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- Dictionarygirl/ɡəːl/
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.
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.
a female child or young woman: We have three children - a boy and two girls. Fewer examples. a girl with long, fair hair. a baby girl. a naughty little girl. Police are continuing their search for the missing girl. She's ever such a pretty girl.
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.
