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grue

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Verb

  1. To be frightened; to shudder with fear.

Noun

  1. A shiver, a shudder.
  2. Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.
  3. A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.
  4. Nutraloaf, a bland mixture of foods served in prisons.

Adjective

  1. Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.
  2. Of a single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old Welsh and Old Chinese that lacked a distinction between green and blue.

Proper noun

  1. A municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.

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