Meaning of girl in English:

girl

Pronunciation /ɡəːl/

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noun

1A female child.
‘a six-year-old girl’
- ‘girls go through puberty earlier than boys’
- ‘He and a female pedestrian comforted the girl at the roadside, and contacted the police.’
- ‘Some thought that boys got the short end of the stick and that their female teachers favored girls.’
- ‘The female group approached the girls and demanded their mobile phones.’
- ‘The club hopes to have over 100 youngsters - both boys and girls - taking part.’
- ‘Beforehand, it was mandatory for both boys and girls to attend school to primary-school level.’
- ‘There will be major parts for nine small children - seven girls and two boys.’
- ‘Girls are also outperforming boys in spelling and maths.’
- ‘The week's activities are suitable for boys and girls of primary school age.’
- ‘The preparatory school caters for girls and boys aged three to 11 after which pupils move up to the senior school.’
- ‘The activity camp is open to boys and girls.’
- ‘The little girl is a scene-stealer.’
- ‘A young girl was sitting on a bench in a dark corner of the church.’
- ‘The story concerns a 10-year-old girl who discovers a secret world.’
- ‘Participation in athletics among girls and women is at an all-time high.’
- ‘For girls between the ages of 9 and 18, experts recommend 1,300 mg of calcium per day as adequate intake.’
- ‘A governess waits for a little girl to finish reciting the blessing before serving the meal.’
- ‘Girls between the ages of 12 and 15 are especially interested in the computer-as-accessory idea.’
- ‘She is just like every other little girl, but she happens to be incredibly resourceful as well as bilingual.’
- ‘The project aims to get more girls interested in technology.’
female child, young person, youngster, teenager, adolescent, young woman, young lady
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1. 1.1A person's daughter.
  ‘he was devoted to his little girl’
  ‘She has five grandchildren, her daughter's two girls and her son's three boys.’
  ‘They enjoyed a break away with their daughter Samantha and her twin girls Rebecca and Crystal.’
  ‘I have a lot of issues about my ex girlfriend and my little girl.’
2A young or relatively young woman.
‘I haven't got the time to meet girls’
- ‘Local teenage girls walking their babies in strollers earned judgemental stares from the couple at a table next to me.’
- ‘I really regret not going to university because I would have met more girls.’
- ‘At this gig, guys and girls alike were giving it all they had.’
- ‘The band is made up of two girls and two guys.’
- ‘He needs to let his anger go after seeing the girl he likes in some other guy's arms.’
- ‘Tom sees a beautiful girl and falls in love with her.’
- ‘We had a scientist girl come in to design it.’
- ‘I'd give anything to have that girl in my life.’
- ‘I want to marry a girl I actually like!’
- ‘As a student in the early 1960s, he was on a date with a girl who mentioned that the Peace Corps exams were being held the next day.’
young woman, young lady, miss
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1. 2.1with modifier A young woman of a specified kind or having a specified job.
  ‘a chorus girl’
  ‘The story tells of peasant girl who falls in love with a nobleman, and the disastrous consequences of that love.’
  ‘London was amazing, but I was still a country girl at heart.’
  ‘At a dance, all the stuck-up rich girls refuse to dance with him.’
  ‘A Bond girl has a special place in film history.’
  ‘On the surface, this is a romantic comedy about a party girl who falls for a guy she meets at a night club.’
  ‘The cover girl said she had a no-nonsense approach to her health regimen.’
  ‘A lot of my friends are career girls.’
  ‘Suzie flees to Paris and becomes a dancing girl.’
  ‘Being a city girl, I was unused to seeing such short old buildings and dirty streets.’
  ‘Gabrielle is a farm girl with a scholar's bent and an explorer's curiosity.’
  ‘Later, she returned to New Orleans with her sisters in tow and worked as a shop girl.’
  ‘She is the weather girl on Channel 12.’
  ‘The checkout girl checks the change, and apologizes for her error.’
  ‘The play opens with the factory girls sitting at their work stations busily checking stock.’
  ‘She was a society girl before she became interested in public affairs.’
2. 2.2girls informal Women who mix socially or belong to a particular group, team, or profession.
  ‘I look forward to having a night with the girls’
3. 2.3A person's girlfriend.
  ‘I had to look my best for my girl’
  ‘The worst moment was when I rang up one day to take out my daughter and my girl refused to let me see her, because of the mess that I was in.’
  ‘Coachman Tom and his girl Nance were due to marry when she left him for another.’
  ‘My girl had left me, my dog had run away and I had no money.’
  ‘When I was in high school, she was my girl.’
  ‘Harry had once stolen his girl.’
  ‘I've got a girl back home.’
  ‘This was where the guys took their girls to look at the sunset.’
  girlfriend, partner, lover, sweetheart, significant other, woman
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4. 2.4 dated A female servant.
  attendant, retainer
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