Part 37

~Go on a wild-goose chase~, GO A WOOL-GATHERING.

~Go one's way~, Depart, take one's departure, move on, set forth, jog on, be off.

~Go on tick~, Run up a bill, run up a score, get trusted.

~Goosander~, _n._ Dish-washer, wagtail, dun-diver (_Mergus merganser_ or _Mergus castor_).

~Goose~, _n._ ~1.~ Tailor's smoothing iron.

~2.~ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Goose-grass~, _n._ Cleavers, hariff, catch-weed, scratch-weed (_Galium aparine_).

~Go out~, ~1.~ Issue, go forth.

~2.~ Go abroad, go out of doors.

~3.~ Expire, become extinct, be extinguished, be quenched, be put out.

~Go over~, ~1.~ Read (_cursorily_), peruse, run over.

~2.~ Examine, review.

~3.~ Study, revolve, think over.

~4.~ Pass over, change sides.

~Gopher~, _n._ ~1.~ Mulo, pouched rat (_Pseudostoma bursarius_ or _Geomys bursarius_).

~2.~ Prairie squirrel.

~Gor-cock~, _n._ Red grouse, red ptarmigan, red game, moor-cock (_Lagopus Scoticus_).

~Gor-crow~, _n._ Carrion crow, common crow (_Corvus corone_).

~Gore~, _n._ ~1.~ Blood, clotted blood.

~2.~ Gusset, triangular piece (_of cloth, &c._).

~Gore~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stab, pierce.

~2.~ Piece with a gore.

~Gorge~, _n._ Ravine, defile, notch.

~Gorge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Swallow, devour, eat heartily.

~2.~ Glut, satiate, cram, stuff, fill full, fill to repletion.

~Gorge~, _v. n._ Feed, eat greedily.

~Gorgeous~, _a._ Showy, splendid, shining, glittering, brilliant, dazzling, resplendent, magnificent, fine, rich, superb.

~Gorgon~, _n._ Spectre, hobgoblin, ogre, POKER, BUGABOO, HYDRA, frightful object.

~Gormand~, _n._ [Written also and usually _Gourmand_.] Glutton, gormandizer, epicure.

~Gormandize~, _v. n._ Gorge, stuff, eat greedily, feed ravenously.

~Gormandizer~, _n._ Glutton, gourmand, epicure.

~Gorse~, _n._ Furze, whin, goss (_Ulex europæus_).

~Gory~, _a._ Bloody, ensanguined.

~Gosling~, _n._ Young goose.

~Go snacks~, Share together, share and share alike.

~Gospel~, _n._ ~1.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Christianity, revelation by Christ, Christian religion, divine revelation, the cross.

~2.~ History of Christ (_as given in the New Testament by one evangelist or collectively by all_).

~3.~ Doctrine, creed, principle of action.

~Goss~, _n._ Furze, GORSE.

~Gossamery~, _a._ Light, flimsy, unsubstantial.

~Gossip~, _n._ ~1.~ Tattler, babbler, chatterer, gadabout, idle talker.

~2.~ Chat, chitchat, tattle, prate, prattle, cackle, clack, small talk, idle talk.

~Gossip~, _v. n._ Chat, tattle, prate, prattle, gabble, clack, cackle, talk idly.

~Gothamist~, _n._ Blunderer, wiseacre, witling, pretender to wisdom, man of small wit.

~Gothic~, _a._ Rude, barbaric, barbarous.

~Gothic~, _n._ Gothic language.

~Gothicism~, _n._ ~1.~ Gothic idiom.

~2.~ Rudeness, barbarism, incivility.

~Go through~, ~1.~ Execute, accomplish, finish.

~2.~ Bear, endure, undergo, suffer.

~Go through with~, Do thoroughly, execute effectually.

~Go to loggerheads~, Come to blows, fall to loggerheads.

~Go to pot~, [_Colloquial._] Go to destruction, be destroyed, be ruined, go to the dogs, go by the board, go to rack and ruin.

~Go to war~, Fight, war, contend (_in arms_), take up arms, take up the cudgel, appeal to arms, wage war, draw the sword, unsheath the sword, come to blows, measure swords, give battle, join battle, enter the lists, couch one's lance, take the field, let slip the dogs of war, fight it out, take up the hatchet.

~Gouge~, _n._ ~1.~ Hollow chisel.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Cheat, trick, imposture, imposition, deception, fraud, stratagem, artifice, chouse.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Trickster, impostor, rogue, knave, swindler, sharper, cheat, cheater.

