different between glebe vs grebe

English

Etymology

From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gl?b, IPA^(key): /?li?b/

Noun

glebe (plural glebes)

1. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
   • 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,

     Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke

2. (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
3. (archaic) A meadow, land or fields
4. (mining) A piece of earth containing ore.

Usage notes

• A number of places are named Glebe.

Derived terms

• glebe-house
• glebe-farm
• glebe-land

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?be

Noun

glebe f

1. plural of gleba

English

Etymology

From French grèbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?b/
• Rhymes: -i?b

Noun

grebe (plural grebes)

1. Any of several waterbirds in the cosmopolitan family Podicipedidae. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Synonyms

• (any of several waterbirds): dabchick

Translations

Anagrams

• Gebre, gerbe

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

grebe (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. third-person singular present of grebati

Verb

grebe (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. third-person singular present of grepsti