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Definitions from WordNet

Noun gruel has 1 sense
  1. gruel - a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
    --1 is a kind of     porridge
    --1 has particulars: congee, jook; skilly; loblolly

Definitions from the Web

Gruel

noun

  1. A thin, watery porridge made by boiling ground cereals or legumes in water or milk.
  2. A plain or meager meal.

verb (used with object)

  1. To cook or make gruel.
  2. To reduce to a thin, watery consistency.

Examples:

Noun:

  1. She had a bowl of warm gruel for breakfast.
  2. The orphans were fed a daily gruel.

Verb:

  1. The cook gruels the oats every morning.
  2. Continued stirring will gruel the sauce.

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