~Gourd-worm~, _n._ Fluke, fluke-worm.

~Gourmand~, _n._ [Written also, but less commonly, _Gormand_.] Glutton, gormandizer, epicure.

~Gout~ (_goo_), _n._ [Fr.] Taste, relish, flavor, smack, savor, gusto, zest.

~Gout~, _n._ PODAGRA.

~Gouty~, _a._ Podagric, podagrical.

~Govern~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Conduct, manage, supervise, regulate, have the direction of, have the charge of.

~2.~ Direct, guide, steer.

~3.~ Control, restrain, curb, bridle, rule, sway, command.

~Govern~, _v. n._ Rule, have control, exercise authority, hold the reins, bear sway, have the charge.

~Governable~, _a._ Controllable, manageable.

~Governante~, _n._ GOVERNESS.

~Governess~, _n._ Governante, instructress, tutoress.

~Government~, _n._ ~1.~ Rule, management, regulation, conduct.

~2.~ Direction, guidance.

~3.~ Control, restraint, sway, dominion.

~4.~ Polity, commonwealth, state, form of sovereignty, body politic.

~5.~ Administration, body of executive officers, ruling power, powers that be.

~Governor~, _n._ ~1.~ Ruler, director, manager, comptroller, superintendent, overseer.

~2.~ Executive, chief magistrate.

~3.~ Tutor, instructor, guardian.

~Go your way~, Avaunt, aroynt, begone, be off, get you gone, go along, off with you, get along with you, go about your business.

~Grab~, _v. a._ [_Low._] Snatch, clutch, seize violently, gripe suddenly.

~Grace~, _n._ ~1.~ Favor, kindness, condescension, benignity, love, good-will.

~2.~ Divine goodness or favor, divine influence, God's love.

~3.~ Piety, devotion, devoutness, holiness, religion, sanctity.

~4.~ Pardon, forgiveness, mercy.

~5.~ Elegance, polish, refinement, accomplishment.

~6.~ Beauty, symmetry, comeliness, gracefulness, ease.

~7.~ Short prayer (_over food at table_).

~8.~ (_Music._) Embellishment (_appoggiatura_, _shake_, _trill_, _turn_).

~Grace~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Adorn, decorate, beautify, embellish, deck.

~2.~ Dignify, honor.

~Graceful~, _a._ ~1.~ Elegant, comely, becoming, beautiful.

~2.~ Easy, natural, unlabored.

~Graceless~, _a._ Depraved, degenerate, corrupt, profligate, reprobate, dissolute, abandoned, lost, shameless, obdurate, hardened, incorrigible, irreclaimable, wicked.

~Gracious~, _a._ ~1.~ Benevolent, benignant, favorable, kind, friendly, merciful, condescending, compassionate, tender, lenient, mild, gentle.

~2.~ Affable, familiar, courteous, civil, polite, easy.

~Gradation~, _n._ Regular progress (_step by step_), regular progression.

~Grade~, _n._ ~1.~ Rank, degree, step, stage.

~2.~ Gradient, rate of ascent or of descent (_as on a railroad_).

~Gradient~, _n._ Grade, rate of ascent or of descent.

~Gradual~, _a._ Regular (_step by step_), progressive, slow.

~Gradually~, _ad._ Regularly, slowly, by degrees, step by step, little by little, by little and little.

~Graduate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark with degrees, divide into regular intervals.

~2.~ Adjust, adapt, proportion, regulate.

~Graduate~, _v. n._ Take a degree, receive a diploma.

~Gradus~, _n._ Dictionary of prosody, prosodial dictionary.

~Graff~, _n._ Ditch, moat, fosse.

~Graft~, _n._ Shoot (_inserted in another tree_), scion, sprout.

~Graft~, _v. a._ Ingraft.

~Grain~, _n._ ~1.~ Seed, kernel, matured ovule.

~2.~ Corn (_wheat_, _rye_, _oats_, _barley_, _maize_, _&c._).

~3.~ Particle, atom, bit, scrap, jot, whit, mite, ace, iota, tittle, scintilla, trace, spark, shadow, glimmer.

~4.~ Twentieth part of a scruple, twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight.

~5.~ Fibre, texture.

~6.~ Temper, disposition, humor.

~7.~ Dye, tint, color, stain, tinge, hue, shade, tincture.

