grim vs malt

grim

verb
  • To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to. 

adj
  • Rigid and unrelenting. 

  • Ghastly or sinister. 

  • Disgusting; gross. 

  • Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding. 

malt

verb
  • To become malt. 

  • To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain. 

noun
  • A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor. 

  • Malt liquor, especially malt whisky. 

  • Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise. 

  • Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain. 

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