slovo | definícia |
gruel (mass) | gruel
- kaša |
gruel (encz) | gruel,kaše Jaroslav Šedivý |
Gruel (gcide) | Gruel \Gru"el\, n. [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf.
OHG. gruzzi groats, G. gr["u]tze, As. gr[=u]t. See Grout.]
A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal,
or flour in water or milk; thin porridge.
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gruel (wn) | gruel
n 1: a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal) |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
gruel (mass) | gruel
- kaša |
gruel (encz) | gruel,kaše Jaroslav Šedivý |
grueling (encz) | grueling,vyčerpávající adj: Jiří Dadák |
gruelling (encz) | gruelling,vyčerpávající adj: Zdeněk Brožgruelling,vysilující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome (gcide) | effortful \effortful\ adj.
1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of effortless.
[Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking,
grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious,
punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome}; {exhausting,
tiring, wearing, wearying}] Also See: difficult, hard.
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grueling (gcide) | grueling \grueling\, gruelling \gruelling\adj.
1. characterized by toilsome effort; requiring extreme
physical or mental effort; as, a grueling campaign.
Syn: arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, exhausting,
gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious,
punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome.
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gruelling (gcide) | grueling \grueling\, gruelling \gruelling\adj.
1. characterized by toilsome effort; requiring extreme
physical or mental effort; as, a grueling campaign.
Syn: arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, exhausting,
gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious,
punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome.
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Gruelly (gcide) | Gruelly \Gru"el*ly\, a.
Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.
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Pantagruelism (gcide) | Pantagruelism \Pan*tag"ru*el*ism\, n. [From Pantagruel, one of
the characters of Rabelais.]
1. The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used
in burlesque or ridicule.
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2. An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose.
[R.] --Donaldson.
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Water gruel (gcide) | Water gruel \Wa"ter gru"el\
A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal,
or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.
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gruel (wn) | gruel
n 1: a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal) |
grueling (wn) | grueling
adj 1: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;
especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up
the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor";
"heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours
on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous,
backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy,
laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome] |
gruelling (wn) | gruelling
adj 1: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;
especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up
the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor";
"heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours
on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous,
backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy,
laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome] |
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