~Grallæ~, _n. pl._ [L.] Waders, wading birds, grallatores.

~Grallatores~, _n. pl._ [L.] GRALLÆ.

~Gramineous~, _a._ Grassy.

~Graminaceous~, _a._ Grassy.

~Graminivorous~, _a._ Grass-eating, phytivorous, phytophagous.

~Grammar~, _n._ ~1.~ Accidence, science of language, laws or rules of language, theory of human speech.

~2.~ Propriety of speech, right use of language, art of speaking or writing correctly.

~3.~ Treatise on grammar, manual or handbook of grammar, grammatical text-book.

~Grammarian~, _n._ Adept in grammar.

~Granary~, _n._ Garner, corn-house.

~Grand~, _a._ ~1.~ Stately, lordly, princely, august, majestic, exalted, elevated, dignified, eminent, illustrious, great, high in power, of great dignity.

~2.~ Magnificent, splendid, superb, glorious, noble, sublime, lofty.

~3.~ Principal, chief, superior.

~Grand-duke~, _n._ ~1.~ Sovereign prince.

~2.~ (_Zool._) Great horned owl (_Bubo maximus_).

~Grandee~, _a._ Nobleman, noble, lord.

~Grandeur~, _n._ ~1.~ Greatness, sublimity.

~2.~ Majesty, loftiness, stateliness, state, dignity, pomp, magnificence, augustness, splendor.

~Grandfather~, _n._ Grandsire, grandpapa.

~Grandiloquence~, _n._ Bombast, fustian, turgidity, lofty language, high-sounding words, lofty style of speech.

~Grandiloquent~, _a._ Bombastic, turgid, tumid, swelling, inflated, stilted, pompous, declamatory, rhetorical, high-sounding, high- flowing, HIGHFALUTIN.

~Grand-juror~, _n._ Grand-juryman.

~Grand-juryman~, _n._ Grand-juror.

~Grandmamma~, _n._ Grandmother.

~Grandmother~, _n._ Grandmamma.

~Grand-vizier~, _n._ Chief vizier.

~Grant~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Admit, allow, concede, cede, yield.

~2.~ GIVE (_in answer to a request_), bestow, CONFER, vouchsafe, deign.

~3.~ (_Law._) Convey (_by deed_), transfer, make conveyance of.

~Grant~, _n._ ~1.~ Gift, boon, donation, benefaction, bounty, largess, present, concession.

~2.~ (_Law._) Conveyance, cession.

~Granulate~, _v. a._ Form into grains, reduce to grains.

~Granulate~, _v. n._ Be formed into grains.

~Granule~, _n._ Small grain, small particle.

~Grape~, _n._ Fruit of the vine.

~Grape-sugar~, _n._ Glucose, starch-sugar.

~Graphic~, _a._ Vivid, lively, picturesque, well drawn, well delineated.

~Graphical~ _a._ Vivid, lively, picturesque, well drawn, well delineated.

~Graphite~, _n._ Plumbago, black-lead.

~Grapple~, _v. a._ Seize, gripe, grasp, catch, clasp, clutch, lay hold of.

~Grapple with~, Struggle with, engage with, close with, contend with (_in close fight_).

~Grapple~, _n._ ~1.~ Close hug, close fight.

~2.~ Grappling-irons.

~Grappling-irons~, _n. pl._ Grapple.

~Grasp~, _v. a._ Clasp, gripe, seize, clinch, clutch, catch, grapple, lay hold of.

~Grasp at~, Catch at, try to seize.

~Grasp~, _n._ ~1.~ Clasp, gripe.

~2.~ Hold, possession.

~3.~ Reach, power of seizing or of comprehending.

~Grasping~, _a._ Avaricious, covetous, miserly, niggardly, penurious, parsimonious, close, stingy, mean, sordid, close-fisted, with an itching palm.

~Grass-eating~, _a._ Graminivorous, phytivorous, phytophagous.

~Grass-plot~, _n._ Lawn, green.

~Grassy~, _a._ Gramineous, graminaceous.

~Grate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rub, scrape, abrade.

~2.~ Rasp, comminute, reduce to particles by rubbing.

~Grate~, _v. n._ Be irritating, be disagreeable, be offensive.

~Grateful~, _a._ ~1.~ THANKFUL, obliged, indebted, beholden, under obligation.

