gruel vs jail

gruel

verb
  • to punish 

  • ejaculate 

  • To exhaust, use up, disable 

noun
  • A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill. 

  • punishment 

  • something that lacks substance 

  • semen 

jail

verb
  • To imprison. 

noun
  • In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined. 

  • Confinement in a jail. 

  • A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance. 

  • A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. 

  • The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). 

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