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Grapples
- noun - a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
Grapsoid
- - Pertaining to the genus Grapsus or the family Grapsid. -- n. A grapsoid crab.
Grasmere
- unknown - home of WORDSWORTH
- Lake District Village
Grasping
- verb - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
- hold firmly
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
- the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
- understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
Grassier
- adjective - abounding in grass
Grassing
- verb - cover with grass
- cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their property"
- feed with grass
- give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- shoot down, of birds
- spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach
Grateful
- adjective - affording comfort or pleasure; "the grateful warmth of the fire"
- feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile"
Gratings
- noun - a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
Gratuity
- noun - a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation