| glare | (verb) look at with a fixed gaze | Synonyms: glower |
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| (verb) shine intensely | - |
| (verb) be sharply reflected | - |
| glass | (verb) become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance | Synonyms: glass over, glaze, glaze over |
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| (verb) put in a glass container | - |
| (verb) enclose with glass | Synonyms: glass in |
| (verb) scan (game in the forest) with binoculars | - |
| (verb) furnish with glass | Synonyms: glaze |
| glaze | (verb) become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance | Synonyms: glass, glass over, glaze over |
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| (verb) coat with a glaze | - |
| (verb) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze | Synonyms: candy, sugarcoat |
| (verb) furnish with glass | Synonyms: glass |
| gleam | (verb) to shine with faint or brief light | - |
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| (verb) shine brightly, like a star or a light | Synonyms: glimmer |
| (verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: glint, glisten, glitter, shine |
| glean | (verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: harvest, reap |
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| glide | (verb) move smoothly and effortlessly | - |
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| (verb) fly in or as if in a glider plane | - |
| (verb) cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly | - |
| glimmer | (verb) shine brightly, like a star or a light | Synonyms: gleam |
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| glimpse | (verb) catch a glimpse of or see briefly | - |
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| glint | (verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: gleam, glisten, glitter, shine |
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| (verb) throw a glance at; take a brief look at | Synonyms: glance, peek |
| glissade | (verb) perform a glissade, in ballet | - |
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| glisten | (verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: gleam, glint, glitter, shine |
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| glitch | (verb) To suffer a minor malfunction | - |
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| glitter | (verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: gleam, glint, glisten, shine |
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| gloat | (verb) dwell on with satisfaction | Synonyms: crow, triumph |
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| (verb) gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy | - |
| globalise | (verb) make world-wide in scope or application | Synonyms: globalize |
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| globalize | (verb) make world-wide in scope or application | Synonyms: globalise |
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| glom | (verb) take by theft | Synonyms: cop, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve |
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| (verb) seize upon or latch onto something | - |
| glorify | (verb) bestow glory upon | - |
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| (verb) cause to seem more splendid | - |
| (verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: spiritualize, transfigure |
| (verb) praise, glorify, or honor | Synonyms: exalt, extol, laud, proclaim |
| glory | (verb) rejoice proudly | - |
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| gloss | (verb) provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase | - |
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| (verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: annotate, comment |
| (verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for | Synonyms: color, colour |
| (verb) give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing | - |
| glow | (verb) experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion | Synonyms: beam, radiate, shine |
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| (verb) be exuberant or high-spirited | - |
| (verb) emit a steady even light without flames | - |
| (verb) have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink | Synonyms: beam, radiate, shine |
| (verb) shine intensely, as if with heat | Synonyms: burn |
| glower | (verb) look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval | Synonyms: frown, lour, lower |
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| (verb) look at with a fixed gaze | Synonyms: glare |
| glue | (verb) be fixed as if by glue | - |
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| (verb) join or attach with or as if with glue | Synonyms: paste |
| glug | (verb) make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle | - |
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| glut | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| (verb) supply with an excess of | Synonyms: flood, oversupply |
| gluttonise | (verb) eat a lot and without restraint | Synonyms: fress, gluttonize |
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| gluttonize | (verb) eat a lot and without restraint | Synonyms: fress, gluttonise |
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| glycerolise | (verb) place in glycerol | Synonyms: glycerolize |
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| glycerolize | (verb) place in glycerol | Synonyms: glycerolise |
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| gnarl | (verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | Synonyms: croak, grumble, murmur, mutter |
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| (verb) twist into a state of deformity | - |
| gnash | (verb) grind together, of teeth | - |
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| gnaw | (verb) become ground down or deteriorate | Synonyms: eat at, erode, gnaw at, wear away |
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| (verb) bite or chew on with the teeth | - |
| go | (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
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| (verb) follow a certain course | Synonyms: proceed |
| (verb) progress by being changed | Synonyms: move, run |
| (verb) stop operating or functioning | Synonyms: break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go bad |
| (verb) enter or assume a certain state or condition | Synonyms: become, get |
| (verb) be abolished or discarded | - |
| (verb) give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number | Synonyms: plump |
| (verb) have a turn; make one's move in a game | Synonyms: move |
| (verb) to be spent or finished | Synonyms: run low, run short |
| (verb) be spent | - |
| (verb) perform as expected when applied | Synonyms: function, operate, run, work |
| (verb) go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way | Synonyms: rifle |
