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gerinmek
(intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
geriye
(archaic, Geordie) Towards the back or rear; backwards. [First attested prior to 1150.]
geriz
A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
germakoçi
(cryptozoology, folklore) An individual creature of this type.
germanyum
A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.
germek
(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
gerzek
(colloquial) A stupid person.
gesture
(obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
getiri
(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]
getirmek
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
getto
An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
gettolu
Having been raised in a ghetto in the United States.
gettomsu
(slang, informal) Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.
geveze
(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.
gevezelik
Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
gevezelik etmek
(intransitive, pejorative) To talk rapidly without making much sense.
gevrek
Not limp; firm, stiff; not stale or wilted; fresh; also, effervescent, lively.
gevrek olma
The state of being brittle (in various senses).
gevreklik
The state of being brittle (in various senses).
gevşek
(most generally, category theory, of an object F in a concrete category, with respect to a set X and a map i from X to the underlying set of F) Such that any map f from X to the underlying set of an object A in the same category as F induces a map \bar f from F to A which is compatible with f (i.e. such that f = \bar f \circ i).
gevşemek
(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]
gevşetmek
(transitive) To make loose.
gey
(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
geyik
(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
geyik eti
The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.
geyşa
A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.
gezdirmek
(transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
gezegen
(now, historical, or, astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. [from 14thc.]
gezegensel
(astronomy) Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
gezgin
One who explores something
gezi
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
gezici
Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]
gezinmek
To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
gezinti
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
gezip görme
The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
gezme
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
gezmek
To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
gezmen
Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]
gibi
Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
gibi görünmek
Supposed, or assumed to be.
GİD
(computer languages, file format) Initialism of Extensible Markup Language, a flexible text format for creating structured computer documents in machine-readable form.
gide gide
Increasing in amount or intensity.
giden
Leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound.
gider
(chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
gider borusu
A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.
giderek
(dated) In time to come; in some future time or state.
gidermek
(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
gidiş dönüş
(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.
gidişat
(idiomatic) A specific situation; a set of circumstances.
gidişi olsun, dönüşü olmasın
Used to indicate that a departure or loss is welcome.
gidon
(mostly, in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.
gigabayt
(computing, formal) One billion (109, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes.
gigant
Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
Gine
(historical) The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.
ginseng
Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties.
girdap
A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
girdi
Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.
girgin
(of a person) Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
giriftlik
The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.
girik
(countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
girinti
A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.
giriş
(countable) The action of entering, or going in.
giriş kartı
A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.
giriş ücreti
The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.
giriş yetkisi
A permission to enter.
giriş-çıkış izni
Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
girişim
The action of trying at something. [1530]
girişimci
A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. [from 1762]
girişimcilik
The quality of being an entrepreneur.
girişken
(of a person) Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
girişkenlik
The quality of being assertive.
girişmek
(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
Girit
An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.
girme
The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
girme salahiyeti
A permission to enter.
girme yetkisi
A permission to enter.
girmek
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
gitar
(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).
gitmek
(transitive, US, regional, Southern US) To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).
gitmekte olan
Leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound.
gittikçe
In a progressive manner.
giyecek
Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
giyen
One who wears.
giyim
Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
giyim kuşam
Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
giyinik
(informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
giyinmek
(transitive) To clothe or adorn.
giyisi
Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
giysi
(clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
giz
(countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. [from late 14th c.]
gizem
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
gizemci
Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
gizemcil
Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
gizemli
Understood by only a few.
gizemsel
Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
gizemsi
Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
gizil
Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
gizlemek
(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
gizlenmek
(intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
gizli
Confidential; private.
gizli kapaklı
Performed or happening in secret.
gizli kimlik
(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
gizli saklı
Performed or happening in secret.
gizli tutma
Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
gizlice
In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.
gizlice anlaşmak
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
gizlice dinlemek
(communication, chiefly, law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication). [from 19th c.]
gizlilik
(electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
gıcık
Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
gıcık etmek
(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
gıcırdamak
(intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
gıcırtılı
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
gıdaklama
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
gıdıklamak
(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
gıdıklanmak
(intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
gıdım
A small amount of something.
Gılgamış
A semi-legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem Epic of Gilgamesh.
gırlamak
(intransitive, of a cat) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented or in certain other conditions.
Gırnata
A city in Andalusia, Spain.
gırtlak
(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.
gırtlak yangısı
An inflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in hoarseness.
gırtlakçıl
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.
gıyap
A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
GKA
(computing) Initialism of graphical user interface.
gladyatör
(Ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
Glasgow
A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.
glikoz
(carbohydrate) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
global
Concerning all parts of the world.
globalleşme
The process of becoming a more interconnected world.
glokenspil
(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
glokom
(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.
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.
göbek
The abdomen (especially a fat one).
göbek deliği
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
göbelek
A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
göbüş
(colloquial, often childish) Stomach or belly.
göç etme
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
göç etmek
(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
göçebe
(of birds, etc) Migrating.
göcen
A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]
göçer
(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
göçme
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
göçmek
(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
göçmen
A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
göçmenlik
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
göçük
A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
gödek
(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.
gofret
A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
göğüs
(anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.

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