Crossword clues for greet
greet
- Partner of meet
- Do a host's job at a restuarant
- Wave to
- Say hello
- Say "hey" to, say
- Say 'hi' to
- Meet's partner
- Meet partner
- Bid welcome to, as guests
- Welcome guests
- Shake hands with
- Say "Welcome!" to
- Say "Welcome to ..."
- Say "Salutations!" to
- Say "hello" to
- Say "hello"
- Receive with a shake, maybe
- Receive properly
- Receive — salute
- Play the hostess
- Nod at, say
- Hug or kiss, say
- Give the glad hand
- Give air kisses, say
- Give a warm welcome
- Extend a hand
- Do a Sunday morning church job
- Be a hostess
- Apt rhyme of "meet"
- Address with amity
- Act the host
- Acknowledge one's arrival
- "Meet" companion
- Be maitre d'
- Welcome at the door
- Hail
- Receive at the door
- Nod to, maybe
- Say hi to, say
- Salute, say
- Roll out the red carpet for
- Say "aloha," say
- Say hey to
- Wave to, say
- Kiss on the cheek, perhaps
- Hug or kiss, maybe
- Shake hands with, say
- Open the door for
- See 11-Down
- Meet the arrivals
- Do some salaaming
- Say hello to
- Say "Shalom"
- "___ the unseen with a cheer!": Browning
- Meet at the door
- " . . . ___ the purpling east"
- Perform a hostess's duty
- Hail or drops of water in Scotland
- Welcome warmly
- Say "hi" to
- Extend a welcome to
- Extend a hand to
- Say "Howdy!" to
- Make welcome
- Do an entry-level job?
- Say "Hi!" to
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Greet \Greet\ (gr[=e]t), v. i. To meet and give salutations.
There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep
in peace.
--Shak.
Greet \Greet\, n.
Greeting. [Obs.]
--F. Beaumont.
Greet \Greet\, a.
Great. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Greet \Greet\, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr[=ae]tan, gr[=e]tan;
akin to Icel. gr[=a]ta, Sw. gr[*a]ta, Dan. gr[ae]de, Goth.
gr[=e]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[=a]d to sound, roar. [root]50.]
To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also
greit.]
--Spenser.
Greet \Greet\, n.
Mourning. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Greet \Greet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. gr[=e]tan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr[=o]tian, LG. gr["o]ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr["u]ssen. [root]50.]
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To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.
My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
--Shak. -
To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
In vain the spring my senses greets.
--Addison. To accost; to address.
--Pope.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English gretan "to come in contact with" (in sense of "attack, accost" as well as "salute, welcome," and "touch, take hold of, handle"), from West Germanic *grotjan (cognates: Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Dutch groeten, Old High German gruozen, German grüßen "to salute, greet"), perhaps originally "to resound" (via notion of "cause to speak"), causative of Proto-Germanic *grætanan, root of Old English grætan (Anglian gretan) "weep, bewail," from PIE *gher- (2) "to call out." Greet still can mean "cry, weep" in Scottish & northern England dialect, though this might be from a different root. Grætan is probably also the source of the second element in regret. Related: Greeted; greeting.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. 1 To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token. 2 To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad. 3 To accost; to address. 4 (context intransitive English) To meet and give salutations. 5 To be perceived by (somebody). Etymology 2
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(context obsolete outside Scotland English) great. Etymology 3
n. mourning, weeping, lamentation. v
(context Scotland Northern England English) To weep; to cry.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Greet may refer to:
- Greet, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
- Greet (communication), a way for human beings to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence
- GREET Model
- River Greet, a river in Nottinghamshire
People with the given name Greet:
- Greet Grottendieck (born 1943), Dutch sculptor
- Greet Hellemans (born 1959), Dutch rower
- Greet Hofmans (1894-1968), Dutch faith healer
People with the surname Greet:
- Ben Greet (1857-1936), Shakespearean actor, director, and impresario
- Christopher Greet (21st century), Sri Lankan radio personality
- Clare Greet (1871-1939), English film actress
- William Greet (1851-1914), British theatre manager
Category:Dutch feminine given names
Usage examples of "greet".
As she pulled up to the wide circle in front of the house with its wraparound porch, her grandmother, Rose Abruzzi, was already coming down the steps to greet her, a welcoming smile on her face.
Greeting Adams affably, Herschel was delighted to talk of his work, and Adams returned to Grosvenor Square elated.
She was immediately greeted by a zealous aesthetician with jet-black hair and lots of makeup, whom Nadine guessed to be in her late forties.
He groaned softly, released the foot -- the tsin put it down gingerly --looked up and greeted Ahl in a courteous, despondent tone.
The air service boys could not remain quietly at the villa while all that furor was going on They wished to be at the hangars, to greet those who returned, and give the pilots who were sallying forth a last word of encouragement.
The appointment has largely been greeted with enthusiasm by the Wizarding community, though rumors of a rift between the new Minister and Albus Dumbledore, newly reinstated Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, surfaced within hours of Scrimgeour taking office.
He woke in the late evening, looking as well as Sebastian had ever seen him, to greet the returning Mohammed and the dozen tall Angoni tribesmen who accompanied him.
The young ladies fastened on their fellow-passengers as an available escort, and as they walked up and down for an hour and a half, they were accosted by numerous friends and acquaintances, not with the wonder or the questioning which would greet an English family after an absence of eighteen months at the Antipodes, but more like that of the same family after their autumn tour.
Sterling and I had looked down on a constant scurry of activity beneath us the whole time, and had been promptly greeted by Arkansawyers of one kind or another each time we landed for a brief rest stop.
Charax to greet Antonina and Photius and Ousanas when the Axumite fleet arrived.
Katy was uttering the mix of growl and howl that was her greeting somewhere in the dark shadows at the back of the building.
Sighting them in turn, the newcomer reined in behind a fallen log and raised a hand in greeting as they came into hailing distance, then pulled back his hood to reveal a backswept shock of silver hair above sparkling gray eyes, an aquiline nose, and a full silver beard.
Council of the Vani greets Vilheim, son of Balt, and his female companion.
Mocking cheers greeted him from the members of both bands, who were sitting at separated tables, as was the rule for tours.
He raised his palms to the Bangladeshi man in a namaste greeting of co-spiritual recognition.