Words that start with G

A grasshopper is an insect with long back legs. They can jump a very long way, but they also have wings so they seem to jump many metres but are actually flying. They rub their back legs together sometimes to make a very high noise.

You grate food by rubbing it against a grater. A grater is a board that has lots of holes in it with sharp edges, and it scrapes small pieces of the food off with these sharp holes. The result is a pile of finely grated food.
The most commonly grated foods are cheese and carrots.

A grave is somewhere you bury someone when they die. Graves and graveyards, or cemeteries, are usually only set up for people. Pets are usually buried in your backyard when they die.
Graves are usually marked with gravestones with the name of the person and when they were born and when they died written on the stone.

A gravestone is a marker, usually made of stone, that shows where a grave is and gives some details about who is buried there.

Gravy is a thick sauce, usually brown that is typically served with meat. Gravy is usually served with roast meat, and contains juices from the meat itself. Today you can buy many pre-made gravies and gravy powders so you can have gravy with anything, without needing meat juices to make it.
Sometimes food is cooked in gravy or makes a gravy as it is cooking, like a stew.

In cooking, grease is thick animal fat. The picture is of some bacon grease left to cool in a frying pan.
Grease can also be used to describe non-edible thick oils that are used on machines for lubrication.

A grebe is a small diving bird with a slender neck, pointed bill, and feet set far back on its body, which makes it look like it's always slightly leaning forward. Grebes live on lakes, ponds, and slow rivers, where they dive to catch fish and other water animals.

You are greedy if you want a lot more of something than you need.

Green is the colour of the leaves on most plants. The colour green can be made by mixing blue and yellow paint. The frog in the picture is green.

Green tea is a drink made from the leaves of the tea plant. The fresh leaves are quickly heated and dried, then soaked in hot water. It is usually a clear, pale green or yellow liquid with a light taste.

Green tea originated in China. In China, the leaves are often pan-fired, while in Japan they are commonly steamed before drying.