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\ ˈgrü \
-ed/-ing/-s
Definition of grue
(Entry 1 of 4)
now chiefly dialectal
: to shiver or shudder especially with fear or cold
exposed to the gruesome so extensively … we simply don't grue any more— John Crosby
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Definition of grue (Entry 2 of 4)
1 : a fit of shivering : shiver the sound of wind in the rigging … gave him the chills and the grues— R. B. Robertson impossible to read without a certain cold grue— S. V. Benét
2 : gruesome quality or effect a mystery novel … resolved with true grue— Anthony Boucher serves the chilliest grue with perfect elegance— J. S. Sandoe
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Definition of grue (Entry 4 of 4)
chiefly Scottish
: thin floating ice : snow
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