~2.~ Agreeable, pleasing, pleasant, gratifying, acceptable, delightful, welcome, charming.

~3.~ Delicious, palatable, savory, nice, luscious, cordial, refreshing, invigorating.

~Gratification~, _n._ ~1.~ Gratifying, pleasing.

~2.~ Delight, satisfaction, enjoyment, pleasure, fruition.

~3.~ Reward, recompense.

~Gratify~, _v. a._ Please, indulge, satisfy, humor, delight, give pleasure to, make glad.

~Gratifying~, _a._ Pleasing, agreeable, welcome.

~Grating~, _a._ Harsh, irritating, displeasing, disagreeable, offensive.

~Gratis~, _ad._ [L.] Gratuitously, freely, for nothing.

~Gratitude~, _n._ Thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation.

~Gratuitous~, _a._ ~1.~ Voluntary, free, spontaneous, of one's own accord.

~2.~ Unwarranted, unfounded, groundless, without proof.

~Gratuity~, _n._ Present, gift, donation, benefaction, bounty, largess, grant, free gift.

~Gratulation~, _n._ Congratulation, felicitation.

~Gratulatory~, _a._ Congratulatory.

~Grave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Engrave, imprint, infix, impress deeply.

~2.~ Carve, form by cutting.

~Grave~, _n._ Pit (_for a dead body_), sepulchre, tomb, ossuary, charnel-house, narrow house, long home.

~Grave~, _a._ ~1.~ Important, weighty, momentous, cogent, of great consequence.

~2.~ Sober, serious, sedate, thoughtful, demure, staid, solemn.

~3.~ Plain, not showy, not tawdry.

~4.~ (_Music._) Deep, not acute, low in pitch.

~Grave-clothes~, _n. pl._ Shroud, winding-sheet.

~Gravel~, _n._ Sand, grit, small pebbles.

~Gravel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover with gravel.

~2.~ Puzzle, embarrass, perplex, bewilder, stagger, pose, nonplus, put out.

~Graver~, _n._ ~1.~ Engraver.

~2.~ Burin, engraving tool.

~Graveyard~, _n._ Cemetery, necropolis, mortuary, churchyard, burial- ground, burying-ground.

~Gravitate~, _v. n._ Tend by gravity.

~Gravitation~, _n._ Gravity, centripetal force, attraction of gravitation.

~Gravity~, _n._ ~1.~ Heaviness, weight.

~2.~ Gravitation, centripetal force, attraction of gravitation.

~3.~ Sobriety, seriousness, sedateness, thoughtfulness, demureness.

~4.~ Importance, moment.

~Gray~, _a._ Hoary, black and white.

~Grayish~, _a._ Grizzly, grizzled, somewhat gray.

~Graze~, _v. n._ Eat grass, feed upon grass.

~Graze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Feed with grass.

~2.~ Feed upon, eat grass from.

~3.~ Shave, scrape, skim, touch lightly (_in passing over_).

~Grease~, _n._ ~1.~ Unctuous matter (_lard, tallow, &c._).

~2.~ (_Farriery._) Scratches.

~Grease~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Smear with grease.

~2.~ Bribe, give a douceur to.

~Greasy~, _a._ Unctuous, fat, fatty, oily, adipose, sebaceous, oleaginous.

~Great~, _a._ ~1.~ Large, big, vast, huge, bulky, ample, immense, gigantic, Herculean, Cyclopean, enormous.

~2.~ Much, excessive, high.

~3.~ Numerous, countless.

~4.~ Considerable, important, weighty.

~5.~ Distinguished, eminent, prominent, exalted, elevated, excellent, noted, illustrious, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned, far-famed.

~6.~ Grand, august, dignified, noble, majestic, sublime.

~7.~ Magnanimous, generous, chivalrous, high-minded.

~8.~ Sumptuous, rich, magnificent.

~9.~ Hard, difficult, onerous, burdensome, grievous.

~10.~ Chief, principal.

~11.~ Superior, pre-eminent.

~Great~, _n._ [With _The_ prefixed.] Great persons, persons of rank, people of distinction.

~Great bear~, _n._ [With _The_ prefixed.] Charles's Wain, The Wain, URSA MAJOR.

~Great-bellied~, _a._ Abdominous, large-bellied, big-bellied, pot- bellied, tun-bellied.

~Greatest good~, Supreme good, SUMMUM BONUM.

~Great-hearted~, _a._ Noble, magnanimous, generous, chivalrous, high- spirited, high-minded.

