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

The retainers follow, the vaulted ceilings echoing back the sharp gride of their footsteps.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

My heart, with care and grief then gride,         Doth fail,         Doth quail;   My life steals from me at that hidden wound.

From England's Antiphon by MacDonald, George

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Well, good Malluch, the trumpet, and the gride of wheels, and the prospect of diversion excite me.

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

Then I saw some cabmen and others had walked boldly into the sand pits, and heard the clatter of hoofs and the gride of wheels.

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

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 Wallace, Lewis

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 Oppenheim, James

“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 the river would approach the side, and run griding along the chalky base of the hill, and show us a few open colza-fields among the trees.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

Through his brain At once the griding iron passage found; Deluge of tender thoughts then rushed amain, Nor could his sunken eyes the starting tear restrain.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William

Their three swords are three griding gashers, Glas, Glessic, and Clersag. 

From The Mabinogion Vol. 2 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

Then she urged her horse on again, and they galloped in the mad swoop of a cavalry charge with boots griding together.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert