grist

[grist]

noun

1. grain to be ground.

2. ground grain; meal produced from grinding.

3. a quantity of grain for grinding at one time; the amount of meal from one grinding.

4. Older Use.,  a quantity or lot.

verb (used with object)

1. to grind (grain).

grist

/ ɡrɪst /

noun

1. 1. grain intended to be or that has been ground

   2. the quantity of such grain processed in one grinding

2. brewing malt grains that have been cleaned and cracked

3. anything that can be turned to profit or advantage

Other Word Forms

• grister noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grist¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; akin to Old English grindan to grind

Word History and Origins

Origin of grist¹

Old English grīst; related to Old Saxon grist-grimmo gnashing of teeth, Old High German grist-grimmōn

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. grist for / to one's mill, something employed to one's profit or advantage, especially something seemingly unpromising.

   Every delay was so much more grist for her mill.

Example Sentences

Clearly, a book tour attended by The Converted is not going to produce headline-worthy grist, especially with an interviewer who is an admitted Harris friend and supporter.

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Of course, some individual success stories became grist for upbeat media features.

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Efforts to make real Hollywood-style movies resulted in comically bad failures like “Lady Ballers,” which probably made more money for the content creators who used it as grist for their mockery mill.

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It’s rare that a punctuation mark becomes grist for the online rumor mill.

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For added populist grist, the club is located above the Milken Institute, a think tank founded by a formerly incarcerated financier, Michael Milken, and is majority owned by Ron Burkle, a billionaire investor.

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