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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
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"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Grit \Grit\ (gr[i^]t), v. i.
To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to
grate; to grind.
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The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread.
--Goldsmith.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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2. The coarse part of meal.
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3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground;
in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than
groats.
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4. (Geol.) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as,
millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone.
The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained
sandstone; as, grindstone grit.
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5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of
good grit.
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6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage;
fortitude. --C. Reade. --E. P. Whipple.
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Thesaurus Results for grit:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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