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grist

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grist.

Editorial note

The whole stinking mess should have been grist for the capitalist grinder decades ago.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of grist gathered in one view.

noun

Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

verb

(transitive) To grind in a mill.

noun

(ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grist.

noun

Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

verb

(transitive) To grind in a mill.

noun

(ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

noun

(figurative) Ellipsis of grist for the mill. [(idiomatic) Something that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity.]

Example sentences

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The whole stinking mess should have been grist for the capitalist grinder decades ago.

2

The previous generation's culture is just grist for today's commerical engines.

3

The fact that we (the empiricist idealists) made these arguments before quantum mechanics proved us right is just grist for the comedy mill.

4

One would hope you might have learned some humility and empathy from your time there, but instead it seems to have become grist for your self-aggrandizing origin story.

5

Several low-content pieces on alternet, grist, etc.

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But at the time Disney opposed sequels, so the full, five-volume epic was merely grist for the Disney mill: Joe Hale plucked story elements from the first two books and discarded the rest.

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If anything, the evidence we have from Gray and Taleb is N=2: 2 ostensibly smart fellows found enough grist in Pinker's work to write a publishable response without gathering any data themselves.

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Some grist for Silicon Valley (Mike Judge's show): > On a tactical level, I repeat this creative destruction almost weekly as I analyze an individual deal; on an operational level I do it every few months (re-evaluating my deal flow, co-investor network, deal structures, etc.); at a strategic level I sit down almost every year and question my overall philosophy on founders, theses, markets, etc.

Quote examples

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Yes, I was riffing on Lisp not really having a "syntax." The fact that Erlang's syntax is (disclaimer: subjective) awful just adds further grist to the Elixir mill, assuming you think Elixir's syntax is (disclaimer: subjective) sweet.

Proper noun examples

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I'd like to see some clarification from Grist.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use grist in a sentence?

The whole stinking mess should have been grist for the capitalist grinder decades ago.

What does grist mean?

Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

What part of speech is grist?

grist is commonly used as noun, verb.