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  • 91stick — stick1 W3S3 [stık] v past tense and past participle stuck [stʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(attach)¦ 2¦(push in)¦ 3¦(put)¦ 4¦(move part of body)¦ 5¦(difficult to move)¦ 6 stick in somebody s mind 7 make something stick 8¦(name)¦ 9 somebody c …

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  • 92glutton — [13] Indo European *gel produced a wide range of descendants in the general semantic area ‘swallow’, among them Latin gula ‘throat’ and its offspring French gueule ‘mouth’ and English gullet; German kehle ‘throat’; and Latin gluttīre ‘swallow’,… …

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  • 93gorge — {{11}}gorge (n.) mid 14c., throat, from O.Fr. gorge throat, bosom, from L.L. gurges gullet, throat, jaws, of uncertain origin, probably related to L. gurgulio gullet, windpipe, from PIE *gwere to swallow. Transferred sense of deep, narrow valley… …

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  • 94gules — red, in heraldic descriptions, c.1300, from O.Fr. goules neckpiece of (red) fur, pl. of gole, guele throat, from L. gula throat (see GULLET (Cf. gullet)) …

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  • 95gully — channel made by running water, 1650s, possibly a variant of M.E. golet water channel (see GULLET (Cf. gullet)). Gully washer, Amer.Eng. colloquial for heavy rainstorm, attested by 1887 …

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  • 96guzzle — (v.) 1570s, probably related to O.Fr. gosillier to go down the gullet; to vomit, chatter, talk, from gosier (13c.) jaws, throat, gullet. Or imitative of the sound of drinking greedily. Related: Guzzled; guzzling. As a noun from 1590s …

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  • 97crop — noun 1》 a plant cultivated on a large scale for food or other use, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable.     ↘an amount of a crop harvested at one time. 2》 an amount of related people or things appearing at one time: the current crop of… …

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  • 98gully — noun (plural gullies) 1》 (also gulley) a narrow channel formed by the action of water.     ↘a gutter or drain. 2》 Cricket a fielding position on the off side between point and the slips. verb (also gulley) [usu. as adjective gullied] (of water)… …

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  • 99gorge — n 1. cleft, chasm, canyon, abyss, gulf; crevasse, crevice, rift, fissure; defile, pass, Fr. couloir. gap, notch; gulch, gully, wadi, gullet, ravine, Brit. clough, ditch. 2. throat, gullet, esophagus. 3. stuff, cram, glut, fill, sate, saturate,… …

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  • 100esophagus — e•soph•a•gus [[t]ɪˈsɒf ə gəs, iˈsɒf [/t]] n. pl. gi [[t] ˌdʒaɪ, ˌgaɪ[/t]] anat. a muscular tube for the passage of food from the pharynx to the stomach; gullet • Etymology: 1350–1400; < ML isophagus, esophagus < Gk oisophágos gullet …

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