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gruel

/ˈɡruː.əl/

Translations

gruelnoun

gruels

каша

He ate a bowl of gruel for breakfast.

Он съел миску каши на завтрак.

Additional translations

похлебка

жидкая каша

Synonyms

thin soup

gruelverb

grueled

Past Simple

grueled

Past Participle

grueling

Gerund

/ˈɡruː.əl/

изнурять

The long hours of work began to gruel him.

Долгие часы работы начали изнурять его.

Additional translations

Synonyms

wear out

Definitions

gruelnoun

A thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water.

The hospital served gruel to the patients for breakfast.

Informal, chiefly British: harsh punishment or rough treatment.

If he keeps misbehaving, he'll get his gruel sooner or later.

gruelverb

To punish or subdue someone severely.

The coach threatened to gruel the team if they didn't improve their performance.

To feed (a person) with gruel.

During her illness, the nurse gruelled her twice a day.