grist

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), of obscure origin: possibly from a pre-Germanic substrate language, or from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredaną (“to crunch”), (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹɪst/ Rhymes: -ɪst === Noun === grist (countable and uncountable, plural grists) Grain that is to be ground in a mill. (obsolete) A group of bees. (colloquial, obsolete) Supply; provision. (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands. (figurative) Ellipsis of grist for the mill. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gristle ==== Translations ==== === Verb === grist (third-person singular simple present grists, present participle gristing, simple past and past participle gristed) (transitive) To grind in a mill. === References === === Anagrams === Grits, girts, grits, strig, trigs == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === grist inflection of grissen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === grisa, griset === Verb === grist past participle of grise == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡriːst/ === Verb === grīst second/third-person singular present indicative of grīsan == Slovene == === Verb === grȋst supine of gristi