Associations to the word «Gruel»

Wiktionary

GRUEL, noun. A thin, watery porridge.
GRUEL, verb. (transative) to exhaust; use up; disable

Dictionary definition

GRUEL, noun. A thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope