Grouting
(Grout"ing), n. The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in. Gwilt.
Groutnol
(Grout"nol) n. [See Groat, and Noll, n.] [Obs.] Same as Growthead. Beau. & Fl.
Grouty
(Grout"y) a. Cross; sulky; sullen. [Colloq.]
Grove
(Grove) n. [AS. graf, fr. grafan to dig. The original sense seems to have been a lane cut through
trees. See Grave, v., and cf. Groove.] A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood,
planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.
The Hebrew word Asherah, rendered grove in the Authorized Version of the Bible, is left untranslated
in the Revised Version. Almost all modern interpreters agree that by Asherah an idol or image of some
kind is intended.
Grovel
(Grov"el) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groveled or Grovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Groveling or Grovelling.]
[From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf.
OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. grufa, in a grufu on the face, prone,
grufa to grovel.]
1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body
prostrate on the earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl.
To creep and grovel on the ground.
Dryden. 2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
Groveler
(Grov"el*er) n. One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also groveller.]
Groveling
(Grov"el*ing), a. Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also grovelling.] "A groveling creature."
Cowper.
Grovy
(Grov"y) a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, or frequenting, groves. Dampier.
Grow
(Grow) v. i. [imp. Grew (gr&udd); p. p. Grown (gron); p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.] [AS. growan; akin
to D. groeijen, Icel. groa, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. Green, Grass.]
1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of
new matter into the living organism; — said of animals and vegetables and their organs.
2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to
accrue.
Winter began to grow fast on.
Knolles.
Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus.
Shak. 3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as,
rice grows in warm countries.
Where law faileth, error groweth.
Gower. 4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.
Byron.
