GRIN DEFINITIONS - 14 definitions found
grin n 1: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn: smile, smiling, grin, grinning] v 1: to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl grin ring girn Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) grin intransitive verb (grinned; grinning) Etymology: Middle English grennen, from Old English grennian; akin to Old High German grennen to snarl Date: before 12th century to draw back the lips so as to show the teeth especially in amusement or laughter; broadly smile • grin noun • grinner noun • grinningly adverb Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary grin (grins, grinning, grinned) 1. When you grin, you smile broadly. He grins, delighted at the memory... Sarah tried several times to catch Philip's eye, but he just grinned at her. ...a statue of a grinning old man cutting the throat of a deer. VERB: V, V at n, V-ing 2. A grin is a broad smile. She came out of his office with a big grin on her face... Bobby looked at her with a sheepish grin. N-COUNT: oft adj N 3. If you grin and bear it, you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation without complaining because you know there is nothing you can do to make things better. They cannot stand the sight of each other, but they will just have to grin and bear it. PHRASE: Vs inflect English Explanatory Dictionary grin ɡrɪn v. & n. --v. (grinned, grinning) 1 intr. a smile broadly, showing the teeth. b make a forced, unrestrained, or stupid smile. 2 tr. express by grinning (grinned his satisfaction). --n. the act or action of grinning. øgrin and bear it take pain or misfortune stoically. øøgrinner n. grinningly adv. [OE grennian f. Gmc] 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue GRIN To grin in a glass case; to be anatomized for murder: the skeletons of many criminals are preserved in glass cases, at Surgeons' hall. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Grin \Grin\, v. t. To express by grinning. Grinned horrible a ghastly smile. --Milton. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Grin \Grin\, n. The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile. --I. Watts. He showed twenty teeth at a grin. --Addison. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Grin \Grin\ (gr[i^]n), n. [AS. grin.] A snare; a gin. [Obs.] Like a bird that hasteth to his grin. --Remedy of Love. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Grin \Grin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grinned (gr[i^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grinning.] [OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina; akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. [root]35. Cf. Groan.] 1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl. 2. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain. The pangs of death do make him grin. --Shak. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms grin v. n. Show the teeth (in laughing expressing scorn, etc.). Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 17 Moby Thesaurus words for "grin": beam, bright smile, broad grin, crack a smile, ear-to-ear grin, gleaming smile, glowing smile, grinning, idiotic grin, sardonic grin, simper, smile, smile brightly, smiling, smirk, stupid grin, toothful grin |
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