~Greatness~, _n._ ~1.~ Largeness, magnitude, size, bulk, dimensions.

~2.~ High degree.

~3.~ Distinction, eminence, elevation, fame, renown.

~4.~ Dignity, augustness, majesty, sublimity.

~5.~ Magnanimity, generosity, nobleness, disinterestedness, chivalrous spirit.

~Grecian~, _a._ GREEK.

~Grecian~, _n._ ~1.~ Greek, native of Greece.

~2.~ Adept in Greek, proficient in the Greek language, Greek scholar.

~Grecism~, _n._ Greekism, Hellenism.

~Greed~, _n._ Eagerness, longing, GREEDINESS.

~Greediness~, _n._ ~1.~ Voracity, ravenousness, gluttony, rapacity, excessive hunger.

~2.~ Eagerness, longing, greed, avidity, intense desire.

~Greedy~, _a._ ~1.~ Voracious, ravenous, gluttonous, rapacious, insatiable, insatiate, very hungry.

~2.~ Eager, very desirous.

~Greedy-gut~, _n._ [_Low._] Glutton, gormandizer, gourmand, gobbler.

~Greek~, _a._ ~1.~ Of Greece.

~2.~ Grecian, classic, classical, after the Greek, in the manner of Greece.

~Greek~, _n._ ~1.~ Grecian, native of Greece.

2~.~ Greek language.

~Green~, _a._ ~1.~ Verdant.

~2.~ Flourishing, blooming, fresh, undecayed.

~3.~ New, recent.

~4.~ Unripe, not fully grown, immature.

~5.~ Inexperienced, unskilful, inexpert, ignorant, raw.

~6.~ Unseasoned, not dry.

~Green~, _n._ ~1.~ Blue and yellow.

~2.~ Lawn, grass-plot, grassy plain.

~Greenbone~, _n._ GAR-FISH, sea-pike.

~Green-broom~, _n._ Green-weed, dyer's-weed (_Genista tinctoria_).

~Greenfinch~, _n._ Green grossbeak (_Coccothraustes chloris_).

~Greenhorn~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Novice, inexperienced youth, raw hand.

~Greenhouse~, _n._ Conservatory.

~Greenness~, _n._ ~1.~ Verdancy, viridity.

~2.~ Vigor, freshness.

~3.~ Unripeness, immaturity.

~Green-sickness~, _n._ CHLOROSIS.

~Green-vitriol~, _n._ Copperas, sulphate of iron (_crystallized_).

~Green-weed~, _n._ Green-broom, dyer's weed (_Genista tinctoria_).

~Greet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Salute, welcome, hail, address, accost.

~2.~ Compliment, send greeting to.

~Greeting~, _n._ ~1.~ Salutation, welcome, salute.

~2.~ Compliment, expression of goodwill.

~Grewsome~, _a._ [_Scottish._] Frightful, ugly, terrible.

~Greylag~, _n._ Wild goose (_Anser ferus_).

~Grenatite~, _n._ Cross-stone, stanrotide, stanrolite.

~Grief~, _n._ ~1.~ Sorrow, regret, affliction, distress, tribulation, woe, sadness, bitterness, anguish, misery, agony, heartache, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, pain of mind, mental suffering.

~2.~ Trial, grievance, cause of sorrow.

~Grievance~, _n._ ~1.~ Hardship, wrong, injury, burden, oppression.

~2.~ Grief, trial, cause of sorrow.

~Grieve~, _v. a._ Afflict, pain, hurt, or wound the feelings of, make sorrowful.

~Grieve~, _v. n._ Sorrow, mourn, lament, bewail, feel regret.

~Grievous~, _a._ ~1.~ Distressing, afflictive, afflicting, painful, sad, deplorable, lamentable, hard to bear.

~2.~ Hurtful, injurious, baneful, noxious, mischievous, detrimental, destructive, calamitous.

~3.~ Atrocious, heinous, flagitious.

~Grim~, _a._ ~1.~ Fierce, ferocious, ruthless, cruel, savage.

~2.~ Frightful, horrible, hideous, grisly, appalling, dire, horrid, terrific, dreadful, of forbidding look.

~Grimace~, _n._ Distortion of countenance, wry face.

~Grim-faced~, _a._ Grim-visaged.

~Grim-visaged~, _a._ Grim-faced.

