Definition of "grist" in English

noun

1. Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

2. (obsolete) A group of bees.

3. (colloquial, obsolete) Supply; provision.

4. (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

5. (figurative) Ellipsis of grist for the mill.

verb

1. (transitive) To grind in a mill.