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grudge¹ /grʌdʒ/ v [T] to give or allow (something) unwillingly; BEGRUDGE: [+ -ing] He grudged paying so much for such bad food. | [+ obj(i)+obj(d)] I don't grudge you your success.
grudge² n [(against)] (something that causes) a deep feeling of dislike for another person, especially based on a belief that they have harmed one in some way: I always feel she has a grudge against me, although I don't know what wrong I've done her. | I'm not one to bear a grudge/grudges. (=continue to feel angry about someone's past actions) | This big boxing match is billed as a grudge fight. (=because the fighters dislike each other)
grudg·ing /'grʌdʒɪŋ/ adj unwilling or showing unwillingness: She was very grudging in her thanks/praise. | his grudging acceptance of our decision — -ly adv: He gave his permission grudgingly.
gru·el /'gru:əl/ n [U] a thin liquid food given in the past to a person who was ill, made by boiling crushed OATS (=a type of grain) in milk or water
CULTURAL NOTE Formerly in Britain, gruel was often the only food a poor person could afford or would be given if they lived in the WORKHOUSE (=former state building for the homeless and unemployed).
gru·el·ling BrE || grueling AmE /'gru:əlɪŋ/ adj very hard and tiring, demanding great effort and determination: All the runners were exhausted after the gruelling race. — -ly adv
grue·some /'gru:səm/ adj (especially of something connected with death or suffering) very shocking and sickening: a gruesome report about torture in a prison camp → compare GRISLY, MACABRE — -ly adv — -ness n [U]
gruff /grʌf/ adj 1 (of a person’s voice) deep and rough, sometimes because bad-tempered 2 (of a person’s behaviour) unfriendly or impatient, especially in one's manner of speaking: a gruff manner/reply — -ly adv — -ness n [U]
grum·ble¹ /'grʌmbəl/ v [I] 1 to express discontent or dissatisfaction; complain in a quiet but bad-tempered way: They were all grumbling about the company's refusal to increase their pay. | (BrE infml) 'How are you today?' 'Mustn't grumble.' (=I'm fairly well) 2 to make a low dull sound; RUMBLE: Thunder grumbled in the distance. — -bler n
grumble² n 1 [C] a complaint or expression of dissatisfaction: Take your grumbles to the boss, not to me. 2 [(the) S] a low, especially continuing, noise; RUMBLE: the distant grumble of the guns
grum·bling /'grʌmbəlɪŋ/ adj not tech (of the human APPENDIX) causing pain or discomfort from time to time
grump·y /'grʌmpi/ adj infml bad-tempered and tending to complain: She's very grumpy when her tooth aches. — -ily adv — -iness n [U]
Grun·dy, Mrs /'grʌndi/ an unpleasant character in a play called Speed the Plough (1798) by the British writer Thomas Morton. She has very strict ideas about moral and social behaviour, and tries to make sure that other people are behaving properly.
grunge /grʌndʒ/ n [U] 1 AmE infml dirt; GRIME: What's all that grunge in the bathtub? 2 a style of fashion, popular with young people in the early 1990s, of wearing clothes that look dirty and untidy 3 a type of loud music played with electric GUITARS popular during this period → see Feature on page A9
grun·gy /'grʌndʒi/ adj AmE slang dirty and perhaps bad-smelling, in a way that offends: grungy blue jeans
grunt¹ /ɡrʌnt/ v 1 [I] (especially of a pig) to make short deep rough sounds in the throat, as if the nose were closed 2 [I;T] (of a human being) to make a sound like this or express with such a sound, especially when dissatisfied or unwilling to talk: When I asked her if she wanted some tea, she just grunted. | He grunted his agreement without looking up from his newspaper.
grunt² n a short deep rough sound (like that) of a pig: He gave a grunt of approval.
