Lithuanian–English dictionary

girdėti

(intransitive, _, except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.

girdyti

To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic) , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.

girna

A large round stone used for grinding grain.

girnos

A large round stone used for grinding grain.

girtas

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

gìrti

To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.

girtuoklė

A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the berry of that shrub.

girtuoklis

A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

gitara

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

gitaristas

Someone who plays a guitar.

gitaristė

Someone who plays a guitar.

gladiatorius

(Ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.

glaūdės

(chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]

glaukoma

(pathology) An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.

Glazgas

A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.

gleivės

(physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

glinda

The egg of a louse.

gliukozė

(carbohydrate) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.

globalizacija

The process of becoming a more interconnected world.

globėjas

(often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.

glostyti

To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.

gluosnis

The wood of these trees.

gnomas

(mythology, fantasy) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually smaller than dwarves and more focused on engineering than mining.

go

(board game) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

Goa

A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.

gojus

A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

golemas

(mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.

golfas

(sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.

Golvėjaus grafystė

A city in County Galway, Ireland.

Golvėjus

A city in County Galway, Ireland.

gomurys

(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]

gondola

A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.

gonorėja

A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.

gonys

A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.

googlinti

To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.

Gorbačiovas

A transliteration of the Russian surname Горбачёв (Gorbačóv).

goržetas

(historical) A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.

gotas

A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.

gotė

A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.

gotų kalba

An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.

grafas

The male ruler of a county.

grafienė

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

grafikas

(mathematics) A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m, y)\in\R^{m+1}, where y=f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m) for a given function f: \R^m\rightarrow\R. See also w:Graph of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

grafinis

Forming adjectives pertaining to writing (of a type specified by the first element).

grafitas

An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.

grafystė

(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.

graĩkas

(countable) A person from Greece or of Greek descent.

graĩkė

(countable) A person from Greece or of Greek descent.

Graikija

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.

Graĩkiškai

The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.

graĩkiškas

Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.

graĩkų

The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.

gramas

A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

grambuolys

Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

granata

A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.

grandyti

(ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

granitas

(rock) A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.

grappa

(uncountable) An Italian grape-based spirit of between 80 and 100 proof, made from the distillation of pomace.

graužikas

A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

gravitacija

(physics) The phenomenon that, on earth, objects have weight; the similar phenomenon on other celestial bodies such as the moon.

gravitonas

(particle) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.

grąža

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

gražgarstė

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

gražumas

(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

gražus

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

grėblys

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

greipfrutas

The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.

greita

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]

greitai

(idiomatic, with infinitive verb) Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates action that is imminent; ready to; went to

greitas

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]

greitis

The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.

greitoji

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]

greitosios pagalbos automobilis

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]

grēksūdze

A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.

gremlinas

An imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined, for example, to damage or dismantle machinery.

Grenada

An island and country in the Caribbean.

Grenlandija

A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America.

Greta

A en given name.

griaučiai

(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

griausmapaukštis

(mythology) A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.

griaustinis

The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

griauti

(transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.

grietinė

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

grietinėlė

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

griežinti

(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

griežtas

Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.

griežti

(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

grifas

A large Old World vulture, Gyps fulvus, native to mountainous areas from Iberia to Burma.

grifonas

A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.

Grigalius

A en given name.

grikiai

(culinary) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.

grimas

(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.

grimuaras

(occult) A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons.

grim̃zti

(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

grindinio akmuo

(countable) A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

griovys

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

gripas

(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

griuvėsiai

The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.

grįžimas

(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

grobstymas

(legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

grobti

(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.

groti

(transitive, intransitive, especially, of a, person) To produce music using a musical instrument.

grotuvas

(electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.

grožinė literatūra

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

grožis

(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

grubus

Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.

grūdai

(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

grūdas

(countable) A single seed of grass food crops.

grumtis

(intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

grumtynės

An occasion of fighting.

gruntas

(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.

gruodis

The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.

grūtis

The act of collapsing.

Gruzija

A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi.

gruziniškas

Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.

gruzinų

Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.

gružulis

(chiefly, US) Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.

grybas

(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

grybauti

(intransitive) To gather mushrooms.

grynas

A mesh of string, cord or rope.

grynieji

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

Guãmas

An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.

Guangdongas

A populous province of China, located on the southern coast. Capital: Guangzhou.

gubernatorius

(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.

Gudija

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.

gudrus

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

gudrybė

A crafty but underhanded deception.

Gudžaratas

A state in western India. Capital: Gandhinagar. Largest city: Ahmedabad.

gūglinti

To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.

gugolas

The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale). [from 1920.]

Gulagas

(historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).

Gulbė

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo.

gulėti

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

guliašas

A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.

guma

(uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.

gumbas

The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.

guoba

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

gurklys

(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.

gurkšnis

The usual amount swallowed.

gūžys

(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.

Gvadalkivyras

A river in southern Spain.

Gvadjana

A major river in Spain and Portugal.

Gvatemala

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala, a Central American country.

gvazdikas

(botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.

Gvidas

A en given name.

Gvinėja

(historical) The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.

gydytoja

A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.

gydytojas

A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

gylis

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

gynyba

The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.