Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: grieve – groove
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grieve (-ed), v. [see grief, n.]
Suffer; mourn; feel sorrow; experience pain.
grieved, verbal n. [see grieve, v. and grief, n.]
People who are pained; ones who are afflicted.
grim, adj. [OE.]
Fierce; impressing terror; ugly; ill-looking.
grimace, n. [Fr.]
Distortion of countenance, from habit, affection, or insolence.
grime (-d), v. [mod. Flemish grijmen, to blacken.]
Sully; soil deeply; dirty.
grin, n. [OE.]
Smile involving the act of closing the teeth together and withdrawing the lips.
grin (-ning), v. [Fr.]
Smiling by closing the teeth together and withdrawing the lips
grisly, adj. [Fr.]
Frightful; horrible; terrible.
groom, n. [OE grom, boy, male child.]
Abbreviation for bridegroom, specifically referring to Christ and his relationship to His church.
groove, n. [mod. Du. groeve.]
- Shaft; horizontal burrow dug into the earth.
- Channel; carved slot; [fig.] typical state of mind; usual train of thought; normal track of cognition.