Gru·yère /ɡru:'jeə||ɡru:'jer/ n [U] a type of hard, yellow, Swiss cheese with holes in it
glyph·on /'ɡrɪfən/ n a GRIFFIN
G7 /'dʒi: 'sevən/ the former name of the G8
g-spot /'dʒi: spɒt||-spɑːt/ n taboo, slang a centre of sexual sensation inside a woman's VAGINA
Gstaad /ɡə'ʃtɑːd/ a town in Switzerland known especially as a place where rich and fashionable people go to SKI
G-string /'dʒi: strɪŋ/ n a very small piece of cloth, leather etc worn to cover your sexual organs
Gt. also Gt BrE — adj [A] written abbrev. for Great, used in names: Gt Britain
GTi /ˌdʒi: ti: 'aɪ/ adj abbrev. for grand tourer injection; a GTi car has a special FUEL system which helps it to go at high speeds → compare FUEL INJECTION
gua·ca·mo·le /ˌɡwɑːkə'məʊli/ n [U] Sp a dish made of crushed AVOCADO flesh
Guang·zhou /ˌɡwæŋ'dʒəʊ/ a large city in southern China on the Pearl River, near Hong Kong. Its former name was Canton.
gua·no /'ɡwɑːnəʊ/ n [U] the waste matter passed from the stomachs of seabirds, which is used to feed soil where plants are grown
Guan·tan·a·mo Bay /ɡwɑːnˌtɑːnəməʊ 'beɪ/ an area on the southeast coast of Cuba that contains an important US naval base. Since 2002 it has been used to keep people that are believed to belong to groups such as the Taliban or al-Qaeda. The US government said that the people being kept there were 'illegal combatants', not PRISONERS OF WAR, and so they were not protected by the rules of the Geneva Convention, which deals with the rights of soldiers caught during wars. Many people think this is wrong, and that the people being kept there should have been allowed certain rights, for example to meet with lawyers. Until 2002, prisoners were kept in Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay; after April that year, they were moved to Camp Delta.
guar·an·tee¹ /ˌɡærən'ti:/ n [(of)] 1 a formal declaration that something will be done, especially a written agreement by the maker of an article to repair or replace it if it is found to be imperfect within a certain period of time: The radio has a two-year guarantee. | The car is less than a year old, and therefore still under guarantee. | [+ (that)] Can you give me your guarantee (=firm promise) that the goods will be delivered before Friday? | (fig.) Clear skies are no guarantee of continued fine weather/that the weather will stay fine. → compare WARRANTY
CULTURAL NOTE Not all goods have a guarantee but they must still do the job for which they were made and last a reasonable length of time, as defined in the rules of the Consumer Council in Britain, and the Consumer Protection Agency in the US.
2 an agreement to be responsible for the fulfilment of someone else's promise, especially for paying a debt 3 something of value given to someone to keep until the owner has fulfilled a promise, especially to pay what is owing → compare SECURITY
guarantee² v [T] 1 to give a guarantee: The manufacturers guarantee the watch for three years. | [+ (that)] They have guaranteed that any faulty parts will be replaced free of charge. | [+ to-v] Our products are guaranteed to last for years. | [+ obj+adj] All our food is guaranteed free of preservatives. 2 to promise (that something will certainly be so): They have guaranteed delivery within three days. | [+ (that)] Go and see that play - I guarantee (that) you'll enjoy it. → see also WARRANTY
guar·an·tor /ˌɡærən'tɔː/ n law a person who agrees to be responsible for another person's fulfilling a promise, especially paying a debt
guar·an·ty /'ɡærənti/ n law a guarantee, especially of payment → see also WARRANTY
guard¹ /ɡɑːd||ɡɑːrd/ n 1 [C] a person, especially a soldier, policeman, or prison officer, who watches over a person or place to prevent escape, danger, attack etc: The camp guards are changed every night. | security guards at the airport 2 [(the) S+sing./pl. v] a group of people, especially soldiers, whose duty it is to guard someone or something: The prisoner was brought in under armed guard. | Lots of tourists go to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guard. → see also OLD GUARD 3 [U] a state of watchful readiness to protect or defend: There are soldiers on guard