G M -free ADJ GM-free products or crops are products or crops that do not contain any genetically modified material. □ …GM-free soya. □ …food that is meant to be GM-free.
GMO /dʒiː em oʊ / (GMOs ) N‑COUNT A GMO is an animal, plant, or other organism whose genetic structure has been changed by genetic engineering. GMO is an abbreviation for 'genetically modified organism'.
GMT /dʒiː em tiː / GMT is the standard time in Great Britain which is used to calculate the time in the rest of the world. GMT is an abbreviation for 'Greenwich Mean Time'. □ New Mexico is seven hours behind GMT.
gnarled /nɑː r ld/
1 ADJ A gnarled tree is twisted and strangely shaped because it is old. □ …a large and beautiful garden full of ancient gnarled trees.
2 ADJ A person who is gnarled looks very old because their skin has lines on it or their body is bent. If someone has gnarled hands, their hands are twisted as a result of old age or illness. □ …gnarled old men. □ His hands were gnarled with arthritis.
gnash /næ ʃ/ (gnashes , gnashing , gnashed ) PHRASE If you say that someone is gnashing their teeth , you mean they are angry or frustrated about something. □ If you are currently gnashing your teeth at having missed out, don't despair.
gnat /næ t/ (gnats ) N‑COUNT A gnat is a very small flying insect that bites people and usually lives near water.
gnaw /nɔː / (gnaws , gnawing , gnawed )
1 VERB If people or animals gnaw something or gnaw at it, they bite it repeatedly. □ [V + at/on ] Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems. □ [V n] Melanie gnawed a long, painted fingernail.
2 VERB If a feeling or thought gnaws at you, it causes you to keep worrying. [WRITTEN ] □ [V + at ] Doubts were already gnawing away at the back of his mind. □ [V -ing] Mary Ann's exhilaration gave way to gnawing fear.
gnoc|chi /nɒ ki/ N‑PLURAL Gnocchi are a type of pasta consisting of small round balls made from flour and sometimes potato.
gnome /noʊ m/ (gnomes ) N‑COUNT In children's stories, a gnome is an imaginary creature that is like a tiny old man with a beard and pointed hat. In Britain people sometimes have small statues of gnomes in their gardens.
gno|mic /noʊ m I k/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A gnomic remark is brief and seems wise but is difficult to understand. [WRITTEN ] □ …the somewhat gnomic utterances of John Maynard Keynes in his General Theory.
GNP ◆◇◇ /dʒiː en piː / (GNPs ) N‑VAR In economics, a country's GNP is the total value of all the goods produced and services provided by that country in one year. GNP is an abbreviation for 'gross national product'. Compare GDP . □ We managed to increase the GNP of the country by 5 per cent.
gnu /nuː / (gnus ) N‑COUNT A gnu is a large African deer.
GNVQ /dʒiː en viː kju ː/ (GNVQs ) N‑COUNT In Britain, GNVQs are qualifications in practical subjects such as business, design, and information technology. GNVQ is an abbreviation for 'general national vocational qualification'. □ …a GNVQ in information and communication technology.
go
➊ MOVING OR LEAVING
➋ LINK VERB USES
➌ OTHER VERB USES, NOUN USES, AND PHRASES
➍ PHRASAL VERBS
➊ go ◆◆◆ /goʊ / (goes , going , went , gone ) In most cases the past participle of go is gone , but occasionally you use 'been': see been . 1 VERB When you go somewhere, you move or travel there. □ [V prep/adv] We went to Rome. □ [V prep/adv] Gladys had just gone into the kitchen. □ [V prep/adv] I went home at the weekend. □ [V amount] It took us an hour to go three miles.
2 VERB When you go , you leave the place where you are. □ [V ] Let's go. □ [V ] She's going tomorrow.
3 VERB You use go to say that someone leaves the place where they are and does an activity, often a leisure activity. □ [V v-ing] We went swimming very early. □ [V v-ing] Maybe they've just gone shopping. □ [V + for ] He went for a walk.
4 VERB When you go to do something, you move to a place in order to do it and you do it. You can also go and do something, and in American English, you can go do something. However, you always say that someone went and did something. □ [V to-inf] His second son, Paddy, had gone to live in Canada. □ I must go and see this film. □ [V inf] Go ask whoever you want.
5 VERB If you go to school, work, or church, you attend it regularly as part of your normal life. □ [V + to ] She will have to go to school. □ [V + to ] His son went to a top university in America.
6 VERB When you say where a road or path goes , you are saying where it begins or ends, or what places it is in. □ [V prep/adv] There's a mountain road that goes from Blairstown to Millbrook Village.
7 VERB You can use go in expressions such as ' don't go telling everybody ', in order to express disapproval of the kind of behaviour you mention, or to tell someone not to behave in that way. □ [V v-ing] You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings. □ [V v-ing] Don't you go thinking it was your fault.
8 VERB You can use go with words like 'further' and 'beyond' to show the degree or extent of something. □ [V adv/prep] He went even further in his speech to the conference. □ [V adv/prep] Some physicists have gone so far as to suggest that the entire Universe is a sort of gigantic computer.