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grist.

Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡɹɪst/

  1. Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

    countable · uncountable

  2. A group of bees.

    collective · countable · dated · uncountable

  3. Supply; provision.

    colloquial · countable · obsolete · uncountable

  4. A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

    countable · uncountable

  5. Ellipsis of grist for the mill.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · figuratively · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), of obscure origin: possibly from a pre-Germanic substrate language, or from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredaną (“to crunch”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”).

verb/ɡɹɪst/

  1. To grind in a mill.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), of obscure origin: possibly from a pre-Germanic substrate language, or from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredaną (“to crunch”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”).

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