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greps

greps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grep.

Meaning of grep

Verb

grep (third-person singular simple present greps, present participle grepping, simple past and past participle grepped)

  1. To use a program such as grep to search in a file.
    • You can't grep dead trees.
  2. (broadly) To search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).

See all 3 meanings of grep

Questions about greps

What is greps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Greps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grep.

Words near greps in the dictionary

  1. grep
  2. grepafloxacin
  3. greppable
  4. grepped
  5. grepping
  6. greps
  7. gres
  8. Gresford
  9. Gresh
  10. Gresham
  11. Gresham's law

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