Definition of Grant wood

1. Noun. United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942).

Exact synonyms: Wood
Generic synonyms: Painter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grant Wood

Granger
Granger's line
Granger law
Granger laws
Granger projection
Grangerism
Grangerites
Granicus
Granit
Granit's loop
Granite State
Granny
Granny Smith
Grant
Grant Wood
Granth
Granth Sahib
Granthis
Granville
Granville-Barker
Granville Stanley Hall
Grapefruit League
Grappelli
Graptophyllum
Graptophyllum pictum

Literary usage of Grant wood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"My husband, Roderick Gauld; my daughters, Zoe and Quanta; and my brother, Grant Wood agreed to the inclusion of their artworks. ..."

2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"... the company can only take up land off the line of the road in case the land on the line be insufficient to satisfy the grant. Wood v. B. & M. Riv. ..."

3. The Law and Practice of Injunctions in Equity and at Common Law by William Joyce (1872)
"... a^ege(l on tne ground of prescription or custom, or of a grant wood on waste frotn a private individual. This was a case of a grant by the royal forest ..."

4. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"... only in case at time when its rights vested, there was not sufficient land on its line to satisfy the grant. Wood v. Burlington & MRR Co.. (US) 10611. ..."

5. An Index to Bills of Privy Signet: Commonly Called Signet Bills, 1584 to by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, William Phillimore Watts Phillimore (1890)
"... Walter, office May Williams, grant , Wroth, sir Ro., grant , Wood, presentation June Wardrobe, master of the, warr. , Woodcock, pardon Wigmore, etc., ..."

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