Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Initialism of Grand Army of the Republic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism, obsolete
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: G.A.R., G. A. R.
Antonyms: none provided
name
A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, especially
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noun
A garfish, Belone belone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, especially
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noun
Initialism of glycineamide ribonucleotide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of glutathione amide reductase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of gross annual revenue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: business, finance
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verb
To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: needlefish, billfish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
Narrower terms: timucu
noun
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ganoid, ganoid fish
History
From Tibetan སྒར (sgar).
Clipping of garfish, from Middle English gare + fish.
From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare; but also Old Cornish gorra (“put, place, set”).
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
