Girl - English meaning

adjective

(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

Usage examples:

Many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children

noun

An adolescent boy or girl.

Usage examples:

The books are aimed at children and adolescents

adjective

Between the ages of a child and an adult

Usage examples:

The two adolescent boys made their mother very tired., [ c ] he had an unhappy adolescence., i teac…

noun

A sexually attractive young woman.

Usage examples:

He's been pumping up his pecs to impress the babes

noun

A small baby, or infml an affectionate way of addressing a wife, husband, or other person you love

noun

A small baby

Usage examples:

A newborn babe

noun

A child.

Usage examples:

We used to mix it with that ministry of food orange juice the bairns were issued around the 1950s.

noun

A child

noun

A girl or woman.

Usage examples:

It's all better than the show with the 5 posh advertising bints who are catty at each other in orde…

noun

An offensive word for a woman

noun

A warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly.

Usage examples:

I am currently using turkey feathers to fletch with, after spending half a day on a commercial turk…

noun

A creature with feathers and wings, usually able to fly

Usage examples:

Caged/wild birds, wading birds, most birds lay eggs in the spring., penguins and ostriches are flig…

noun

A particular type of person

Usage examples:

He's a tough old bird.

noun

A child, typically one that is badly behaved.

Usage examples:

She's been acting like a spoiled brat all evening

noun

A bratwurst sausage.

Usage examples:

Burgers, fries, ribs, brats, potato salad, pies—you name it this spread had it

noun

A child, especially one who behaves badly

Usage examples:

Stop it, you're being a brat!, my sister is coming over at the weekend with her brats., spoilt brat…

adjective

Having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide.

Usage examples:

A broad staircase

noun

A woman.

Usage examples:

I get drunk, follow the pretty broads, and make a fool of myself

adjective

Very wide

Usage examples:

He flashed a broad grin at us., the magazine covers a broad range of subjects., he explained it in …

noun

A young bird, especially one newly hatched.

Usage examples:

The cattle egrets hatched and reared two chicks

noun

(in south asia) a folding bamboo screen for a doorway.

noun

A baby bird, especially a young chicken

noun

A short official note, typically recording a sum owed.

Usage examples:

Write out a chit for whatever you take from the drinks cupboard

noun

An impudent or arrogant young woman.

Usage examples:

She is a mere chit of a girl

verb

Cause (a potato) to sprout by placing it in a cool light place.

Usage examples:

I moved to canada a few years ago and i was surprised when i mentioned chitting to people, they had…

noun

A girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

It is ironic that what o'casey was satirising in some of his later plays, the dancing colleens at t…

noun

A girl or young woman

noun

A girl from ireland

noun

(in the uk) the title given to a woman with the rank of knight commander or holder of the grand cross in the orders of chivalry.

Usage examples:

Dame vera lynn

noun

A woman

noun

The funny character of an older woman, usually played by a man, in a pantomime (= a musical play for children)

noun

A girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents.

Usage examples:

Another possibility is that the findings reveal a reciprocal relationship between daughters and the…

noun

A female child in relation to her parents

Usage examples:

We have a son and a daughter.

noun

Your female child

Usage examples:

Liz and phil have a daughter and three sons.

noun

A young female horse, especially one less than four years old.

Usage examples:

Four fillies and five colts all breezed one furlong in 10.20 seconds.

noun

A young, female horse

noun

A young female horse

adjective

(of a person) weak and delicate.

Usage examples:

His small, frail body

noun

A woman.

Usage examples:

Cosmetic manufacturers will never go out of business because the frails will always want to look li…

adjective

Physically weak, or easily damaged, broken, or harmed

Usage examples:

He’s always in frail health., the shirt is old and frail, and the threads look ready to part.

noun

A girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

Pedal pushers and prom queens, floral corsages and full skirts, gingham checks and clinched waists …

noun

A unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second.

abbreviation

Gallon(s).

adjective

Characteristic of or appropriate to a girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

Girly pink paper

noun

A girl or young woman (often used as a condescending term of address).

Usage examples:

What's your name, girlie?

adjective

(of a person) enjoying things typically connected with women or girls, for example, make-up or the colour pink

Usage examples:

Is your man more girly than you?, girly girl my sister has always been a very girlie girl, not like…

noun

A woman.

Usage examples:

I'm just an average jane trying to get some return on her retirement savings

noun

A female john doe

noun

The wife of punch in the punch and judy show.

Usage examples:

Aeons before political correctness reared its ugly head, the gangsters and apes and crooks (his guy…

noun

A traditional children's entertainment in which a man, mr punch, argues with his wife, judy. it was especially popular in the past as entertainment in british towns by the sea in summer.

adjective

For or denoting young or younger people.

Usage examples:

Junior tennis

noun

A person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else.