| (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: locomote, move, travel |
| (verb) move away from a place into another direction | Synonyms: depart, go away |
| (verb) begin or set in motion | Synonyms: get going, start |
| (verb) make a certain noise or sound | Synonyms: sound |
| (verb) follow a procedure or take a course | Synonyms: move, proceed |
| (verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: extend, lead, pass, run |
| (verb) have a particular form | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action | - |
| (verb) be in the right place or situation | Synonyms: belong |
| (verb) be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired | Synonyms: fit |
| (verb) be awarded; be allotted | - |
| (verb) be or continue to be in a certain condition | - |
| (verb) lead, extend, or afford access | Synonyms: lead |
| (verb) be ranked or compare | - |
| (verb) blend or harmonize | Synonyms: blend, blend in |
| (verb) be sounded, played, or expressed | - |
| (verb) be contained in | - |
| (verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: endure, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive |
| goad | (verb) annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism | Synonyms: needle |
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| (verb) urge with or as if with a goad | - |
| (verb) stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick | Synonyms: prick |
| (verb) give heart or courage to | Synonyms: spur |
| gobble | (verb) make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys | - |
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| (verb) eat hastily without proper chewing | Synonyms: bolt |
| goffer | (verb) make wavy with a heated goffering iron | Synonyms: gauffer |
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| goggle | (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gape, gawk, gawp |
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| goldbrick | (verb) avoid (one's assigned duties) | Synonyms: fiddle, shirk, shrink from |
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| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
| goldplate | (verb) plate with gold | Synonyms: gold-plate, gold plate |
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| golf | (verb) play golf | - |
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| gong | (verb) sound a gong | - |
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| goof | (verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: blunder, boob, drop the ball, sin |
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| goofproof | (verb) proof against human misuse or error | Synonyms: foolproof, goof-proof |
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| google | (verb) search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine | - |
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| goose | (verb) pinch in the buttocks | - |
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| (verb) give a spurt of fuel to | - |
| (verb) prod into action | - |
| gore | (verb) cut into gores | - |
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| (verb) wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument | - |
| gorge | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| gormandise | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| gormandize | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| gossip | (verb) wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies | Synonyms: dish the dirt |
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| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
| gouge | (verb) force with the thumb | Synonyms: force out |
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| (verb) make a groove in | Synonyms: rout |
| (verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: extort, rack, squeeze, wring |
| gourmandize | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| govern | (verb) exercise authority over; as of nations | Synonyms: rule |
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| (verb) direct or strongly influence the behavior of | - |
| (verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: order, regularise, regularize, regulate |
| (verb) require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | - |
| gown | (verb) dress in a gown | - |
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| grab | (verb) capture the attention or imagination of | Synonyms: seize |
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| (verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) take or grasp suddenly | - |
| (verb) make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand | - |
| (verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily | Synonyms: snaffle, snap up |
| (verb) obtain illegally or unscrupulously | - |
| grace | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
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| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish |
| gradate | (verb) pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another | - |
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| (verb) arrange according to grades | - |
| grade | (verb) determine the grade of or assign a grade to | - |
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| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: order, place, range, rank, rate |
| (verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (verb) level to the right gradient | - |
| graduate | (verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | Synonyms: calibrate, fine-tune |
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| (verb) receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; completion of a course or training | - |
| (verb) confer an academic degree upon | - |
| graft | (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: engraft, ingraft |
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| (verb) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | Synonyms: transplant |
| grain | (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: granulate |
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| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: granulate |
| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: ingrain |
| (verb) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | - |
| grandstand | (verb) perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause | - |
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| grant | (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: concede, yield |
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| (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, allot |
| (verb) let have | Synonyms: allow |
| (verb) transfer by deed | Synonyms: deed over |
| (verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit | Synonyms: award |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, concede, yield |
| (verb) bestow, especially officially | Synonyms: give |
