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Definition of Grit

1. Verb. Cover with a grit. "Grit roads"

2. Noun. A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone.

3. Verb. Clench together. "Grit one's teeth"

4. Noun. Fortitude and determination. "He didn't have the guts to try it"

Definition of Grit

1. n. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

2. v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

3. v. t. To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.

Definition of Grit

1. Noun. (Canada politics) A member or supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada or one of its provincial wings (except for the Quebec provincial wing). ¹

2. Adjective. (Canada politics) Of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada. ¹

3. Noun. Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking. ¹

4. Noun. Inedible particles in food. ¹

5. Noun. A character trait that encompasses courage, fearlessness, or guts. ¹

6. Noun. A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper. ¹

7. Verb. To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in ''gritting one's teeth''. ¹

8. Verb. To cover with '''grit'''. ¹

9. Noun. (context: usually in plural) husked but unground oats ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grit

1. to press the teeth together [v GRITTED, GRITTING, GRITS]

Medical Definition of Grit

1. 1. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles. 2. The coarse part of meal. 3. Grain, especially. Oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats. 4. 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. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit. 6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude. Origin: OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. Greot grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. Gret gravel, OHG. Grioz, G. Griess, Icel. Grjot, and to E. Groats, grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grit

grist mills grist to the mill grister gristers gristle gristles gristlier gristliest gristliness gristlinesses

gristly gristmill gristmills grists grisy grit (current term) grit one's teeth grith griths gritrock

grits gritstone gritstones gritted gritter gritters grittest grittier grittiest grittily

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