GRIT DEFINITIONS - 13 definitions found
grit n 1: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: grit, gritrock, gritstone] 2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption] v 1: cover with a grit; "grit roads" 2: clench together; "grit one's teeth" Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) grit I. noun Etymology: Middle English grete, from Old English grēot; akin to Old High German grioz sand Date: before 12th century 1. a. sand, gravel b. a hard sharp granule (as of sand); also material (as many abrasives) composed of such granules 2. any of several sandstones 3. a. the structure of a stone that adapts it to grinding b. the size of abrasive particles usually expressed as their mesh 4. firmness of mind or spirit ; unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger 5. capitalized a Liberal in Canadian politics II. verb (gritted; gritting) Date: 1762 intransitive verb to give forth a grating sound transitive verb 1. to cause (as one's teeth) to grind or grate 2. to cover or spread with grit; especially to smooth (as marble) with a coarse abrasive Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary grit (grits, gritting, gritted) 1. Grit is very small pieces of stone. It is often put on roads in winter to make them less slippery. He felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees. N-UNCOUNT 2. If someone has grit, they have the determination and courage to continue doing something even though it is very difficult. You've got to admire her grit. N-UNCOUNT 3. If you grit your teeth, you press your upper and lower teeth tightly together, usually because you are angry about something. Gritting my teeth, I did my best to stifle one or two remarks... 'It is clear that my client has been less than frank with me,' said his lawyer, through gritted teeth. VERB: V n, V-ed 4. If you grit your teeth, you make up your mind to carry on even if the situation is very difficult. There is going to be hardship, but we have to grit our teeth and get on with it. PHRASE: V inflects English Explanatory Dictionary grit ɡrɪt n. & v. --n. 1 particles of stone or sand, esp. as causing discomfort, clogging machinery, etc. 2 coarse sandstone. 3 colloq. pluck, endurance; strength of character. --v. (gritted, gritting) 1 tr. spread grit on (icy roads etc.). 2 tr. clench (the teeth). 3 intr. make or move with a grating sound. øøgritter n. gritty adj. (grittier, grittiest). grittily adv. grittiness n. [OE greot f. Gmc: cf. GRITS, GROATS] English-Old English dictionary grit Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Grit \Grit\, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. gre['o]t grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj[=o]t, and to E. groats, grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel.] 1. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles. 2. The coarse part of meal. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Grit \Grit\ (gr[i^]t), v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. --Goldsmith. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Grit \Grit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gritted; p. pr. &, vb. n. Gritting.] To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Collog.] Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms grit I. n. 1. Bran. 2. Sand, gravel, small pebbles. 3. Gritstone, gritrock. II. v. a. Grate, grind, gnash. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) grit ɡrɪt n. courage, courageousness, valour, bravery, fortitude, resolution, resoluteness, resolve, toughness, mettle, pluck, spirit, backbone, nerve, gameness, intrepidity or intrepidness, dauntlessness, tenacity, determination, firmness, hardiness, hardihood, staunchness, stalwartness, doughtiness, fearlessness, Colloq guts, gutsiness, spunk, spunkiness, starch, Brit bottle, US and Canadian chutzpah, moxie, stick-to-it-iveness: Mountain-climbing requires more grit than you might think. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 89 Moby Thesaurus words for "grit": air pollution, attritus, backbone, bottle, bottom, bran, bravery, breccia, chafe, chutzpah, cosmic dust, courage, courageousness, crumb, crumble, dauntlessness, debris, determination, detritus, doughtiness, dust, dust ball, efflorescence, exacerbate, fallout, farina, fearlessness, filings, firmness, flour, fortitude, fret, gall, gameness, grain, granule, granulet, grate, grate on, gravel, grits, groats, guts, gutsiness, guttiness, hardihood, hardiness, heart, heart of oak, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, intrepidness, irritate, kittens, lint, meal, mettle, mettlesomeness, moxie, nerve, pith, pluck, pluckiness, powder, provoke, pussies, rasp, raspings, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, sand, sawdust, set on edge, shingle, smut, soot, spirit, spunk, spunkiness, stalwartness, stamina, starch, staunchness, stout heart, tenacity, toughness, true grit, valor |
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