English words starting with get - page 5

Meanings of Get-up:

phrasal verb

Rise to one's feet

Meanings of Get-up-and-go:

noun

The quality of being energetic, determined, and enthusiastic

Usage examples:

We need someone with real get-up-and-go to run this office.

Meanings of Get-up-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-bed:

idiom

To wake up in a bad mood

Usage examples:

Dad got up on the wrong side of bed, and he’s been grumpy all day.

Meanings of Get-used-to:

phrase

To become familiar with something or someone

Usage examples:

Eventually you'll get used to the smells of the laboratory., [ + -ing verb ] i just can't get used …

Meanings of Get-weaving:

idiom

If you tell someone to get weaving, you either want them to start something or to do something quickly

Usage examples:

We'd better get weaving - we've got a lot to do today.

Meanings of Get-well:

noun

A card that you give or send to someone who is ill, to say that you hope they are well again soon

Usage examples:

Everyone at work signed a get-well card for me.

Meanings of Get-wind:

idiom

To learn a piece of information, esp. when it has been a secret

Usage examples:

We have a crisis on our hands and don’t want the press to get wind of it.

Meanings of Get-wind-of:

phrase

Begin to suspect that (something) is happening; hear a rumour of.

Usage examples:

Mortimer got wind of a plot being hatched

idiom

To learn a piece of information, esp. when it has been a secret

Usage examples:

We have a crisis on our hands and don’t want the press to get wind of it.

Meanings of Get-word:

idiom

To have an opportunity to speak

Usage examples:

Brad talked so much that nobody could get a word in edgewise.

Meanings of Get-worse:

phrase

To become more ill, or to become a more severe condition

Usage examples:

My cold seems to be getting worse., get any worse if he gets any worse i'll take him to the doctor'…

Meanings of Get-wrong:

idiom

To be offended because you do not understand someone correctly

Usage examples:

Don’t get me wrong – i like your haircut, i’m just surprised you cut it so short.

Meanings of Get-your-act-together:

To start to organize yourself so that you do things in an effective way

Usage examples:

She's so disorganized - i wish she'd get her act together.

Meanings of Get-your-feet-wet:

idiom

To become used to a new situation

Usage examples:

I worked as a substitute teacher for a while, just to get my feet wet.

Meanings of Get+off:

phrasal verb

To escape legal punishment, or to help someone escape legal punishment

Usage examples:

She was charged with fraud, but her lawyer got her off., he got off with a suspended sentence of th…

Meanings of Getatable:

adjective

Accessible.

Usage examples:

Their scrum was weak and get-at-able and their lineout was a sham.

Meanings of Getaway:

noun

An escape or quick departure, especially after committing a crime.

Usage examples:

The thieves made their getaway

Meanings of Getaways:

noun

An escape or quick departure, especially after committing a crime.

Usage examples:

The thieves made their getaway

Meanings of Getic:

adjective

= getan . also (poetic): thracian.

Meanings of Gets:

verb

Come to have (something); receive.

Usage examples:

I got a letter from him the other day

noun

See have.

Meanings of Getter:

noun

A person or thing that gets a specified desirable thing.

Usage examples:

An attention-getter

Meanings of Gettered:

adjective

Of a device or material: supplied or treated with a getter; containing a gettering agent.

Meanings of Gettering:

noun

The removal of impurities or defects with a getter.

Usage examples:

If a maximum permissible residual gas pressure is exceeded, the electron source is automatically sh…

Meanings of Getters:

noun

A person or thing that gets a specified desirable thing.

Usage examples:

An attention-getter

Meanings of Getting:

verb

Come to have (something); receive.

Usage examples:

I got a letter from him the other day

noun

An animal's offspring.

Usage examples:

He's the son of the well-known driftwood ike, and his get are much sought-after by rodeo hands acro…

Present participle of get

Meanings of Getting-back:

phrasal verb

To return, esp. to your home

Usage examples:

When did you get back from hawaii?, she was thrilled to get her old job back.