| granulate | (verb) form granulating tissue | - |
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| (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: grain |
| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: grain |
| graph | (verb) represent by means of a graph | Synonyms: chart |
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| (verb) plot upon a graph | - |
| grapple | (verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grip |
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| (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, make do, make out, manage |
| grasp | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) hold firmly | Synonyms: hold on |
| grass | (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
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| (verb) shoot down, of birds | - |
| (verb) feed with grass | - |
| (verb) cover with grass | Synonyms: grass over |
| (verb) spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach | - |
| grate | (verb) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | Synonyms: grind |
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| (verb) scratch repeatedly | Synonyms: scrape |
| (verb) reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface | - |
| (verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry | Synonyms: eat into, fret, rankle |
| (verb) furnish with a grate | - |
| gratify | (verb) yield (to); give satisfaction to | Synonyms: indulge, pander |
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| (verb) make happy or satisfied | Synonyms: satisfy |
| grave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: engrave, inscribe, scratch |
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| (verb) shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it | Synonyms: sculpt, sculpture |
| gravel | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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| (verb) cover with gravel | - |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| gravitate | (verb) move due to the pull of gravitation | - |
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| (verb) be attracted to | - |
| (verb) move toward | - |
| gray | (verb) turn grey | Synonyms: grey |
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| (verb) make grey | Synonyms: grey |
| graze | (verb) eat lightly, try different dishes | Synonyms: browse |
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| (verb) scrape gently | Synonyms: crease, rake |
| (verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, crop, pasture, range |
| (verb) break the skin (of a body part) by scraping | - |
| (verb) let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | Synonyms: crop, pasture |
| grease | (verb) lubricate with grease | - |
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| green | (verb) turn or become green | - |
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| greenlight | (verb) to allow a project (especially a TV show) to go ahead | - |
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| greet | (verb) react to in a certain way | - |
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| (verb) express greetings upon meeting someone | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) send greetings to | - |
| (verb) be perceived by | - |
| grey | (verb) turn grey | Synonyms: gray |
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| (verb) make grey | Synonyms: gray |
| griddle | (verb) cook on a griddle | - |
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| grieve | (verb) feel grief | Synonyms: sorrow |
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| (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: aggrieve |
| grill | (verb) cook over or under a grill | - |
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| (verb) examine thoroughly | - |
| grimace | (verb) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state | Synonyms: make a face, pull a face |
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| grime | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, soil |
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| grin | (verb) to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl | - |
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| grind | (verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: bray, comminute, crunch, mash |
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| (verb) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | Synonyms: grate |
| (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: cranch, craunch, crunch |
| (verb) shape or form by grinding | - |
| (verb) created by grinding | - |
| (verb) dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced | - |
| (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail |
| grip | (verb) hold fast or firmly | - |
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| (verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grapple |
| (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, spellbind, transfix |
| gripe | (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, grouse, holler, squawk |
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| grit | (verb) clench together | - |
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| (verb) cover with a grit | - |
| grizzle | (verb) complain whiningly | Synonyms: whine, yammer, yawp |
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| (verb) be in a huff; be silent or sullen | Synonyms: brood, stew |
| groak | (verb) look or stare at longingly | - |
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| groan | (verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure | Synonyms: moan |
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| groin | (verb) build with groins | - |
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| grok | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, savvy |
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| groom | (verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: neaten |
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| (verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, dress |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: prepare, train |
| groove | (verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | Synonyms: furrow, rut |
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| (verb) make a groove in, or provide with a groove | - |
| grope | (verb) feel about uncertainly or blindly | Synonyms: fumble |
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| (verb) fondle for sexual pleasure | - |
| (verb) search blindly or uncertainly | - |
| gross | (verb) earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | - |
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| grouch | (verb) show one's unhappiness or critical attitude | Synonyms: grumble, scold |
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