| govt. |
abbreviation of "government." |
| go whole hog |
(informal) to do something as completely as possible, without holding back. |
| gown |
a dress worn on special occasions. [2 definitions] |
| grab |
to take hold of suddenly or with force; snatch. [2 definitions] |
| grace |
beauty or charm in form, style, or motion. [4 definitions] |
| graceful |
marked by grace or beauty of movement or manner. |
| gracious |
likely to do what is polite, kind, or right. |
| grackle |
a North American blackbird with a long tail and shiny black feathers. |
| grade |
a level, degree, or rank in a scale. [7 definitions] |
| grade school |
see "elementary school." |
| gradual |
happening by degrees that are small and even. |
| gradually |
by small steps or degrees. |
| graduate |
a person who has finished studying at high school or college. A diploma is given to a graduate to show that all the necessary work has been done. [2 definitions] |
| graduation |
the act or process of graduating. [2 definitions] |
| graffito |
something written, scratched, or drawn on subway cars, buses, or walls in public places. |
| graft1 |
a part of a plant that is taken off and placed into a slit on another plant so that the two parts will grow together and become one plant. [3 definitions] |
| graham |
a flour made from the entire wheat grain. |
| grain |
the small hard seeds of cereal plants such as wheat or rice. Grain is used for food and often ground into flour. [4 definitions] |
| gram1 |
the basic unit of weight in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a kilogram or 0.0353 ounce. (abbreviated: g) |
| grammar |
the rules for forming the words and sentences of a language. Some of these rules have to be learned. Other rules are already in the head of a native speaker. For example, a native English speaker would not say, "I a cat bitten by was," because the grammar does not make sense. When one learns a new language, most of the rules of its grammar have to be learned. [2 definitions] |
| grammar school |
see "elementary school." |