Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A harsh grinding, cutting, or hacking; a harsh grating sound.
- To pierce; cut.
- To grate; jar harshly.
- To act or pass cuttingly or piercingly.
- To grate; grind; scrape harshly; make a grating sound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly.
- noun A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
pierce (something) with a weapon; towound , tostab . - verb obsolete, intransitive To travel
through something, of a weapon or sharp object. - verb To produce a
grinding orscraping sound.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then I saw some cabmen and others had walked boldly into the sand pits, and heard the clatter of hoofs and the gride of wheels.
The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009
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Tendrils place byutimous wreafs made 0 fragrant sweetpea fleurs & vines to place on the hedz o da gride and broom, er, bride & groom.
“your a mean one… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The tumultuous noise resolved itself now into the disorderly mingling of many voices, the gride of many wheels, the creaking of waggons, and the staccato of hoofs.
The War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells: Part 4 | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2005
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The tumultuous noise resolved itself now into the disorderly mingling of many voices, the gride of many wheels, the creaking of waggons, and the staccato of hoofs.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006
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Then I saw some cabmen and others had walked boldly into the sand pits, and heard the clatter of hoofs and the gride of wheels.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006
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Then suddenly, heralded by clattering sounds and a gride of wheels, Dangle had flared and thundered across the tranquillity of the summer evening; Dangle, swaying and gesticulating behind a corybantic black horse, had hailed Jessie by her name, had backed towards the hedge for no ostensible reason, and vanished to the accomplishment of the Fate that had been written down for him from the very beginning of things.
The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006
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It came on the heels of my question in the form of a clatter of horses without, and the gride and cessation of wheels.
In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006
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He was quite alone — for his coachman was ill in bed — and there was nothing to be seen on either hand but a drifting mystery of hedge running athwart the yellow glare of his lamps, and nothing to hear but the clitter-clatter of his horses and the gride and hedge echo of his wheels.
The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004
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The retainers follow, the vaulted ceilings echoing back the sharp gride of their footsteps.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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We are vividly conscious of the summer's breeze which tumbles the pears in the orchard, and the winter's storm when the leafless ribs of the wood clang and gride.
Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore
reesetee commented on the word gride
To cut, scrape, or pierce, with a grating noise or so as to inflict intense pain.
October 3, 2007
uselessness commented on the word gride
Fingernails on a chalkboard? Or my personal nightmare, toenails on granite.
October 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word gride
Ow! Ouch! Ow! Stop that griding!
October 3, 2007
qms commented on the word gride
Cruel mockers beware, woe betide!
For Ernest's no safe man to chide.
He knows words with edges,
So legend alleges.
His sharp tongue may baffle but gride.
Find out more about Ernest Bafflewit
June 3, 2017