grist
Grain that is to be ground in a millGrain that is to be ground in a mill.
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» It's all grist to his mill.
Das ist Wasser auf seine Mühle. — Espi
Це вода на його млин. — deniko
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
Mahlgut
зерно́ n для помолаdlja
grain intended to be or that has been ground
(collective, countable, dated, uncountable)A group of bees.
(countable, uncountable)A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
(colloquial, countable, obsolete, uncountable)Supply; provision.
Examples
7 sentencesIt's all grist to his mill.
Це вода на його млин. — deniko
deDas ist Wasser auf seine Mühle. — Espi
It's grist to his mill.
Це вода на його млин. — deniko
deDas ist Wasser auf seine Mühle. — Espi
This is grist to his mill.
All's grist that comes to his mill.
deAlles, was in seine Mühle kommt, ist Mahlgut. — Espi
It's all grist for its magic mill.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding,From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), of obscure origin: possibly from a pre-Germanic substrate language, or from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredaną (“to crunch”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”).
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