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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRIKE

In geological sense: from northern dialect.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GRIKE

grike  [ɡraɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grike is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grike in the English dictionary

The definition of grike in the dictionary is a solution fissure, a vertical crack about 0.5 m wide formed by the dissolving of limestone by water, that divides an exposed limestone surface into sections or clints.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRIKE


antistrike
ˈæntɪˈstraɪk
counterstrike
ˈkaʊntəˌstraɪk
gryke
ɡraɪk
multistrike
ˈmʌltɪˌstraɪk
overstrike
ˌəʊvəˈstraɪk
Reich
raɪk
restrike
ˌriːˈstraɪk
shrike
ʃraɪk
skrike
skraɪk
strike
straɪk
thunderstrike
ˈθʌndəˌstraɪk
trike
traɪk
tryke
traɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRIKE

griffinism
Griffith
Griffith-Joyner
griffon
grift
grifter
grig
Grigioni
Grignard reagent
grigri
Grikwa
grill
grill pan
grillade
grillage
grille
grilled
griller
grillery
grilling

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRIKE

air strike
bird strike
coal strike
cuckoo shrike
dock strike
first-strike
general strike
great grey shrike
hunger strike
lightning strike
loggerhead shrike
out on strike
rail strike
red-backed shrike
relay hunger strike
second-strike
sit-down strike
surgical strike
wildcat strike
woodchat shrike

Synonyms and antonyms of grike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRIKE

Find out the translation of grike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

grike
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Grike
570 millions of speakers

English

grike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grike
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

grike
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

grike
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grike
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Grike
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grike
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

grike
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

grike
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Griking
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

grike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कश आवाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grike
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grike
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

grike
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grike
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

grike
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

grike
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

grike
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

grike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIKE»

The term «grike» is used very little and occupies the 161.534 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grike» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grike» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRIKE»

Discover the use of grike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
... limestone blocks (clints, Flachkarren). Adjectives such as 'regular' or ' rectangular' popularly describe clint and grike patrerns, reflecting DISSOLUTION along the two main joint directions at right angles usually found in limestone massifs ...
Andrew Goudie, 2004
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Karst Rock Features. Karren sculpturing: Karren sculpturing
Human removal of clints has a significant effect on grike depth, though a somewhat more limited effect on grike width (Goldie, 1986). Clearly grike depth reflects the layers of rock through which fissures exist although fracture propagation from ...
Angel Ginés, Martin Knez, Tadej Slabe, 2009
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How to Do Your Dissertation in Geography and Related Disciplines
Parry (1960) presented a more complex view and proposed the existence of two types of grike. The first type consists of crevasse-like clefts that are long and often curved. These grikes, he argued, are solution-widened joints. The second type ...
A. J. Parsons, Peter Knight, 2005
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Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines
“HE MUST DIE,” insisted Grike. “IT IS PART OF MY BARGAIN WITH CROME . YOU WILL NOT REMEMBER HIM WHEN YOU WAKE IN YOUR NEW BODY.” “ Oh please, Grike, no,” begged Hester. “Tell Crome he escaped or drowned or ...
Philip Reeve, 2012
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Fever Crumb
In a future London, England, foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.
Philip Reeve, 2011
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Predator Cities #4: A Darkling Plain
Grike caught the sharp whiff of medical alcohol. He climbed the companion- ladder, stooping as he stepped out onto the axial catwalk that led along the center of the envelope. At the sternward end was a small hatch, built for Once- born and ...
Philip Reeve, 2012
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A User's Manual for Retention Goal Calculations
This report is a user's manual for a set of programs used to calculate Marine Corps retention goals for individual commands, given overall Marine Corps retention goals.
Leo J. Grike, CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA., 1982
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Predator Cities #2: Predator's Gold
crags that towered above Grike's resting place into silhouette. Some of the soldiers looked up nervously. One said, “Snout guns. They have broken through the marsh-forts. Their amphibious suburbs will be here within the hour.” The woman ...
Philip Reeve, 2012
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The Geomorphology of North-west England
The dissolved joint zone becomes a gutter or grike (German, Kluftkarreri). The precise age of the clints and grikes is not known for certain and whether or not they formed under a soil/peat cover is still a matter of debate. In the Morecambe Bay ...
Richard Hugh Johnson, 1985
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The Western Fells
14. GRIKE. (488m,. 160711). he fell-name comes from the dialect term for a crack or cleft, which might refer to the various ravines of Goat or Ben gills that incise the northern escarpment. The fell forms a significant part of the headwater slopes ...
Mark Richards, 2013

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grike is used in the context of the following news items.
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Total bargain! Rustic charm in the Lake District for less than £10 a …
Great Borne and Starling Dodd to the north of the lake and Grike and Crag Fell to the south are excellent for shorter day walks. But I was ... «Worcester News, Apr 15»
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Minnie Dlamini claps back at Drum magazine
My mom used to say when I was in trouble: "uzom spela uNgongo ngesi Grike." I guess it's that time for the writers & their source/s. — Pumza ... «Zalebs, Mar 15»
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After Day-2 Stumble, Kemp Still Focused On Grass
Robert Grike -- Dumfries, Va -- 15-14 (5) -- 11-11 (5) -- 27-09 (10) -- 14-00 (5) -- 41-09 (15) -- $5,840. 9. Mike Hicks -- Goochland, Va -- 14-00 ... «BassFan.com, Jun 14»
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Rescuers free Malham Cove walker wedged in limestone pavement
The 77-year-old man was walking on the limestone pavement on top of Malham Cove when he slipped into a grike. The Clapham-based Cave ... «Grough, Jul 13»
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Peter Jackson Developing Mortal Engines
... his beloved London with the revenge-bent Hester Shaw; and the Terminator-ish "stalker" Shrike (Grike if you're American) who's on their trail. «Empire Online, Dec 09»

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