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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • grocery/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/nounB22 meaningsA shop selling food and household goods.
  • groggy/ˈɡɹɒ.ɡi/adjectiveB2+Dazed and unsteady on your feet.
  • groin/ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/nounB23 meaningsThe fold or hollow at the front of the body where each leg joins the trunk.
  • groom/ɡɹuːm/nounB15 meaningsA man on his wedding day, or in the period just before or after it.
  • grooming/ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ/nounB2Keeping yourself clean and neatly presented.
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The brush used to keep an animal's coat in order.
  • groove/ɡɹuːv/nounB22 meaningsThe rhythmic feel that makes music move.
  • groovy/ˈɡɹuvi/adjectiveB2Fashionable and exciting, in sixties slang.
  • grope/ɡɹəʊp/verbB2+2 meaningsTo feel about blindly with the hands.
  • gross/ɡɹəʊs/adjectiveB13 meaningsVery obviously wrong and inexcusable.
  • gross domestic productnounC1The total value of everything a country produces.
  • grotesque/ɡɹəʊˈtɛsk/adjectiveB2+Ugly and distorted in a disturbing way.
  • grotto/ˈɡɹɒt.əʊ/nounC1A small picturesque cave.
  • ground/ɡɹaʊnd/nounA24 meaningsThe surface of the earth.
  • ground crewnounB2The workers who service aircraft between flights.
  • ground floornounB1The storey of a building at street level.
  • groundbreaking/ˈɡɹaʊndˌbɹeɪkɪŋ/adjectiveB2+Doing something nobody had done before.
  • grounded/ˈɡɹaʊn.dɪd/adjectiveB23 meaningsForbidden to go out, as a punishment.
  • grounding/ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋ/nounC12 meaningsBringing yourself back to the present moment.
  • groundless/ˈɡɹaʊndləs/adjectiveC1Having no basis in fact.
  • groundsheetnounC1The waterproof layer between the tent and the earth.
  • groundswellnounC1A rising of public feeling that gathers force.
  • groundwork/ˈɡɹaʊndˌwɜːɹk/nounB2+The preparatory work everything else is built on.
  • group/ɡɹuːp/nounA12 meaningsA number of people or things gathered together.
  • group chatnounB1A conversation held between several people at once.
  • groupagenounC2Combining small consignments into one load.
  • grouping/ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/nounB2+A set of things put together by some shared feature.
  • grouse/ɡɹaʊs/nounC1A plump moorland game bird.
  • grout/ɡɹaʊt/nounC1The paste pressed between tiles to fill the joints.
  • grove/ɡɹəʊv/nounB2A small group of trees growing together.
  • grovel/ˈɡrɒvəl/verbC1To behave humbly in order to win favour.
  • grow/ˈɡɹəʊ/verbA13 meaningsTo become bigger or taller over time.
  • grow onphraseB2To become liked more the longer you know it.
  • grow out ofphraseB2To become too old or too big for something.
  • grow upphraseA22 meaningsTo develop from a child into an adult.
  • growing painsnounB2Aches in the legs that children get as they grow.
  • growing seasonnounB2The part of the year warm enough for crops to grow.
  • growl/ˈɡɹaʊ̯l/verbB24 meaningsTo make a low rough rumbling sound in the throat, the way an angry animal does.
  • growth/ɡɹoʊθ/nounB12 meaningsAn increase in size, number or strength.
  • growth spurtnounB2A sudden fast period of growing.
  • grub/ɡɹʌb/nounB22 meaningsThe soft legless larva of an insect.
  • grubby/ˈɡɹʌbi/adjectiveB2+Rather dirty in a small everyday way.
  • grudge/ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/nounB22 meaningsAn old wrong you refuse to let go of.
  • grudging/ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/adjectiveC1Given unwillingly and without warmth.
  • gruelling/ˈɡɹʊə.lɪŋ/adjectiveC1Exhausting and long.
  • gruesome/ˈɡɹuːsəm/adjectiveC1Horrifying because of blood and injury.
  • gruff/ɡɹʌf/adjectiveB2+Rough, low and abrupt in voice or manner.
  • grumble/ˈɡɹʌmbl̩/verbB23 meaningsTo complain in a low, continuous, half-hearted voice.
  • grumpy/ˈɡɹʌmpi/adjectiveB1Bad-tempered and inclined to complain.
  • grunt/ɡɹʌnt/verbB23 meaningsTo make a short low rough sound in your throat, from effort or in place of speaking.
  • guacamole/ˌɡwɑ.kəˈmol.i/nounB1+A dip mashed from avocado with lime.
  • guarantee/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/nounB23 meaningsA promise to repair or replace something if it fails.
  • guarantor/ˈɡæɹəntə(ɹ)/nounC1Somebody who promises to pay if you cannot.
  • guard/ɡɑːd/nounB13 meaningsSomebody whose job is to watch a place or a person and keep them safe.
  • guarded/ˈɡɑɹdɪd/adjectiveB22 meaningsCareful about what you let others see.
  • guardian/ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/nounB22 meaningsThe adult legally responsible for a child who is not their own.
  • guatemalanounB2+A Central American country.
  • guerillanounB2+A fighter in a small irregular band.
  • guerrilla/ɡəˈɹɪlə/nounC1A member of a small irregular armed group using hit-and-run tactics.
  • guess/ɡɛs/verbA12 meaningsTo give an answer without knowing for sure.