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Linguistic and grammatical words.

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G is for Go

You go when you move or do something, usually when you move away from something. For example, "go away", or "I am going to the shops".

The opposite of go is stop.

The past tense of go is went.

G is for Goes

Goes is the plural of go. For example, "this car goes really well."

G is for Gone

Gone is the past tense of go. After you go somewhere, you are gone. One of the chocolates in the box is gone.

G is for Gorgeous

Gorgeous means very beautiful or very attractive. You can use it to describe how something looks, like a gorgeous sunset or a gorgeous dress.

It is usually used to give positive details and make something sound special.

G is for Gourmet

Gourmet describes exceptionally good food that is either very good quality, or requires a lot of skill and preparation to make.

Fancy restaurants serve gourmet food.

G is for Grace

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

The woman in the picture is Grace Kelly.

G is for Grant

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

The man in the picture is actor Grant Bowler.

G is for Graze

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.

G is for Greedy

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

G is for Greek

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

G is for Grieve

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

G is for Grind

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.

G is for Grotesque

Something is grotesque if it is really, really ugly. Many statues, like gargoyles, are carved to be made grotesque to scare away evil spirits.

G is for Grow

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.

G is for Grown

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.

G is for Grumpy

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.

G is for Guard

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.

H is for Hairy

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

H is for Halve

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

H is for Handmade

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