English dictionary: words starting with gin

Meanings of Gin:

noun

A clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries.

Usage examples:

Favor clear spirits like vodka and gin over darker-colored alcohols like whiskey, brandy or red wine.

verb

Treat (cotton) in a gin.

Usage examples:

The country's largest ginneries were only utilising 24 and 54 per cent of their respective ginning …

Meanings of Ging:

noun

A catapult.

Usage examples:

He made a ging out of a forked stick

Meanings of Gingelly:

noun

Sesame oil; (also) the sesame plant, sesamum indicum. frequently attributive, especially in "gingelly oil".

Meanings of Ginger:

noun

A hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, which may be chopped or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied.

Usage examples:

In a food processor or blender, combine tomatoes, pepper, salt, coriander powder, ginger and jalape…

adjective

(chiefly of hair or fur) of a light reddish-yellow or orange-brown colour.

Usage examples:

Lucas already has a number of initiatives to help raise money, including a sponsored change of hair…

verb

Make someone or something more lively.

Usage examples:

She slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up

Meanings of Ginger up:

phrasal verb

Make more interesting or lively

Meanings of Ginger-group:

noun

A group of people, especially within a political party, who try to encourage other people to follow a new, more interesting, or more active way of doing things

Meanings of Gingerade:

noun

A sweet fizzy soft drink flavoured with ginger.

Meanings of Gingerbread:

noun

Cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger.

Usage examples:

The castle's chefs are also responsible for the coffee shop fare - look out for fruit cakes, ginger…

Meanings of Gingerbready:

adjective

Of, relating to, or reminiscent of gingerbread in respect of taste, smell, appearance, etc.

Meanings of Gingered:

adjective

Flavoured with ginger.

Usage examples:

Gingered chicken wings

verb

Make someone or something more lively.

Usage examples:

She slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up

phrasal verb

To make something more exciting, interesting, or active

Usage examples:

They've gingered up the book cover with a new design, but the contents are the same.

Meanings of Gingering:

verb

Make someone or something more lively.

Usage examples:

She slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up

noun

A hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, which may be chopped or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied.

Usage examples:

In a food processor or blender, combine tomatoes, pepper, salt, coriander powder, ginger and jalape…

adjective

(chiefly of hair or fur) of a light reddish-yellow or orange-brown colour.

Usage examples:

Lucas already has a number of initiatives to help raise money, including a sponsored change of hair…

Meanings of Gingering-up:

phrasal verb

To make something more exciting, interesting, or active

Usage examples:

They've gingered up the book cover with a new design, but the contents are the same.

Meanings of Gingerline:

noun

A reddish-brown or reddish-violet colour. also occasionally: a woollen cloth of this colour.

Meanings of Gingerly:

adverb

In a careful or cautious manner.

Usage examples:

Jackson sat down very gingerly

adjective

Showing great care or caution.

Usage examples:

A gingerly pace

Meanings of Gingerness:

noun

Gingerliness.

Meanings of Gingerol:

noun

A yellow oil with a pungent taste, present in fresh ginger; specifically (more fully "6-gingerol") a compound which is the principal component of this. in later use also: any of various substituted derivatives or longer-chain analogues of 6-gingerol.

Meanings of Gingerous:

adjective

Of hair, complexion, etc.: ginger-coloured, sandy.

Meanings of Gingers:

noun

A hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, which may be chopped or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied.

Usage examples:

In a food processor or blender, combine tomatoes, pepper, salt, coriander powder, ginger and jalape…

verb

Make someone or something more lively.

Usage examples:

She slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up

adjective

(chiefly of hair or fur) of a light reddish-yellow or orange-brown colour.

Usage examples:

Lucas already has a number of initiatives to help raise money, including a sponsored change of hair…

Meanings of Gingersnap:

noun

A hard ginger-flavoured biscuit.

Meanings of Gingersnaps:

noun

A hard ginger-flavoured biscuit.

Meanings of Gingerwort:

noun

Any plant of the family zingiberaceae.

Meanings of Gingery:

adjective

Connected with ginger, the spicy root of a tropical plant that is used in cooking or preserved in sugar

Usage examples:

A gingery taste, a gingery stir-fry with noodles, a gingery colour, he has a round boyish face and …

Meanings of Gingham:

noun

Lightweight plain-woven cotton cloth, typically checked in white and a bold colour.

Usage examples:

Gingham curtains

Meanings of Ginghams:

noun

Lightweight plain-woven cotton cloth, typically checked in white and a bold colour.

Usage examples:

Gingham curtains

Meanings of Gingiva:

noun

The gums.

Usage examples:

Brushing should focus on the junction between the gingiva and teeth