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 Hughes, Rupert

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

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert 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)

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

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

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

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene

So spake the elder, and cast forth a toothless spear and vain, That forthwith from the griding brass was put aback all spent, And from the shield-boss' outer skin hung down, for nothing sent.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

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

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