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Gaining
- verb - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
- increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
- increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed"
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
- obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"
- reach a destination, either real or abstract;
- rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
- win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an un
Gallied
- - Worried; flurried; frightened.
Gallina
- noun - small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
Galling
- verb - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
- irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"
Gallium
- noun - a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores
Gallize
- - In wine making, to add water and sugar to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced.
Gambian
- adjective - a native or inhabitant of Gambia
- of or relating to or characteristic of Gambia or its inhabitants; "Gambian game parks"
Gambier
- - The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing. (b) Catechu.