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  • English Word Greasy Definition Fat of body; bulky.
  • English Word Greasy Definition Gross; indelicate; indecent.
  • English Word Greasy Definition Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.
  • English Word Great Definition Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
  • English Word Great Definition Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
  • English Word Great Definition Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
  • English Word Great Definition Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
  • English Word Great Definition Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
  • English Word Great Definition Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
  • English Word Great Definition Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
  • English Word Great Definition Pregnant; big (with young).
  • English Word Great Definition More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
  • English Word Great Definition Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc.
  • English Word Great Definition The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
  • English Word Great-bellied Definition Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.
  • English Word Great-grandchild Definition The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.
  • English Word Great-granddaughter Definition A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
  • English Word Great-grandfather Definition The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • English Word Great-grandmother Definition The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • English Word Great-grandson Definition A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
  • English Word Great-hearted Definition High-spirited; fearless.
  • English Word Great-hearted Definition Generous; magnanimous; noble.
  • English Word Great-heartedness Definition The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
  • English Word Greatcoat Definition An overcoat.
  • English Word Greaten Definition To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.
  • English Word Greaten Definition To become large; to dilate.
  • English Word Greatly Definition In a great degree; much.
  • English Word Greatly Definition Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously.
  • English Word Greatness Definition The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
  • English Word Greatness Definition Pride; haughtiness.