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glowing

adjective · highly enthusiastic

Example: glowing praise

glowingly

adverb · in an enthusiastically glowing manner

Example: in her letter she praised him glowingly

glued

adjective · affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste

Example: he stayed glued to one spot

glug

verb · make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle

Example: the wine bottles glugged

glumly

adverb · in a sullen manner

Example: he sat in his chair dourly

glutaminic acid

noun · an amino acid occurring in proteins; important in the nitrogen metabolism of plants; used in monosodium glutamate to enhance the flavor of meats

gluttonise

verb · eat a lot and without restraint

gluttonously

adverb · in a gluttonous manner

Example: this man eats gluttonously!

glyceric aldehyde

noun · a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars

gnaw

verb · become ground down or deteriorate

Example: Her confidence eroded

gnaw at

verb · become ground down or deteriorate

Example: Her confidence eroded

noun · gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)

go

adjective · functioning correctly and ready for action

Example: all systems are go

go after

verb · go in search of or hunt for

Example: pursue a hobby

go ahead

verb · proceed (with a plan of action)

Example: He went ahead with the project

go around

verb · avoid something unpleasant or laborious

Example: You cannot bypass these rules!

go back

verb · regain a former condition after a financial loss

Example: We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90

go back on

verb · fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

Example: She backed out of her promise

go bad

verb · become unfit for consumption or use

Example: the meat must be eaten before it spoils

go ballistic

verb · get very angry and fly into a rage

Example: The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question

go by

verb · be or act in accordance with

Example: Go by this rule and you'll be safe

go deep

verb · extend in importance or range

Example: His accomplishments go far

go down on

verb · provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

go for

verb · intend with some possibility of fulfilment

Example: I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening

go for broke

verb · risk everything in one big effort

Example: the cyclist went for broke at the end of the race

go forth

verb · come out of

Example: Water issued from the hole in the wall

go off

verb · burst inward

Example: The bottle imploded

go out

verb · become extinguished

Example: The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark

go through

verb · pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue

Example: Did he go through with the treatment?

go through the motions

verb · pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it

Example: She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions

go to

verb · be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.

Example: She attends class regularly

go to pieces

verb · lose one's emotional or mental composure

Example: She fell apart when her only child died

go to pot

verb · become ruined

Example: His business went to pot when economy soured

go to sleep

verb · prepare for sleep

Example: I usually turn in at midnight

go to war

verb · commence hostilities

go up

verb · increase in value or to a higher point

Example: prices climbed steeply

go-as-you-please

adjective · not bound by rule or law or convention- George Saintsbury

Example: bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm

go-to-meeting

adjective · used of clothing

Example: my good clothes

goal-directed

adjective · having a purpose

Example: purposive behavior

goalless

adjective · having no points scores

Example: a scoreless inning

god knows how

adverb · by some means not understood by the speaker

Example: God knows how he did it, but he did climbed that steep wall

god-awful

adjective · very unpleasant

Example: hellish weather

godlike

adjective · being or having the nature of a god-J.G.Frazier-J.G.Saxe

Example: the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers

goeteborg

noun · a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden

goethian

adjective · of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe

gold-coloured

adjective · having the color of gold

gold-plate

verb · plate with gold

Example: goldplate a watch

gonadal

adjective · of or relating to the gonads

Example: gonadal hormones

gonadotrophic

adjective · of or relating to or involving gonadotropin

gone

adjective · dead

Example: he is deceased

good

adjective · promoting or enhancing well-being

Example: an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries

good and

adverb · completely or thoroughly

Example: when I'm good and ready

good for you

adjective · promoting health; healthful- C.B.Davis

Example: a healthy diet

good-humored

adjective · disposed to please- Hal Hinson

Example: an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin

good-humoured

adjective · disposed to please- Hal Hinson

Example: an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin

good-tempered

adjective · not easily irritated

Example: an equable temper

goof

noun · a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

goofproof

verb · proof against human misuse or error

Example: foolproof this appliance