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reaper | grim |

As a noun reaper

is one who reaps.

As a proper noun grim is

, probably derived from old english grimm' or old norse '''grimr''' or ' grimmr .

reaper

English

(wikipedia reaper)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who reaps.
  • A machine used to harvest crops.
  • Reaper Shortened form of "The Grim Reaper", the angel of death.
    • Don't fear the Reaper / We'll be able to fly — Lyrics from "Don't Fear the Reaper" by

    Derived terms

    * the Grim Reaper

    Related terms

    * reap

    grim

    English

    Adjective

    (grimmer)
  • dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
    • Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.
  • rigid and unrelenting
    • His grim determination enabled him to win.
  • ghastly or sinister
    • A grim castle overshadowed the village.
  • * 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “ The Hunger Games''”, in ''AV Club :
    • In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
  • (UK, slang) disgusting; gross
    • Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge? —Mate, that is grim !