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food and other things for the home that you buy regularly Can you help me unload the groceries from the car, please?

gro • cer • y store / grousari |stor / noun

[ count ]

a store where food and other small things for the home are sold

We need milk, bread, and detergent. Can you go to the grocery store and get some?

groom / grum / noun [ count ]

a man on the day of his wedding —SYNONYM bridegroom ,

Look at bride .

a person whose job is to take care of horses

groove / gruv / noun [count]

a long, thin cut in the surface of something hard

grope / group / verb (gropes,grop - ing ,groped )

to try to find something by using your hands, when you cannot see

He groped around for the light switch.

gross / grous / adjective ( gross - er , gross est )

( informal )

very bad or disgusting Yuck! That food smells gross!

grouch • y / ' grautji / adjective ( grouch - i -er,grouch - i est)

feeling angry and behaving in an angry way He's been grouchy all morning.

ground © / graund / noun

the ground [ singular ] the surface of the earth We sat on the ground to eat our picnic.

The ground was too dry for the plants to grow.

[ count ] a piece of land that is used for something special

a burial ground

a playground (= a place where children play )

grounds [ plural ] the land around a large building the grounds of the hospital

ground 2

form of grind

ground 3 / graund / adjective

cut or crushed into very small pieces or powder ground beef ground coffee

ground floor / |graund ' flor/ noun [ count ]

the part of a building that is at the same level as the street My office is on the ground floor .

—SYNONYM first floor

group 1 © / grup / noun [ count ]

a number of people or things together

A group of people were standing outside the store. Our drama group meets every Tuesday. Divide the class into groups of three.

( music ) a number of people who play music together —SYNONYM band

group 2 / grup / verb (groups, group - ing ,grouped )

to put things or people into groups, or to form a group Group these words according to their meaning.

g rOW © / grou / verb

(grows, grow - ing, grew / gru / has grown / groun / )

to become bigger Children grow very quickly.

When a plant grows somewhere, it lives there Oranges grow in warm countries.

to plant something in the ground and take care of it We grow vegetables in our garden.

to allow your hair or nails to grow Mark has grown a beard.

to become

It was growing dark.

—SYNONYM get

grow into something to get bigger and become something

Kittens grow into cats.

grow out of something to become too big to do or

wear something

She's grown out of her shoes.

grow up to become an adult; to change from a child to a man or woman

I want to be a doctor when I grow up.

growl / graul / verb ( growls , growl • ing , growled )

If a dog growls , it makes a low angry sound The dog growled at the stranger.

growl noun [ count ]

The dog gave a low growl.

grown / groun / adjective

physically an adult a full-grown elephant

grown-up / ' groun Ap / noun [ count ]

a man or woman, not a child Ask a grown-up to help you. —SYNONYM adult ►grown-up adjective

She has a grown-up son.

growth © / grou9 / noun [ noncount ]

the process of getting bigger A good diet is important for children's growth. population growth

grub / gr.b / noun

[ count ] ( biology ) a young insect when it comes out of the egg