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

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)

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

Eventually they heard the elevator door gride on its grooves.

From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert

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

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

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

“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

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

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 Camões, Luís de

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 Taylor, Edward Fairfax

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 Rose, William Stewart