Converse of object

• make: I made a meal gruel and gave it to her after sweetening it with sugar.

• eat: I feel sorry for the students at Irvine having to eat the gruel of Islamic ignorance fed to them by LeVine.

• have: My dear Emma, suppose we all have a little gruel.

Adjective modifier

• thin: Black bread and thin gruel twice daily was the staple diet.

• little: My dear Emma, suppose we all have a little gruel.

• hot: In a candlelit near-darkness I sat nonchalantly trying not to shiver, on my insulated granite chair and spooned invisible hot veggie burger gruel.

Adjective complement

• puzzling: From the Alphabet Murder Puzzle Series, this jigsaw combines grueling puzzling with a murder mystery.

Noun used with modifier

• rice: There, poor families consume rice as a staple; babies are often weaned on rice gruel.