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Linguistic and grammatical words.

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Gis forGrace

Grace is an English name for girls. Grace means "gracious."

The woman in the picture is Grace Kelly.

Gis forGrant

Grant is a Scottish name for boys. Grant means "great."

The man in the picture is actor Grant Bowler.

Gis forGraze

An animal is grazing when it is eating grass and other plants that grow close to the ground, which is different to browsing.
A graze is also an injury where you scrape off some layers of skin, usually by falling over onto a rough surface like asphalt.

Gis forGreedy

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

Gis forGreek

Greek is the language spoken in Greece, anything related to Greece or a person from Greece.

Gis forGrieve

You grieve when you feel very sad for losing someone or something that you loved.
Another word for grieve is mourn.

Gis forGrind

You grind something by breaking parts of it off with friction. Metal or wood can be ground down by running a very rough surface over it, such as a grinding disc or sandpaper. Grinding will gradually change the shape of the thing being ground as the outer layer is removed.
You grind herbs and spices in a mortar and pestle by crushing them against the inside of the bowl.
Something is grotesque if it is really, really ugly. Many statues, like gargoyles, are carved to be made grotesque to scare away evil spirits.

Gis forGrow

Growing is the process of something getting bigger, naturally. Plants and animals start off small and grow as they get older. Animals stop growing when they become an adult while most plants keep growing.
Other things that can grow are crystals and stalactites.

Gis forGrown

Something is grown if it has finished growing and reached its full size, or has been growing for some time. The dog in the picture is fully grown.

Gis forGrumpy

If you feel grumpy you feel unhappy and annoyed. A grumpy person may not want to talk to you, or will not be nice to you.

Gis forGuard

You guard something when you keep it safe from harm. A person who guards something is called a guard. Other things can be guards, for example you often see guard dogs outside businesses at night time. High places like lookouts generally have guard rails around them to stop people falling off.

His forHairy

Something or someone is hairy if it has a lot of hair. See also hirsute.

His forHalve

When you break something into two roughly equal-sized pieces, you halve it.

His forHandmade

Something is handmade if it isn't mass-produced by a machine, but is a unique piece made by hand.

His forHandsome

Someone is handsome if they appear attractive, healthy and strong. Handsome is a term most commonly applied to men, but can also be used to describe animals and women.

His forHang

Something is hanging if it is attached to something at the top but can swing freely under it. You hang out laundry using pegs to attach them, and bats hang upside down by their feet when they sleep.
If something is hanging very loosely and is wobbling around, it is usually called dangling.

His forHappy

When you are happy, you feel good and smile a lot. Being happy is the nicest way to be. People are happy when things go the way they want, when people are nice to them or when they are having fun. The person in the picture is happy.

His forHard

Something is hard if it is solid to touch, and you cannot squash or bend it. Stones are very hard. The opposite of hard is soft.

His forHarvest

You harvest a crop when it is ripe by picking off all the ripe fruit, grain or leaves.
The name given to a large amount of a crop that you have just harvested is also called a harvest.