OZDIC

gruel

UK /ˈɡɹuːəl/ US /ˈɡɹuːəl/
noun 5verb 3

Definitions

noun

1

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

[…]her own cook at South End, a young woman hired for the time, who never had been able to understand what she meant by a basin of nice smooth gruel, thin, but not too thin.

[…]Father had one of his awful colds, so Dora persuaded him not to go to London, but to stay cosy and warm in the study, and she made him some gruel. She makes it better than Eliza does; Eliza's gruel is all little lumps, and when you suck them it is dry oatmeal inside.

2

Punishment.

3

Something that lacks substance.

thin gruel

4

Sentimental poetry.

5

Semen.

verb

1

To exhaust, use up, disable.

2

To punish.

3

Ejaculate.

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