"gruel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹuː(ə)l/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gruel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gruels [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊəl Etymology: From Middle English gruel, gruwel, greuel, growel (“meal or flour made from beans, lentils, etc.”), from Old French gruel (“coarse meal; > French gruau”), from Medieval Latin grutellum, diminutive of Medieval Latin grutum (“flour; meal”), from a Germanic source, likely Old English grūt (“meal; grout”) or perhaps Frankish *grūt; both from Proto-Germanic *grūtiz (“ground material; grit”). Compare Dutch gruit, Middle Low German grūt, Middle High German grūz, German Grütze (“grout”). Related also to English groats, grit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gruel}} Middle English gruel, {{m|enm|gruwel}} gruwel, {{m|enm|greuel}} greuel, {{m|enm|growel||meal or flour made from beans, lentils, etc.}} growel (“meal or flour made from beans, lentils, etc.”), {{m|fr|gruau}} gruau, {{der|en|fro|gruel||coarse meal; > French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">gruau</i>}} Old French gruel (“coarse meal; > French gruau”), {{der|en|ML.|grutellum}} Medieval Latin grutellum, {{der|en|ML.|grutum||flour; meal}} Medieval Latin grutum (“flour; meal”), {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|ang|grūt||meal; grout}} Old English grūt (“meal; grout”), {{der|en|frk|*grūt}} Frankish *grūt, {{der|en|gem-pro|*grūtiz||ground material; grit}} Proto-Germanic *grūtiz (“ground material; grit”), {{cog|nl|gruit}} Dutch gruit, {{cog|gml|grūt}} Middle Low German grūt, {{cog|gmh|grūz}} Middle High German grūz, {{cog|de|Grütze||grout}} German Grütze (“grout”), {{m|en|groats}} groats, {{m|en|grit}} grit Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gruel (countable and uncountable, plural gruels)
  1. A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Translations (thin watery porridge): pite (Albanian), ἀθάρη (athárē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), duru sıyıq (Azerbaijani), horra (Azerbaijani), qaşıqaşı (Azerbaijani), sıyıqaşı (Azerbaijani), бутҡа (alt: шыйыҡ) (Bashkir), মণ্ড (monḍo) (Bengali), каша (kaša) [feminine] (Bulgarian), farinetes (Catalan), (zuk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), (zhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), 稀飯 (Chinese Mandarin), 稀饭 (xīfàn) (english: rice congee) (Chinese Mandarin), ovesná kaše (Czech), vælling [common-gender] (Danish), watergruwel [masculine] (Dutch), havergort [masculine] (Dutch), kaĉo (Esperanto), havrasuppa [feminine] (Faroese), vellingur [masculine] (Faroese), velli (Finnish), gruau [masculine] (French), თხელი ფაფა (txeli papa) (Georgian), Grütze [feminine] (German), Schleimsuppe [feminine] (German), Mehlsuppe [feminine] (German), χυλός (chylós) [masculine] (Greek), praiseach [feminine] (Irish), brachán lom [masculine] (Irish), brachán réidh (note: for invalids) [masculine] (Irish), (kayu) (alt: かゆ) (Japanese), បបរ (bɑɑbɑbɑɑ) (Khmer), tóshchíín (Navajo), hewdel (Northern Kurdish), milhàs (Occitan), kleik [masculine] (Polish), ка́ша (alt: жи́дкая) [feminine] (Russian), ка́шица (kášica) [feminine] (Russian), kaša [feminine] (Slovak), avenate [masculine] (Spanish), välling [common-gender] (Swedish), mistang (Tausug), ข้าวต้ม (kâao-dtôm) (Thai), ཐུག་པ (english: thug pa) (Tibetan), ка́ша (káša) [feminine] (Ukrainian), بوتقا (botqa) (Uyghur), cháo đặc (Vietnamese), gruel [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-gruel-en-noun-hTvRKFJt Disambiguation of Foods: 39 1 7 14 4 9 3 23 Disambiguation of 'thin watery porridge': 80 1 2 10 7
  2. punishment Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gruel-en-noun-b7d48KWB
  3. something that lacks substance Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gruel-en-noun-hP6iScLA Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  4. (slang, US, obsolete) sentimental poetry Tags: US, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gruel-en-noun-nJyq1orj Categories (other): American English
  5. (slang, British) semen Tags: British, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gruel-en-noun-LDLBVs8a Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: give someone his gruel, get one's gruel (english: receive one's punishment; obsolete), water gruel Related terms: groat, groats, grit, grits, grout
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: gruels [present, singular, third-person], gruelling [participle, present], grueling [participle, present], gruelled [participle, past], gruelled [past], grueled [participle, past], grueled [past]
Etymology: From the noun above. Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=grueled|pres_ptc2=grueling}} gruel (third-person singular simple present gruels, present participle gruelling or grueling, simple past and past participle gruelled or grueled)
  1. (transitive) To exhaust, use up, disable Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-gruel-en-verb-xpoAlh9f
  2. (transitive) to punish Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-gruel-en-verb-G3PyFaL2
  3. (slang, British) ejaculate Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-gruel-en-verb-HQhkuBqK Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 1 13 16 17 12 3 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 1 14 13 14 11 2 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 1 16 10 11 13 2 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gruelling
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
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          "word": "pite"
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          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
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          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "qaşıqaşı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "sıyıqaşı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "alt": "шыйыҡ",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "бутҡа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "monḍo",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "মণ্ড"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kaša",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "farinetes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zuk¹",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "粥"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhōu",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "粥"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "稀飯"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "rice congee",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xīfàn",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "稀饭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "ovesná kaše"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vælling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "watergruwel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "havergort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "kaĉo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "havrasuppa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vellingur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "velli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gruau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "txeli papa",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "თხელი ფაფა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grütze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schleimsuppe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mehlsuppe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chylós",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "χυλός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "athárē",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀθάρη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "praiseach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brachán lom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "note": "for invalids",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brachán réidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "alt": "かゆ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kayu",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "粥"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑɑbɑbɑɑ",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "បបរ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "hewdel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "tóshchíín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "milhàs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kleik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "alt": "жи́дкая",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́ша"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kášica",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́шица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kaša"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "avenate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "välling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "tsg",
          "lang": "Tausug",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "mistang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kâao-dtôm",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "ข้าวต้ม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "bo",
          "english": "thug pa",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "word": "ཐུག་པ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 1 2 10 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "káša",
          "sense": "thin watery porridge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́ша"
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      "alt": "жи́дкая",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́ша"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kášica",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́шица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaša"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avenate"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "välling"
    },
    {
      "code": "tsg",
      "lang": "Tausug",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "word": "mistang"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kâao-dtôm",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "word": "ข้าวต้ม"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "thug pa",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "word": "ཐུག་པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "káša",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́ша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "botqa",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "word": "بوتقا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "word": "cháo đặc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "thin watery porridge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gruel"
    }
  ],
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    "gruel"
  ],
  "word": "gruel"
}

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        "to punish"
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        "(transitive) to punish"
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      "glosses": [
        "ejaculate"
      ],
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          "ejaculate"
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        "(slang, British) ejaculate"
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