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

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Example Sentences

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gride grided griding

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 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 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

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 Lewis Wallace

Eventually they heard the elevator door gride on its grooves.

From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes

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

The topic feels to me as if a sword was now griding its way through my frame.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

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 Andrew Lang

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 William Knight

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 George Gilfillan

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