Grouse, n. Heath-game.

Grouts, n. pl. Lees. See grounds, 1.

Grouty, a. (Colloq). Sullen, moody, sulky, surly, morose, cross, glum, grum, spleeny, cynical, crabbed, cross-grained, out of humor, out of temper.

Grove, n. Wood, woodland, thicket, copse. See forest.

Grovel, v. n.

    1. Creep, crawl, sneak, fawn, cringe, lie low, lie prone.
    2. Behave abjectly, be mean, be low, tend downward, tend to the base and mean.

Grovelling, a.

    1. Creeping, crouching, squat.
    2. Low, mean, base, vile, abject, servile, slavish, cringing, fawning, beggarly, sneaking, earth-born, undignified, unworthy, without elevation.

Grow, v. n.

    1. Enlarge, increase, expand, swell, extend, be augmented, become (by degrees) greater or larger.
    2. Vegetate, sprout, germinate, shoot, bourgeon, pullulate, put forth, shoot up, spring up.
    3. Advance, improve, wax, extend, swell, make progress, make improvement.
    4. Become, wax, come to be, get to be.
    5. Adhere, become attached, get fastened.

Grow, v. a. Raise, produce, cultivate.

Grower, n. Producer, cultivator.

Grow fat. Batten, fatten.

Growing, a. Increasing, enlarging, expanding, extending, augmenting.

Growl, v. n. Snarl, gnarl, grumble, murmur.

Growl, n. Snarl, murmur.

Grow out of, Issue, proceed from, come from.


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