grocery
//ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi//
Forms
- Plural
- groceries
- present (v1)
- grocery
- past (v2)
- groceried
- past participle (v3)
- groceried
- present participle
- grocerying
- 3rd person singular
- groceries
Definitions
1.Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
- I am in the grocery line.
2.A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
- I am in the grocery line.
1.To furnish with groceries.
2.To go grocery shopping.
- We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start.
- I was dependent upon others for grocerying and getting to doctor appointments.
- Sample usage: "If you're going grocerying, pick up some GMO, you know, Goat's Milk, Organic. But it has to be non-GMO GMO."
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3420
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y.
Compare gross.
Doublet of groceria.