Usage examples:

He's five years her junior

adjective

Less advanced, or lower in rank

Usage examples:

The junior varsity, alfredo is a junior partner in the law firm., he was born in april, so he’s thr…

adjective

For or relating to young people.

Usage examples:

Juvenile crime

noun

A young person.

Usage examples:

It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

adjective

Of, by, or for a young person who is not yet an adult

Usage examples:

He studied both adult and juvenile crime.

noun

A child or young person.

Usage examples:

She collected the kids from school

verb

(of a goat) give birth.

Usage examples:

Milk fever usually occurs in heavy milkers shortly after kidding

verb

Deceive (someone) in a playful way; tease.

Usage examples:

You're kidding me!

noun

A young child.

Usage examples:

I think he gave very fair reasons and i fully understand them, i've got two young kiddies myself.

noun

A young child

Usage examples:

We have soda for the kiddies.

noun

A girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

He married a lass from yorkshire

noun

A girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

I'm going to see a wee lassie tonight

noun

A girl or young woman

noun

A title or form of address used of or to an unmarried french-speaking woman, corresponding to miss.

Usage examples:

Mademoiselle rossignol

noun

A female domestic servant.

Usage examples:

Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid

noun

A woman who is employed to clean hotel rooms and make them neat, or a woman who is a servant in a person’s home

Usage examples:

We left a note in our room for the maid to give us extra towels.

noun

A woman who works as a servant in a hotel or in someone's home

Usage examples:

In the beach resort, the apartments and villas have daily maid service., in california many illegal…

noun

An unmarried girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

Two knights fought to win the hand of a fair maiden

adjective

(of an older woman) unmarried.

Usage examples:

A maiden aunt

noun

A girl or young woman

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In the story, the prince woos the fair maiden., a maiden voyage/flight

noun

The female of a horse or other equine animal.

Usage examples:

Most adults live in social groups, either of stallions, of mares with their dependent foals, or in …

noun

A very unpleasant or frustrating experience.

Usage examples:

This week is going to be a bit of a mare but at least the end is in sight

noun

A large, level basalt plain on the surface of the moon, appearing dark by contrast with highland areas.

Usage examples:

The maria are largely confined to the near side of the moon

adjective

Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.

Usage examples:

She requested a number of minor alterations

noun

A person under the age of full legal responsibility.

Usage examples:

The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb

Short for minor suit.

Usage examples:

A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

verb

Fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).

Usage examples:

A laser-guided bomb had missed its target

noun

A failure to hit, catch, or reach something.

Usage examples:

The penalty miss cost us the game

noun

A title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl, or to that of a married woman retaining her maiden name for professional purposes.

Usage examples:

Miss hazel armstrong

noun

An attractive young woman.

Usage examples:

Who is the popsy with that bloke?

noun

A young and attractive woman

noun

A girl attending school.

Usage examples:

If you're not among the 1,000 english and french private schoolgirls who attend classes at villa ma…

noun

A girl who goes to school

noun

A title or form of address used of or to a spanish-speaking unmarried woman, corresponding to miss.

Usage examples:

You have a beautiful smile my little señorita!

noun

A girl or woman.

Usage examples:

A female may be my sheila, my bird, my charley, my good sort, my hot-drop, my judy or my wife, but …

noun

A girl or a woman

noun

A title or form of address used of or to an italian-speaking unmarried woman, corresponding to miss.

Usage examples:

Signorina rosalba

noun

A woman or girl in relation to other daughters and sons of her parents.

Usage examples:

I had nine brothers and sisters

noun

A female who has the same parents as another person

Usage examples:

An older/younger sister, a sorority sister

adjective

Used to describe one of the organizations or companies in a pair or group of similar organizations when referring to it in relation to the others

Usage examples:

The competition is being run in conjunction with our sister publication money observer., sister com…

noun

A person who is studying at a university or other place of higher education.

Usage examples:

A student of sociology

noun

A person who is studying at a school, college, or university

Usage examples:

He is a student at the university of california., as a nurse, you get to be a student of human natu…

noun

A person who is studying at a college, university, or school

Usage examples:

He was a student at bristol university., school/university/college students, a student of sth any s…

noun

A person aged between 13 and 19 years.

Usage examples:

As a teenager she discovered she had a talent for dance

noun

A person who is 13 through 19 years old

Usage examples:

They have two teenage sons.

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

Dancing classes for tiny tots

verb

Add up numbers or amounts.

Usage examples:

She totted up some figures

verb

Salvage saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.

Usage examples:

There was only a bent figure of a man totting among the refuse

noun

A child, young person, or young animal.

Usage examples:

Members are organising a transport survey to find out how youngsters get to school.

noun

A young person, usually an older child

Usage examples:

The scheme is for youngsters between the ages of ten and 16.