What does "gride" mean?
A harsh grating sound.
Gride
/ˈɡɹaɪd/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A harsh grating sound.
- Grammar: gride is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: stab.
- Usage evidence: Where feeling one cloſe couched by her ſide / She lightly lept out of her filed bedd, / And to her weapon ran, in minde to gride / The loathed leachour.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A harsh grating sound.
"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."
Verb
- 1 To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab. obsolete, transitive
"Where feeling one cloſe couched by her ſide / She lightly lept out of her filed bedd, / And to her weapon ran, in minde to gride / The loathed leachour."
- 2 To travel through something. intransitive, obsolete
"So ſtoutly he withſtood their ſtrong aſſay, / Till that at laſt, when he aduantage ſpyde, / His poynant ſpeare he thruſt with puiſſant ſway / At proud Cymochles, whiles his ſhield was wyde, / That through his thigh the mortall ſteele did gryde[…]"
- 3 To produce a grinding or scraping sound.
"Fiercely flies The blast of North and East, and ice Makes daggers at the sharpen’d eaves, And bristles all the brakes and thorns To yon hard crescent, as she hangs Above the wood which grides and clangs Its leafless ribs and iron horns Together, in the drifts that pass To darken on the rolling brine That breaks the coast."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Where feeling one cloſe couched by her ſide / She lightly lept out of her filed bedd, / And to her weapon ran, in minde to gride / The loathed leachour."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "gride"?
Common synonyms include: stab.
How do you use "gride" in a sentence?
Where feeling one cloſe couched by her ſide / She lightly lept out of her filed bedd, / And to her weapon ran, in minde to gride / The loathed leachour.
How do you pronounce "gride"?
Pronounced /ˈɡɹaɪd/.
Etymology
From a metathetic variation of gird (“to strike, smite, upbraid, scold, jibe”), from Middle English girden, gerden (“to strike, thrust, smite”, literally “smite with a rod”), from gerd, yerd (“a rod, yard”). More at yard.