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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ground | (verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: base, establish, found |
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(verb) instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject | - |
(verb) place or put on the ground | - |
(verb) confine or restrict to the ground | - |
(verb) connect to a ground | - |
(verb) cover with a primer; apply a primer to | Synonyms: prime, undercoat |
(verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: anchor |
(verb) (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field. | - |
(verb) throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage | - |
(verb) hit or reach the ground | Synonyms: run aground |
(verb) bring to the ground | Synonyms: run aground, strand |
group | (verb) arrange into a group or groups | - |
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(verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: aggroup |
grouse | (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, holler, squawk |
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(verb) hunt grouse | - |
grout | (verb) bind with grout | - |
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grovel | (verb) show submission or fear | Synonyms: cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn |
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grow | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: acquire, develop, get, produce |
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(verb) become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain | - |
(verb) cause to grow or develop | - |
(verb) increase in size by natural process | - |
(verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become | Synonyms: turn |
(verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation | Synonyms: maturate, mature |
(verb) grow emotionally or mature | Synonyms: develop |
(verb) become attached by or as if by the process of growth | - |
(verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | Synonyms: farm, produce, raise |
(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
growl | (verb) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds | Synonyms: grumble, rumble |
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grub | (verb) search about busily | - |
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(verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, mooch, sponge |
grubstake | (verb) supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits | - |
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grudge | (verb) accept or admit unwillingly | - |
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(verb) bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings | Synonyms: stew |
grumble | (verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | Synonyms: croak, gnarl, murmur, mutter |
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(verb) show one's unhappiness or critical attitude | Synonyms: grouch, scold |
(verb) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds | Synonyms: growl, rumble |
(verb) make a low noise | Synonyms: rumble |
grunt | (verb) issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise | - |
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gruntle | (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
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