Gree vs Hot - What's the difference?
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(label) One of a flight of steps.
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) ,
(label) A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
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*:And thenne the kynge lete blowe to lodgynge / and by cause sir Palomydes beganne fyrste / and neuer he went nor rode oute of the feld to repose / but euer was doynge merueyllously wel outher on foote or on horsbak / and lengest durynge Kynge Arthur and alle the kynges gaf sir Palomydes the honour and the gree as for that daye
A degree.
Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
* 1485 , Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book X:
(archaic) Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction.
* Late 14th century , Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale :
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* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night . vol. 1:
(obsolete) To agree.
Of an object, having a high temperature.
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*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
Of the weather, causing the air to be hot.
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Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
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Feverish.
Of food, spicy.
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(lb) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
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Stolen.
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(lb) Electrically charged
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(lb) Radioactive.
(lb) Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive.
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Sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
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Popular; in demand.
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Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
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Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
*1938 , Harold M. Sherman, "Shooting Stars," Boys' Life (March 1938), Published by Boy Scouts of America, p.5:
*:"Keep going! You're hot tonight!" urged Wally.
*2002 , Peter Krause & Andy King, Play-By-Play Golf, First Avenue Editions, p.55:
*:The ball lands on the fairway, just a couple of yards in front of the green. "Nice shot Sarah! You're hot today!" Jenny says.
Fresh; just released.
*1960 , Super Markets of the Sixties: Findings, recommendations.- v.2. The plans and sketches, Super Market Institute, p.30:
*:A kid can stand in the street and sell newspapers, if the headlines are hot .
*2000 , David Cressy, Travesties and transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England: tales of discord and dissension, Oxford University Press, p.34:
*:Some of these publications show signs of hasty production, indicating that they were written while the news was hot .
Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
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To heat; to make or become hot.
To become lively or exciting.
As a verb gree
is .As a noun hot is
a whit, a bit.gree
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Compare (degree), (grade).Noun
(en noun)Chapter 5:
- "My grand-daughter doesn't like to be kept waitin' when the tea is ready, for it takes me time to crammle aboon the grees , for there be a many of 'em, and miss, I lack belly-timber sairly by the clock."
- He is a shepherd great in gree .
Etymology 2
From (pre-reform) (etyl) , from Old (etyl) (gray).Noun
- bycause Sir Palomydes beganne fyrste, and never he wente nor rode oute of the fylde to repose hym, but ever he was doynge on horsebak othir on foote, and lengest durynge, Kynge Arthure and all the kynges gaff Sir Palomydes the honoure and the gre as for that day.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- And notified is þur?out þe toun / Þat every wi?t, wiþ greet devocioun, / Sholde preyen Crist þat he þis mariage / Recyve in gree and spede þis viage.
- Accept in gree , my lord, the words I spoke.
- When it was the Second Night, said Dunyazad to her sister Shahrazad, "O my sister, finish for us that story of the Merchant and the Jinni;" and she answered "With joy and goodly gree , if the King permit me."
Etymology 3
Verb
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