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Definition of 'GRIT'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) grit
hard, abrasive particles, as of sand, stone, or gravel.

2.  grit
firmness of character; indomitable spirit; pluck.

3.  grit
a coarse-grained siliceous rock, usu. with sharp, angular grains.

4.  grit
the granular texture of stone, sandpaper, etc., with respect to coarseness or fineness.

5. (v.t.) grit
to cause to grind or grate together.

6. (v.i.) grit
to make a scratchy or slightly grating sound, as of sand being walked on; grate.

7. (n.) Grit
a member or supporter of the Canadian Liberal Party.

8. (adj.) Grit
of or pertaining to the Liberal Party.

Etymology: (after grit)

Definition of 'GRIT'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) grit, gritrock, gritstone
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

2. (verb) backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption
fortitude and determination
"he didn't have the guts to try it"

3. (verb) grit
cover with a grit
"grit roads"

4. (verb) grit
clench together
"grit one's teeth"

Definition of 'GRIT'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) grit
grit your teeth
to push your teeth together
She gritted her teeth in pain.

2. grit
to be determined to continue
You have to grit your teeth and try to do it.

Definition of 'GRIT'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) GRIT
sand or gravel; rough, hard particles

2. (noun) GRIT
the coarse part of meal

3. (noun) GRIT
grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats

4. (noun) GRIT
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

5. (noun) GRIT
structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit

6. (noun) GRIT
firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude

7. (verb) GRIT
to give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind

8. (verb) GRIT
to grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth

Translation of 'GRIT'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: very small pieces of stone She's got a piece of grit in her eye.
Afrikaans: sanderigheid, grint	Arabic: حَصْباء، حَصى	Bulgarian: песъчинки
Brazilian: areia	Czech: kamínek	German: das (Sand-, etc.)Körnchen
Danish: grus; sandkorn	Greek: πετραδάκι	Spanish: arena, gravilla
Estonian: liivatera	Farsi: سنگریزه	Finnish: hiekka
French: poussière	Hebrew: גַרגֵר חוֹל	Hindi: कण, बालूकण
Croatian: zrnce, trun	Hungarian: kőpor, porszem	Indonesian: kerikil
Icelandic: grófkorna sandur	Italian: polvere	Japanese: 砂
Korean: 모래알	Lithuanian: mažas akmenukas, žvirgžda	Latvian: zvirgzds; grants
Malay: pasir	Dutch: zandkorrel	Norwegian: gruspartikkel, sandkorn
Polish: piasek	Persian: سنگریزه	Pashto: شكه، شګلنه ډبره: متانت، ز
Portuguese: areia	Romanian: pietriş	Russian: соринка
Slovak: smietka	Slovenian: drobec	Serbian: rizla
Swedish: sandkorn, sand, grus	Thai: กรวด	Turkish: kum, küçük taş
Taiwanese: 砂礫	Ukrainian: пісок	Urdu: پتھر وغیرہ کے ذرے
Vietnamese: đá mạt	Chinese: 砂粒
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