belt n. Area of open land round a city, designated for preservation.

- card n. International insurance document for motorists.

- fingers n. Colloq. Skill in growing plants.

- light n. - signal to proceed on a road, railway, etc.

- colloq. Permission to proceed with a project.

- paper n. Preliminary report of government proposals, for discussion.

- pound n. Exchange rate for the pound for payments for agricultural produce in the ec.

- revolution n. Greatly increased crop production in underdeveloped countries.

- tea n. Tea made from steam-dried leaves.

- —adj. - of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass.

- covered with leaves or grass.

- (of fruit etc. Or wood) unripe or unseasoned.

- not dried, smoked, or tanned.

- inexperienced, gullible.

- a (of the complexion) pale, sickly-hued. B jealous, envious.

- young, flourishing.

- not withered or worn out (a green old age).

v. - address politely or welcomingly on meeting or arrival.

- receive or acknowledge in a specified way.

- (of a sight, sound, etc.) Become apparent to or noticed by. [old english]

- v. Scot. Weep. [old english]

n. - intense sorrow.

- cause of this. come to grief meet with disaster. [french: related to *grieve]

—n. - a device on a cooker for radiating heat downwards. B = *gridiron.

- food cooked on a grill.

- (in full grill room) restaurant specializing in grilled food. —v. - cook or be cooked under a grill or on a gridiron.

- subject or be subjected to extreme heat.

- subject to severe questioning. [french: related to *griddle]

—n. Soot or dirt ingrained in a surface. —v. (-ming) blacken with grime; befoul. griminess n. Grimy adj. (-ier, -iest). [low german or dutch]

—v. (past and past part. Ground) 1 reduce to small particles or powder by crushing.

- a sharpen or smooth by friction. B rub or rub together gratingly.

- (often foll. By down) oppress; harass with exactions.

- a (often foll. By away) work or study hard. B (foll. By out) produce with effort. —n. - act or instance of grinding.

- colloq. Hard dull work (the daily grind).

- size of ground particles. grind to a halt stop laboriously.

water n. Propr. Preparation to relieve colic in infants.

- —v. (-ping) 1 colloq. Complain.

- affect with gastric pain. —n. - (usu. In pl.) Colic.

- colloq. Complaint.

- grip, clutch. [old english]

n. Corn to grind. grist to the (or a person's) mill source of profit or advantage. [old english: related to *grind]

n.pl. - coarsely ground grain, esp. Oatmeal.

- oats that have been husked but not ground. [old english]

—v. - a make a deep sound expressing pain, grief, or disapproval. B utter with groans.

- (usu. Foll. By under, beneath, with) be loaded or oppressed. —n. Sound made in groaning. [old english]