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

(computing) To use a program such as grep to search in a file. / (by extension) To search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).

simple past tense and past participle of grep

present participle of grep

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grep

(computing, of a file) In a format suitable for searching with the program grep; able to be grepped.

(pharmacology) An oral broad-spectrum quinoline antibacterial drug, no longer used because of cardiac side effects.