↗](../../ghostly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ghostly shapes of ships appeared out of the fog.[↗](../../ghostly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tale was full of ghostly whispers.[↗](../../ghostly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Using «ghostly» made my Halloween story spookier.[↗](../../ghostly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · To these "legends," as the folk-tales are styled in which the saints or their ghostly enemies occur, belongs the following narrative of--[↗](../../ghostly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ghoul** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ghoul is an evil spirit or monster, in old tales, that haunts graveyards and feeds on dead bodies.[↗](../../ghoul/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The travellers heard ghouls moaning in the graveyard.[↗](../../ghoul/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ghouls were said to dig up the dead.[↗](../../ghoul/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children ran from the grey, hungry ghoul.[↗](../../ghoul/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **giant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In stories, a giant is an imaginary person who is enormously big and strong.[↗](../../giant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Giant (adjective) means very, very large.[↗](../../giant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A giant is a person, company or thing that is very important or successful, like a giant of science.[↗](../../giant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The giant lived in a castle above the clouds.[↗](../../giant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A blue whale is a giant of the sea.[↗](../../giant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a giant tortoise at the zoo.[↗](../../giant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That's a giant sandwich\![↗](../../giant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Jupiter is a gas giant.[↗](../../giant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The friendly dog is a gentle giant.[↗](../../giant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning to read was a giant step for my sister.[↗](../../giant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Giant's Causeway is in Northern Ireland.[↗](../../giant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Greater than who?' asked the giant.[↗](../../giant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.[↗](../../giant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.16.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../giant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.[↗](../../giant/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.20.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../giant/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.[↗](../../giant/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.21.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../giant/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **giantess** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A giantess is a female giant, a woman of huge size in a story.[↗](../../giantess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The giantess stamped her foot and the hills shook.[↗](../../giantess/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A kind giantess gave the boy a golden key.[↗](../../giantess/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The giantess laughed at the tiny knight.[↗](../../giantess/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gibberish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Gibberish is talk or writing that makes no sense, or words that are not real words.[↗](../../gibberish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby babbled gibberish.[↗](../../gibberish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't read this; it is gibberish.[↗](../../gibberish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard muttered gibberish and the door opened.[↗](../../gibberish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **gibbet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A gibbet was a wooden frame on which a criminal was hanged, and the body was left there to be seen.[↗](../../gibbet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A gibbet stood on the hill above the road.[↗](../../gibbet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The thief was hung on the gibbet for all to see.[↗](../../gibbet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crows sat on the gibbet.[↗](../../gibbet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) … [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/10/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/33/) - ← previous: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/8/) - next →: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/page/10/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)