Definition/Meaning of ginger

• English - Noun: ginger (countable and uncountable, plural gingers) (countable, uncountable) The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale , used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative . (countable, uncountable) The plant that produces this rhizome . (countable, uncountable) Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae , especially those of the genus Zingiber.…
• English - Adjective: ginger (comparative more ginger or (rare) gingerer, superlative most ginger or (rare) gingerest) (of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown color . 2005, Vera M. Black, chapter 8, in Trembling on the Brink, Ilfracombe, Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd., →ISBN, page 153: And her hair’s brilliant red. It’s even gingerer than ours. 2009, Sean Long with Nick Appleyard, “Sozzled in Spain”, in Longy: Booze,…
• English - Verb: ginger (third-person singular simple present gingers, present participle gingering, simple past and past participle gingered) (transitive) To add ginger to. 2009, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: They gingered the biscotti, black and whited the cookies and oated the meals. 2013, Suzanne Woods Fisher, The Letters (The Inn at Eagle Hill Book #1): A Novel: The first…
• English - Adverb: ginger (comparative more ginger, superlative most ginger) In a very careful or cautious manner ; also, delicately , sensitively .
• English - Anagrams: nigger