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Grate
- noun - a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
- furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace"
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
- reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg"
- scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
Grave
- adjective - a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
- death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"
- dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discusse
Gravy
- noun - a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
- the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
Grays
- noun - a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
- clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey"
- English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
- English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
- horse of a light gray or whitish color
- make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky"
- the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
- turn grey; "Her hair began to grey"
- United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early
Graze
- noun - a superficial abrasion
- break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
- eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
- feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- scrape gently; "graze the skin"
- the act of grazing
Great
- adjective - a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music"
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
- of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"
- relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay"
- remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"
- uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
- very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
Grebe
- noun - small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
Greco
- noun - Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)
Greed
- noun - excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Greek
- adjective - a native or inhabitant of Greece
- of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe"
- the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages