Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 42

Graze (v. i.) To touch something lightly in passing.

Graze (n.) The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.

Grazer (n.) One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.

Grazier (n.) One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.

Grazing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, grazes.

Grazing (n.) A pasture; growing grass.

Grazioso (adv.) Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly.

Gre (n.) See Gree, a step.

Gre (n.) See Gree, good will.

Grease (n.) Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

Grease (n.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.

Greased (imp. & p. p.) of Grease

Greasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grease

Grease (v. t.) To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.

Grease (v. t.) To bribe; to corrupt with presents.

Grease (v. t.) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.

Grease (v. t.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

Greaser (n.) One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.

Greaser (n.) A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type.

Greasily (adv.) In a greasy manner.

Greasily (adv.) In a gross or indelicate manner.

Greasiness (n.) The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.

Greasy (superl.) Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.

Greasy (superl.) Smeared or defiled with grease.

Greasy (superl.) Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.

Greasy (superl.) Fat of body; bulky.

Greasy (superl.) Gross; indelicate; indecent.

Greasy (superl.) Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.

Great (superl.) Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.

Great (superl.) Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.

Great (superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.

Great (superl.) Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

Great (superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.

Great (superl.) Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.

Great (superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

Great (superl.) Pregnant; big (with young).

Great (superl.) More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.

Great (superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc.

Great (n.) The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.

Great-bellied (a.) Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.

Greatcoat (n.) An overcoat.

Greaten (v. t.) To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.

Greaten (v. i.) To become large; to dilate.

Great-grandchild (n.) The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.

Great-granddaughter (n.) A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.

Great-grandfather (n.) The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.

Great-grandmother (n.) The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.

Great-grandson (n.) A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.

Great-hearted (a.) High-spirited; fearless.

Great-hearted (a.) Generous; magnanimous; noble.

Great-heartedness (n.) The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.

Greatly (adv.) In a great degree; much.

Greatly (adv.) Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously.

Greatness (n.) The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

Greatness (n.) Pride; haughtiness.

Greave (n.) A grove.

Greave (n.) Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.

Greaved (imp. & p. p.) of Greave

Greaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Greave

Greave (v. t.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

Greaves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.

Grebe (n.) One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Grecian (a.) Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.

Grecian (n.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.

Grecian (n.) A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.

Grecian (n.) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history.

Grecism (n.) An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism.

Grecized (imp. & p. p.) of Grecize

Grecizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grecize

Grecize (v. t.) To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized.

Grecize (v. t.) To translate into Greek.

Grecize (v. i.) Alt. of Grecianize

Grecianize (v. i.) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

Greco-Roman (a.) Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco-Roman architecture.

Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander.

Gree (n.) Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably.

Gree (n.) Rank; degree; position.

Gree (n.) The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize.

Gree (v. i.) To agree.

Grees (pl. ) of Gree

Greece (pl. ) of Gree

Grice (pl. ) of Gree

Grise (pl. ) of Gree

Grize (pl. ) of Gree

Gree (n.) A step.

Greece (n. pl.) See Gree a step.

Greed (n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

Greedily (adv.) In a greedy manner.

Greediness (n.) The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.

Greedy (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

Greedy (superl.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.

Greedy-gut (n.) A glutton.

Greegree (n.) An African talisman or Gri'gri' charm.

Greek (a.) Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

Greek (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

Greek (n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat.

Greek (n.) Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.

Greekess (n.) A female Greek.

Greekish (a.) Peculiar to Greece.

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