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

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  • glare/ɡlɛɚ/verbB24 meaningsTo stare at someone with open anger.
  • glaring/ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsUnpleasantly bright.
  • glassy/ˈɡlɑːsi/adjectiveB22 meaningsSmooth and shining like glass.
  • glaze/ɡleɪz/verbB25 meaningsTo brush a shiny coating over food so that it gleams.
  • gleam/ɡliːm/verbB2+2 meaningsTo shine with a soft steady reflected light.
  • glee/ɡliː/
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Great delight, often at another's misfortune.
  • glide/ˈɡlaɪd/verbB23 meaningsTo move smoothly and quietly, with no visible effort.
  • glitch/ˈɡlɪt͡ʃ/nounB22 meaningsA small sudden fault that makes a machine behave oddly.
  • glitter/ˈɡlɪtə/verbB22 meaningsTo shine with many small flashes of light.
  • global/ˈɡləʊ.bəl/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsCovering the whole world.
  • global warmingphraseB2The heating of the planet by trapped gases.
  • globe/ɡləʊb/nounB2The earth, or a round model of it.
  • gloom/ɡluːm/nounB22 meaningsPartial darkness in which you can barely make things out.
  • gloomy/ˈɡluːmi/adjectiveB23 meaningsDark and short of light.
  • glorious/ˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/adjectiveB22 meaningsMagnificent enough to be remembered with pride.
  • glory/ˈɡlɔːɹi/nounB12 meaningsGreat honour and fame won by achievement.
  • gloss/ɡlɒs/nounB22 meaningsPaint or a finish that dries hard and shiny.
  • glow/ɡləʊ/verbB23 meaningsTo give out a soft steady light, with no flame.
  • glue/ɡluː/nounA2+3 meaningsA sticky substance used to join things.
  • go/ɡəʊ/verbA14 meaningsTo move from here to another place.
  • go backphraseA22 meaningsTo return to a place you were before.
  • go halvesphraseB2To split the cost equally between two.
  • go offphraseB22 meaningsTo explode, or to sound suddenly.
  • go overphraseB22 meaningsTo examine or review something carefully.
  • go the extra mile/ˈɡəʊ ði ˈɛk.stɹə ˈmaɪl/phraseB2To do more than duty requires.
  • go throughphraseB22 meaningsTo experience something difficult.
  • go to your headphraseB2To make you conceited, or to make you tipsy.
  • go with the flowphraseB2To accept what happens rather than fight it.
  • gobble/ˈɡɒbl̩/verbB22 meaningsTo eat fast and greedily.
  • goblin/ˈɡɒb.lɪn/nounB2A small malicious creature of folklore.
  • goddamadjectiveB2Used to add force to an angry statement.
  • godfather/ˈɡɑdfɑðɚ/nounB1+2 meaningsA man chosen to take an interest in a child's upbringing.
  • golden hour/ˈɡəʊl.dən ˌaʊə/nounB2The warm low light just after dawn or before dusk.
  • good/ɡʊd/adjectiveA17 meaningsOf a standard that pleases you; enjoyable.
  • good-natured/ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/adjectiveB2Pleasant and slow to take offence.
  • goodwill/ˌɡʊdˈwɪl/nounB2Friendly feeling, and the willingness to help.
  • gorge walknounB2A walk through a narrow steep-sided valley.
  • gospel/ˈɡɒspəl/nounB2One of the four accounts of the life of Jesus.
  • gossip/ˈɡɒsɪp/nounB14 meaningsTalk about other people's private business, especially what they would not want repeated.
  • govern/ˈɡʌv.ən/verbB2+2 meaningsTo rule a country and make its decisions.
  • government/ˈɡʌv.ɚ(n).mənt/nounA23 meaningsThe group of people who run a country.
  • governor/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə/nounB13 meaningsThe elected head of a US state or a province.
  • gown/ˈɡaʊ̯n/nounB12 meaningsA long elegant dress for grand occasions.
  • grab/ˈɡɹæb/verbB15 meaningsTo take hold of something suddenly and roughly.
  • grab railnounB2A short bar fixed to a wall beside a bath or toilet, which you take hold of to steady yourself.
  • gracious/ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/adjectiveB23 meaningsKind, polite and generous, especially when you have no obligation to be.
  • gradient/ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/nounB2+4 meaningsA gradual change from one colour into another, with no hard edge between them.
  • gradual/ˈɡɹadʒuəl/adjectiveB2Happening slowly, step by step.
  • gradually/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/adverbB2Slowly, by small steps over time.
  • graduate schemenounB2A training programme for new university leavers.
  • graduation/ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/nounB13 meaningsThe ceremony at which students receive their degrees or diplomas.
  • grand finale/ˌɡɹænd fɪˈnɑːli/nounB2The spectacular closing item of a show.
  • grandfather clocknounB2A tall standing clock with a long pendulum.
  • grant/ɡɹɑːnt/nounB23 meaningsMoney given for a purpose and not repaid.
  • graphic/ˈɡɹæfɪk/adjectiveB22 meaningsTo do with drawing and visual design.
  • graphics cardnounB2The board that draws what appears on screen.
  • grapple/ˈɡɹæpəl/verbB22 meaningsTo struggle with somebody at close quarters.
  • grasp/ɡɹɑːsp/verbB13 meaningsTo seize something firmly with the hand.
  • grasping/ˈɡɹæspɪŋ/adjectiveB2Greedy and always wanting more.
  • grassy/ˈɡɹæsi/adjectiveB22 meaningsHaving the fresh green note of cut lawn.