~Grin~, _v. n._ Show the teeth (_in laughing, expressing scorn, &c_).

~Grin at~, Ridicule, deride, mock at, scoff at, jeer at, laugh at.

~Grind~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Triturate, pulverize, bruise, bray, CRAZE, comminute by attrition.

~2.~ Sharpen (_by rubbing_).

~3.~ Grate, rub together.

~4.~ Oppress, harass, persecute, plague, trouble, afflict, be hard upon.

~Grinder~, _n._ Molar, molar tooth, jaw tooth, double tooth.

~Grindery~, _n._ [_England._] Shoemakers' materials.

~Grindery-warehouse~, _n._ Finding-store, store for the sale of shoemakers' materials.

~Grip~, _n._ [_Low._] Grasp, gripe, clutch, clasp.

~Gripe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Seize, clutch, grasp, clasp, snatch, lay hold of.

~2.~ Press, compress, squeeze, pinch, hold fast.

~3.~ Pain, distress, pinch, straighten, give pain to.

~Gripe~, _n._ ~1.~ Grasp, clutch, hold, seizure.

~2.~ Affliction, distress, griping, pinching.

~Griping~, _n._ ~1.~ Seizure, grasping.

~2.~ Colic, gripes, pain in the bowels.

~3.~ Affliction, distress, gripe.

~Gripes~, _n. pl._ Colic, griping, belly-ache, pain in the bowels.

~Grippe~, _n._ [Fr.] Catarrh, influenza.

~Grisly~, _a._ Frightful, horrible, horrid, terrific, hideous, appalling, dreadful, grim.

~Gristle~, _n._ Cartilage.

~Gristly~, _a._ Cartilaginous.

~Grit~, _n._ ~1.~ Bran.

~2.~ Sand, gravel, small pebbles.

~3.~ Gritstone, gritrock.

~Gritrock~, _n._ Gritstone, grit.

~Grits~, _n. pl._ Groats, hulled oats, or hulled wheat.

~Gritstone~, _n._ Grit, gritrock.

~Gritty~, _a._ Sandy.

~Grizzled~, _a._ Grayish, grizzly.

~Grizzly~, _a._ Grayish, grizzled, somewhat gray, a little gray.

~Groan~, _v. n._ Moan.

~Groat~, _n._ Fourpence.

~Groats~, _n. pl._ Grits, hulled oats, or hulled wheat.

~Groceries~, _n. pl._ [_U. S._] GROCERY, grocers' commodities.

~Grocery~, _n._ ~1.~ [_England._] GROCERIES.

~2.~ [_U. S._] Grocer's shop.

~Groggery~, _n._ Grog-shop, dram-shop, liquor-shop.

~Groggy~, _a._ [_Low._] Tipsy, intoxicated, inebriated, DRUNK.

~Grog-shop~, _n._ GROGGERY.

~Groom~, _n._ ~1.~ Waiter, servant, valet.

~2.~ Stable-servant, hostler.

~3.~ Bridegroom.

~Groove~, _n._ Furrow, channel.

~Grope~, _v. n._ Feel one's way (_as in the dark_), pick one's way.

~Gross~, _a._ ~1.~ Large, big, bulky, great.

~2.~ Dense, thick, not attenuated.

~3.~ Coarse, rough, rude, unrefined, indelicate, sensual, impure, vulgar, low, broad.

~4.~ Enormous, flagrant, shameful, unseemly, unbecoming, outrageous.

~5.~ Palpable, manifest, glaring.

~6.~ Whole, total, entire.

~Gross~, _n._ ~1.~ Whole, total, aggregate, gross amount, sum total.

~2.~ Twelve dozen.

~Grossness~, _n._ ~1.~ Greatness, bulkiness, bigness.

~2.~ Density, thickness.

~3.~ Coarseness, rudeness, indelicacy, vulgarity, impurity, want of refinement.

~Grot~, _n._ Cave, cavern, grotto.

~Grotesque~, _a._ Fantastic, fanciful, odd, whimsical, extravagant, unnatural, wild, strange, BIZARRE.

~Grotto~, _n._ Grot, cave, cavern.

~Ground~, _n._ ~1.~ Soil, earth, clod, turf, sod, loam, mould, surface of land.

~2.~ Region, territory, country, land, domain.

~3.~ Estate, acres, field, real property, landed estate.

~4.~ Foundation, support, base, basis, groundwork.

