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grues

/ˈɡɹuːz/

grues is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grue.

grues is the plural of grue.

Meaning of grue

Verb

grue (third-person singular simple present grues, present participle gruing or grueing, simple past and past participle grued)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive, archaic except Northern England) To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.
    • ["]I would have done Mr. Mordaunt's bidding too," he added, relaxing from his note of defiance, into the deferential whining tone with which he cajoled his customers, "if he hadna made use of profane oaths which made my very flesh grue, and caused me, in some sort, to forget myself."1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, pages 111–112

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Words that rhyme with grues

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Questions about grues

What is grues the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Grues is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grue.
How do you pronounce grues?
Grues is pronounced /ˈɡɹuːz/.

Words near grues in the dictionary

  1. Gruenewalds
  2. Gruens
  3. Gruenspan
  4. Gruenwald
  5. Gruenwalds
  6. grues
  7. gruesome
  8. gruesome twosome
  9. gruesome twosomes
  10. gruesomely
  11. gruesomeness

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