get together
- n a small informal social gathering
- v get people together
- v get together socially or for a specific purpose
- v work together on a common enterprise of project
- v become part of; become a member of a group or organization
getaway
- n the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- n a rapid escape (as by criminals)
the thieves made a clean getaway
getting
- n the act of acquiring something
he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving - v come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- v enter or assume a certain state or condition
It must be getting more serious - v cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- v receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- v reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- v go or come after and bring or take back
- v go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- v take vengeance on or get even
- v achieve a point or goal
- v cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- v succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- v come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- v be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- v communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- v give certain properties to something
- v move into a desired direction of discourse
- v grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- v attract and fix
- v reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- v reach by calculation
- v acquire as a result of some effort or action
- v purchase
- v perceive by hearing
- v suffer from the receipt of
- v receive as a retribution or punishment
- v leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- v reach and board
- v irritate
- v evoke an emotional response
- v apprehend and reproduce accurately
- v earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- v overcome or destroy
- v be a mystery or bewildering to
- v take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- v undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- v make children
gettysburg
- n a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery
- n a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union
gettysburg address
- n a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863)
getulio dornelles vargas
- n Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954)
getup
- n a set of clothing (with accessories)
his getup was exceedingly elegant
geum alleppicum strictum
- n erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America