~5.~ Motive, consideration, reason, cause, inducement, account.

~Ground~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Place on the ground.

~2.~ Found, establish, base, fix, set.

~Ground~, _v. n._ Run aground, get aground.

~Ground-hog~, _n._ Woodchuck, American marmot (_Arctomys monax_).

~Ground-ice~, _n._ Anchor-ice.

~Ground-ivy~, _n._ Gill, alehoof.

~Ground-nut~, _n._ ~1.~ Pig-nut, hawk-nut, earth-nut, earth-chestnut (_Bunium flexuosum_).

~2.~ Peanut, earth-nut (_Arachis hypogæa_).

~3.~ Wild bean (_Apios tuberosa_).

~4.~ Dwarf ginseng (_Aralia trifolia_ or _Panax trifolium_).

~Ground-plate~, _n._ Sill, ground-sill, groundsel.

~Grounds~, _n. pl._ Lees, dregs, sediment, grouts, precipitate, settlings.

~Ground-sill~, _a._ Sill, ground-plate.

~Groundsel~, _a._ Sill, ground-plate.

~Ground-squirrel~, _n._ Chipmunk.

~Groundwork~, _n._ ~1.~ Base, basis, substratum, foundation, support, bottom, ground.

~2.~ Source, origin, first principle.

~Group~, _n._ Cluster, collection, assemblage, clump.

~Group~, _v. a._ Arrange, dispose, assign places to, form into groups.

~Grouse~, _n._ Heath-game.

~Grouts~, _n. pl._ Lees, GROUNDS.

~Grouty~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Sullen, moody, sulky, surly, morose, cross, glum, grum, spleeny, cynical, crabbed, out of humor, out of temper.

~Grove~, _n._ FOREST, wood, woodland, thicket, copse.

~Grovel~, _v. n._ Creep, crawl, sneak, fawn, cringe, lie low, lie prone.

~Grovelling~, _a._ [Written also _Groveling_.] ~1.~ Creeping, crouching, squat.

~2.~ Low, mean, base, vile, abject, servile, slavish, cringing, fawning, beggarly, sneaking, earth-born.

~Grow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Enlarge, increase, expand, extend, be augmented, become (_by degrees_) greater or larger.

~2.~ Vegetate, sprout, germinate, shoot, pullulate, put forth, shoot up, spring up.

~3.~ Advance, improve, make progress, make improvement.

~4.~ Become, wax, come to be, get to be.

~Grow~, _v. a._ Raise, produce, cultivate.

~Grower~, _n._ Producer, cultivator.

~Grow fat~, Batten.

~Growing~, _a._ Increasing, enlarging.

~Grow out of~, Issue, proceed from, come from.

~Grow up~, Come to maturity.

~Growl~, _v. n._ Snarl, gnarl, grumble, murmur.

~Growl~, _n._ Snarl, murmur.

~Growth~, _n._ ~1.~ Increase, expansion, development.

~2.~ Produce, product.

~3.~ Advancement, advance, progress, improvement.

~Grub~, _v. a._ Dig, eradicate, dig up, root up, root out, grub up.

~Grub~, _v. n._ Dig, be meanly employed.

~Grub~, _n._ ~1.~ Catterpillar, larva.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] FOOD.

~Grub-axe~, _n._ Mattock, grubbing-hoe.

~Grubbing-hoe~, _n._ GRUB-AXE.

~Grudge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Grant with reluctance, give unwillingly.

~2.~ Envy, begrudge, repine at.

~Grudge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be reluctant, be unwilling.

~2.~ Repine, murmur, grieve, be envious.

~Grudge~, _n._ Hatred (_secretly and persistently entertained_), pique, spite, malice, rancor, malevolence, ill-will, inveterate dislike.

~Grudging~, _n._ ~1.~ Envy.

~2.~ Reluctance, unwillingness, disinclination.

~Gruff~, _a._ Rough, churlish, rude, uncivil, uncourteous, ungracious, impolite, bluff, blunt, harsh, BRUSQUE.

~Grum~, _a._ ~1.~ Sour, surly, morose, sullen, crabbed, glum, GROUTY.

~2.~ Guttural (_voice_), rumbling, deep in the throat.

~Grumble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Complain, murmur, repine, croak, find fault.

~2.~ Growl, snarl, gnarl.

~3.~ Rumble, roar.

~Grumbler~, _n._ Murmurer, complainer, croaker, censurer, fault-finder.