Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gride

/ˈɡɹaɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gride
IPA: /ˈɡɹaɪd/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To travel through something.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To produce a grinding or scraping sound.

noun

A harsh grating sound.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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[…]"
"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."
"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."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: girden

Usage

Inflected Forms

grides (present, singular) griding (participle, present) grided (participle, past) grided (past) grides (plural)

Synonyms

jab run through chef chib ching chive enthrill foin gore gride job juke

Rhymes With

said side right side outside died inside tried provide north side east side wide ride

Questions

How do you pronounce gride?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹaɪd/.
What does gride mean?: To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.
Where does gride come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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