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

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gride grided griding

Eventually they heard the elevator door gride on its grooves.

From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert

We are vividly conscious of the summer's breeze which tumbles the pears in the orchard, and the winter's storm when the leafless ribs of the wood clang and gride.

From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry

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

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

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)

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

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

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

So these two held communion on the shore Of melancholy Patmos, when a sound As of a griding chain was heard, and, lo!

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George

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 Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph

Ah!, for the griding of their swords, and, ah!, for the captives who were taken.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene