grenade
/ɡɹəˈneɪd/
grenade noun: a small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
Noun
grenade (plural grenades)
Verb
grenade (third-person singular simple present grenades, present participle grenading, simple past and past participle grenaded)
- To use grenade(s) upon.
- Some of the infantry got pinned down by it, and from cover kept up the battle by grenading rubble piles or any other likely spots ahead of them.2001, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, Island Victory: The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, page 43
- They advanced after grenading the next traverse, much like the British did.2015, Gordon L. Rottman, The Hand Grenade, page 46
- Of an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.
grenade meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
grenade in Hindi
- small explosive device
- हथगोला hathgolā, ग्रेनेड greneḍ
grenade in Tamil
- கைக்குண்டு
grenade in Marathi
- small explosive device
- ग्रेनेड greneḍ, हातगोळा hātgoḷā
grenade in Urdu
- small explosive device
- گرینیڈ greneḍ
More languagesFewer languages
- grenade in Bengali
- গ্রেনেড greneḍ
- grenade in Telugu
- గ్రెనేడ్, గ్రనేడ్
- grenade in Malayalam
- തീക്കുടുക്ക, ചെറിയതരം ബോംബ്, രാസവസ്തുക്കൾ അടങ്ങിയ സ്ഫടികവാണം
- grenade in Kannada
- ಗ್ರೆನೇಡ್
- grenade in Punjabi
- ਗ੍ਰਨੇਡ, ਗਰਨੇਡ
- grenade in Gujarati
- ગ્રેનેડ
- grenade in Odia
- ଗ୍ରେନେଡ୍, ଗ୍ରେନେଡ଼
- grenade in Nepali
- ग्रेनेड
- grenade in Pashto
- ګرانادا granādā
- grenade in Tagalog
- granada
- grenade in Arabic
- قُنْبُلَة qunbula, قُنْبُلَة يَدَوِيَّة qunbula yadawiyya
- grenade in Malay
- bom tangan
- grenade in Indonesian
- granat
- grenade in Persian
- نارنجک nâranjak, nârenjak
- grenade in Thai
- ระเบิดมือ rá-bə̀ət-mʉʉ
- grenade in Vietnamese
- lựu đạn
- grenade in Myanmar
- လက်ပစ်ဗုံး lakpacbum:
- Kashmiri
- گَرنیٹ garnēṭ
Examples of grenade in a sentence
- Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
- A rocket-propelled grenade doesn't have the nicety of a sniper round, but you must admit its effectiveness.
- The other unlocks, like a grenade launcher or a sniper's steady ability, didn't fit into my playstyle.
Forms of grenade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | grenades |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | grenades |
| present participle | grenading |
| past participle | grenaded |
| past | grenaded |
Origin of grenade
Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pōmum (“apple”) + grānātum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.
Words formed from grenade
- fall on a grenade
- fire grenade
- grenade launcher
- grenadelike
- grenadier
- grenadine
- jump on a grenade
- math grenade
Phrases with grenade
Words that rhyme with grenade
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
- embayed
Questions about grenade
- What does grenade mean?
- Grenade means a small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- What is grenade in Hindi?
- Grenade in Hindi is हथगोला (hathgolā), ग्रेनेड (greneḍ). See Grenade meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grenade?
- Grenade can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce grenade?
- Grenade is pronounced /ɡɹəˈneɪd/.
- What is the plural of grenade?
- The plural of grenade is grenades.
Words near grenade in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grenade (page history and authors); grenade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grenade (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grenade (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grenade (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grenade (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grenade (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grenade (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grenade (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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