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# gruel

noun (no plural)

«gruel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A thin, watery food made by boiling oats or other grain in water or milk. It was cheap food for poor people or the sick long ago. (old use) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruel/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, gruel is the meagre meal of a poor person or the food given to the sick

### Examples

- The orphan ate a bowl of gruel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruel/#x1)
- Make some gruel for the sick king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruel/#x2)
- The gruel was thin and cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruel/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gruel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gruel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gruel.html) on Mova free.