gride

American  

[grahyd] / graɪd /

verb (used without object)

grided, griding

1. to make a grating sound; scrape harshly; grate; grind.

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verb (used with object)

grided, griding

1. to pierce or cut.

noun

1. a griding or grating sound.

gride British  

/ ɡraɪd /

verb

1. literary (intr) to grate or scrape harshly

2. obsolete to pierce or wound

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noun

1. literary a harsh or piercing sound

Etymology

Origin of gride

1350–1400; Middle English; metathetic variant of gird ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gride grided griding

Eventually they heard the elevator door gride on its grooves.

From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes

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.

From The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

There was something awe-inspiring in the strange, ominous look of sea and sky, and in the silence broken only by the grind and gride of screw and engine.

From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Gordon Stables

The step was heavy, and accompanied with the gride and clang of coarse sandals.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace

It came on the heels of my question in the form of a clatter of horses without, and the gride and cessation of wheels.

From In the Days of the Comet by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The horses struck sparks against the pave, the wheels grided, and the wagon-load went west, up the shadowy depths of Sixth Avenue, under the elevated structure, and stopped before Jefferson Market Court.

From The Nine-Tenths by James Oppenheim

Upon the roof of the cabin the battle yet beat; against the sides the hostile vessels yet crushed and grided.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace

“This is a guy that hadn’t given up runs in a while and had been pitching really well in Blake. We just kept going. … We were able to keep griding and stayed with it.”

From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

Now, loud the signal of the fight rebounds, Quiv'ring the air, the meeting shock resounds Hoarse, crashing uproar; griding splinters spring Far round, and bucklers dash'd on bucklers ring.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões

Now, after falling what depths God knows, I become numbly aware of a little griding sensation at my back, that communicated a whistling small vibration to my whole frame.

From At a Winter's Fire by Bernard Edward Joseph Capes

Alas! no medicine can heal the smart Wrought by the griding of the Dardan dart.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

Ivory, gem, and every hard-grained stone   That best resists the griding tool, may break:   But, save the form it once hath taken, none   Will ever from the graver's iron take.

From Orlando Furioso by William Stewart Rose