different between declare vs grunt

English

Etymology

From Old French declarer, from Latin d?cl?r? (“to make clear”), from d?- + cl?rus (“clear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??kle?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??kl??/, /d??kl??/

Verb

declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:

     Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.

   • 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours

     To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies […] are exactly smooth.

2. (intransitive) To make a declaration.

   Synonyms: disclose, make known; see also Thesaurus:announce

3. (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
4. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.

5. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
6. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.

   (cricket) declare (an innings) closed

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.

7. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result

8. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
9. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
   • 1984, Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time, 2 April:

     The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.

10. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
11. (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• cedrela, cleared, creedal, relaced

Portuguese

Verb

declare

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of declarar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of declarar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of declarar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of declarar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de?klare]

Verb

declare

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of declara
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of declara

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?kla?e/, [d?e?kla.?e]

Verb

declare

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of declarar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of declarar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of declarar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of declarar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjan? (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunn?n? (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?run- (“to shout”).

Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

grunt (plural grunts)

1. A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
2. The snorting cry of a pig.
3. Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
4. A person who does ordinary and boring work.

   Synonyms: gofer, lackey, peon

5. (US, military slang) An infantry soldier.

   Coordinate term: pogue
6. (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
   • 1992, Autocar & Motor (volume 192, page 61)

     The engine might not possess quite as much grunt as the later 24v six, but it delivers invigorating performance […]

   • 2006, Torque (February 2006, page 56)

     With this much grunt, it is surprising that the engine is relatively quiet.
7. (Canada, US) A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

   Synonyms: fungy, fungee

Derived terms

• grunt boy
• grunt-level
• grunt level
• grunt work

Translations

Verb

grunt (third-person singular simple present grunts, present participle grunting, simple past and past participle grunted)

1. (intransitive, of a person) To make a grunt or grunts.
2. (intransitive, of a pig) To make a grunt or grunts.
3. (intransitive, Britain, slang) To break wind; to fart.

See also

The frequentative form gruntle.

Translations

References

Middle English

Verb

grunt

1. Alternative form of grunten

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

grunt

1. neuter singular of grunn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grunt

1. neuter singular of grunn

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

Noun

grunt m

1. ground

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: gront
  • Dutch: grond

Further reading

• “grunt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?runt/

Noun

grunt m inan

1. (construction, geology) soil
2. ground (the bottom of a body of water)

Declension

Derived terms

• gruntowno??
• gruntowy
• gruntowny
• gruntownie

Further reading

• grunt in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• grunt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rûnt/

Noun

gr?nt m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (regional) plot of land, lot

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

grunt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of grund.

Adverb

grunt

1. shallowly