GRADGRIND

Meaning of GRADGRIND in English

Gradgrind BrE AmE ˈɡræd ɡraɪnd ⇨ˈɡræɡ-

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GRADGRIND — ˈgradˌgrīnd noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: after Thomas Gradgrind, a materialistic hardware merchant in the novel Hard …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRADGRIND — Grad ‧ grind, Mr /ˈɡrædɡraɪnd/ BrE AmE one of the main characters in the book ↑ Hard Times by Charles …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRADGRIND — I don't know what it means. I found it in an article written by Peter Lubin and published 9 October …
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GRADGRIND, MR — Grad ‧ grind, Mr /ˈɡrædɡraɪnd/ BrE AmE one of the main characters in the book ↑ Hard Times by Charles …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRADGRINDISH — adjective see gradgrind
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GRADGRINDIAN — adjective see gradgrind
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TYPE NAME — also called Ticket Name, in dramatic practice, name given to a character to ensure that the personality may be instantly …
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HARD TIMES — ˌHard ˈTimes BrE AmE (1854) a book by Charles ↑ dickens about life in an imaginary industrial city in northern …
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EMBODY — v. 25B6; verb Gradgrind embodies the spirit of industrial capitalism : PERSONIFY, realize, manifest, symbolize, represent, express, concretize, incarnate, epitomize, …
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HARD TIMES — a novel (1845) by Charles Dickens . It tells how Thomas Gradgrind, a tough businessman, tries to bring up his …
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