cru

[kroo; French kry]

noun, plural crus

[krooz; French kry] /kruz; French krü/.

(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru).

Origin of cru

1815–25; < French, noun use of crû, past participle of croître to grow < Latin crēscere

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Examples from the Web for cru

Contemporary Examples of cru

As its former name implies, Cru is best known for its campus outreach: Bible study groups and the like.
The Christian Do-Gooders Secretly Attacking Gays
Jay Michaelson
July 7, 2014
CCC—sorry, Cru—is at once better known and lesser known than these groups.
The Christian Do-Gooders Secretly Attacking Gays
Jay Michaelson
July 7, 2014

Historical Examples of cru

Let us say Romané‑Conti, which is the "cru" that Barty loved best.
The Martian
George Du Maurier
On a cru reconnatre que les proportions de cette statue se rapprochaient beaucoup des proportions prscrites par Polyclte.
Walks in Rome
Augustus J.C. Hare
Cru′ciform, in the form of a cross; Crucig′erous, bearing a cross.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various
Moreover, though he was of the right third or fourth cru of mil-huit-cent-trente, there was something wanting in his execution.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2
George Saintsbury
An' them hosses won't trot 'less I lick 'em, an' ef I lick 'em I'm guilty o' cru'lty ter animals—includin' myself.
Mary Louise in the Country
L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)

British Dictionary definitions for cru

cru

noun

winemaking (in France) a vineyard, group of vineyards, or wine-producing region

Word Origin for cru

from French: production, from crû, past participle of croître to grow

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Word Origin and History for cru

from French cru "vineyard," literally "growth" (16c.), from Old French crois (12c.; Modern French croît), from croiss-, stem of croistre "growth, augment, increase," ultimately from Latin crescere "come forth, spring up, grow, thrive" (see crescent).