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He's starting to get gray (= to have gray hair ) .

gray noun [ count, noncount ]

He was dressed in gray.

graze / greiz / verb ( graz • es, graz • ing, grazed )

to eat grass

The sheep were grazing in the fields.

to hurt your skin by rubbing it against something rough He fell and grazed his arm.

graze noun [ count ]

She has a graze on her knee.

grease / gris / noun

[noncount]

fat from animals, or any thick substance that is like oil You will need very hot water to get the grease off these plates.

greas • y / ' grisi / adjective (greas • i •er,greas • i •est)

covered with or containing a lot of grease Greasy food is not good for you. greasy hair

great ©/ greit / adjective ( great er , great est) Pronunciation

The word great sounds like late .

1 very large

It's a great pleasure to meet you.

important or special Einstein was a great scientist.

very; very good

He knows a great many people. There's a great big dog in the yard! They are great friends.

very nice or enjoyable I had a great weekend. It's great to see you!

—SYNONYM wonderful

great- / greit /

a word that you put before other words to show some members of a family. For example, your great- grandmother is the mother of your grandmother or grandfather, and your great-grandchildren are the grandchildren of your son or daughter.

great • ly / ' greitli / adverb

very much

I wasn't greatly surprised to see her there.

greed / grid / noun [ noncount ]

the feeling that you want more of something than you need

greed • y / gridi / adjective ( greed • i • er , greed • i • est )

A greedy person wants or takes more of something than they need

She's so greedy — she ate all the chocolates! ► greed • i • ly / ' gridэli / adverb

green 1 Ф / grin / adjective ( green er , green est)

with the color of leaves and grass My brother has green eyes.

a dark green shirt

covered with grass or other plants green fields

connected with protecting the environment or the natural world

green products (= that do not damage the environment )

green 2 Ф / grin / noun

[ count, noncount ]

the color of leaves and grass She was dressed in green.

green card / ' grin kard / noun [ count ]

an official card that shows that someone from another country is allowed to live and work in the U.S. to apply for a green card

green • house / ' grinhaus / noun [ count ] a building made of glass, where plants grow

the green • house ef • fect

/ бэ ' grinhaus ifekt / noun [ singular ] ( geography ) the problem of the earth's atmosphere getting warmer all the time because of the harmful gases that go into the air

— Look at global warming .

green • house gas / |grinhaus gres / noun [ count ] ( plural green • house gas . es ) ( geography ) one of the harmful gases that are making the earth's atmosphere get warmer

greet / grit / verb (greets , greet • ing , greet • ed )

to welcome someone or say hello when you meet them He greeted me with a smile.

greet • ing / ' gritig / noun

[ count ] friendly words that you say when you meet someone

"Hello" and "Good morning" are greetings.

greetings [ plural ] friendly words that you write to someone at a special time

Greetings from sunny Arizona!

gre•nade / gre ' neid / [count]

a small bomb that can be thrown by hand or fired from a gun

a hand grenade

grew

form of grow

grid / grid / noun [ count ]

lines that cross each other to make squares, for example on a map

grief / grif / noun [noncount]

great sadness, especially because someone has died

grieve / griv / verb ( grieves , griev • ing , grieved )