Ginger

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) .
  2. Proper noun.   given name reserved for animals having ginger- or orange-coloured fur or feathers.
  3. Noun.  Any plant of a genus (''Zingiber'', especially ''Zingiber officinale'') of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian herbs of a family (''Zingiberaceae'', the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative.
  4. Noun.  The rhizome of this plant used as a spice either as it is or in dried powdered form.
  5. Noun.  A reddish-brown colour/color.
  6. Noun.  (colloquial) (countable) A person with reddish-brown hair; a redhead.
  7. Noun.  (colloquial) (uncountable) vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character).
  8. Adjective.  (''used to describe hair'') Of a reddish-brown colour.
  9. Adjective.  flavoured with ginger.
  10. Verb.  To add ginger to.
  11. Verb.  To enliven, to spice (up).
  12. Verb.  To move gingerly.
  13. Noun.  (UK, Cockney rhyming slang) a homosexual.
  14. Adjective.  (UK, Cockney rhyming slang) homosexual.

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