grus

grus (plural gruses)

1. (geology) An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.

• rugs

From Middle Low German grūs.

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːs/, [ɡ̊ʁuːˀs]

grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form)

1. gravel

• “grus” in Den Danske Ordbog

From *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse, whose etymology is unknown.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡruːs/

grūs m or f (genitive gruis); third declension

1. crane, a bird also eaten as food
2. a type of siege weapon

Third-declension noun.

• (weapon): corvus

• gruō

• grus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• grus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

From Middle Low German grus

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

1. gravel

• grusvei, grusveg

• “grus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German grus

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

1. gravel

• grusveg

• “grus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus.

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• Rhymes: -ʉːs

grus n

1. gravel; small pieces of stone
2. red clay (on a tennis court), hard court

• asfalt
• gräs
• morän
• sand
• singel
• stone

• grus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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grūs

1. great
2. big

• (big): klīn