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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRIT, n.
1. The coarse part of meal.
2. Oats hulled, or coarsely ground; written also groats.
3. Sand or gravel; rough hard particles.
4. Sandstone; stone composed of particles of sand agglutinated.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

I. noun Etymology: Middle English grete, from Old English gr?ot; 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 Reference Dictionary

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. Derivatives: gritter n. gritty adj. (grittier, grittiest). grittily adv. grittiness n. Etymology: OE greot f. Gmc: cf. GRITS, GROATS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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. 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. 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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Bran. 2. Sand, gravel, small pebbles. 3. Gritstone, gritrock. II. v. a. Grate, grind, gnash.

Moby Thesaurus

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