(v) make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

(v) bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"

(v) produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to to generate more electricity"

(v) give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

(s) greatest in size of those under consideration

(s) not to be surpassed; "his top effort"

(s) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"

(s) highest in quality

(n) the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single

(n) a mechanical device for gripping an object

(v) capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

(v) take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"

(v) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

(v) make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"

(v) get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"

(v) obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"

(n) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

(n) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"

(n) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"

(n) the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade"

(n) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"

(n) a degree of ablaut

(n) a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

(n) one-hundredth of a right angle

(n) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"

(v) determine the grade of or assign a grade to

(v) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"

(v) assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

(v) level to the right gradient

(n) (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

(n) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

(s) having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population"

(s) increasing in size or degree or amount; "her growing popularity"; "growing evidence of a world depression"; "a growing city"; "growing businesses"

(a) relating to or suitable for growth; "the growing season for corn"; "good growing weather"

(n) the act of giving

(n) natural qualities or talents

(n) something acquired without compensation

(v) give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"

(v) give qualities or abilities to

(n) the act of gathering something

(n) sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

(v) collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"

(v) conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework"

(v) look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"

(v) draw fabric together and sew it tightly

(v) assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

(v) collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

(v) get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"