English

Proper noun

grep

1. A program which selects lines in a file which match a given pattern.

Verb

grep ‎(third-person singular simple present greps, present participle grepping, simple past and past participle grepped)

1. To use a program such as grep to search in a file.
2. By extension, to search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).

Derived terms

• greppable

Translations

Anagrams

• preg

Albanian

Alternative forms

• grap, gërepë, gërjepë

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *grep- 'hook', from *gremb- ‎(“crooked, uneven”), ultimately from *ger- ‎(“to turn, bend, twist”) (cf. English grapple, Old French grape, grappe, crape ‎(“hook”), Norwegian grep ‎(“grasp”)). Alternatively a contraction of variant gërepë, from archaic and dialectal gërjepë, from Proto-Albanian *ga-repa, from *repa ‘to peel, tear off’ (modern rrjep). More at rrjep^[1].

Noun

grep m

1. hook, fishhook

Derived terms

• grremç, gërrefshë, gërraç

Related terms

• gërreç
• zgrip

References

1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “grep”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 123

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb gripe

Noun

grep n ‎(definite singular grepet, indefinite plural grep, definite plural grepa or grepene)

1. a grasp, grip.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• greip

Verb

grep

1. simple past of gripe.

References

• “grep” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb gripe

Noun

grep n ‎(definite singular grepet, indefinite plural grep, definite plural grepa)

1. a grasp, grip.

References

• “grep” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse greip, from Proto-Germanic *graipō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡreːp/

Noun

grep c

1. garden fork, graip – a tool, resembling a pitchfork but where both handle and prongs are shorter and sturdier, and which is used more for digging than lifting

Declension

Verb

grep

1. past tense of gripa.