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- Dictionarygirl/ɡərl/
noun
- 1. a female child: "a six-year-old girl" Similar
- 2. a young or relatively young woman: "I haven't got the time to meet girls" Similar
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The meaning of GIRL is a female child from birth to adulthood. How to use girl in a sentence.
a female child or young woman, especially one still at school: Two girls showed us round the classrooms. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. a child. child When I was a child the summers seemed to go on for ever. boy There's a new boy in my class. girl The girl's name is Sally. kid I'm off to pick up the kids from school.
noun. a female child, from birth to full growth. a young, immature woman, especially formerly, an unmarried one. a daughter: My wife and I have two girls. Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a grown woman, especially when referred to familiarly: She's having the girls over for bridge next week. a girlfriend; sweetheart.
a female child or young woman, especially one still at school: Two girls showed us round the classrooms. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. a child. child When I was a child, the summers seemed to go on forever. boy There's a new boy in my class. girl The girl's name is Sally. kid I'm off to pick up the kids from school.
A girl is a young woman, or a female child. If you have a 3-year-old daughter you have a little girl. Girl comes from the Middle English garl, but no one knows where that word came from. It used to mean a child of either sex, but now it's only used for female children, paired with the word boy.
Definition of girl noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of 'girl' Word Frequency. girl. (gɜːʳl ) Word forms: plural girls. 1. countable noun A1. A girl is a female child. ...an eleven year old girl. I must have been a horrid little girl. Synonyms: female child, schoolgirl, lass, lassie [informal] More Synonyms of girl. 2. countable noun A1. You can refer to someone's daughter as a girl.
n. 1. A female child. 2. A daughter: our youngest girl. 3. Often Offensive A woman. 4. Informal. a. A woman socializing with a group of women: a night out with the girls. b. Used as a familiar form of address to express support of or camaraderie with a woman. 5. Informal A female sweetheart: cadets escorting their girls to the ball. 6.
GIRL definition: 1. a female child or young woman: 2. a group of female friends: . Learn more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of GIRL. 1. [count] a : a female child. It's a girl! = She gave birth to a baby girl. a nine-year-old girl. Ever since I was a (little/young) girl, I've wanted to travel. b : daughter. Is this your little girl? She's our oldest/youngest girl. 2. [count] a : a young woman. a group of teenage girls.
