grit in English dictionary

  • grit

    Meanings and definitions of "grit"

    • Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.
    • Inedible particles in food.
    • A character trait that encompasses courage, fearlessness, or guts.
    • A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.
    • To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in gritting one's teeth.
    • To cover with grit.
    • (usually in plural) husked but unground oats
    • noun
      (chiefly in the plural)
      Husked but unground oats.
    • noun
      (chiefly in the plural)
      Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
    • noun
      A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
    • noun
      Inedible particles in food.
    • noun
      A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
    • noun
      (geology)
      A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
    • noun
      Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
    • verb
      Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
    • verb
      To cover with grit.
    • verb
      To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
    • (moral) backbone
    • collection of hard materials
    • inedible particles in food
    • character trait
    • measure of coarseness
    • to clench
    • to cover with grit
    • noun
      a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
    • noun
      fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
    • verb
      clench together; "grit one's teeth"
    • verb
      cover with a grit; "grit roads"

    Synonyms of "grit" in English dictionary

    guts, clench, moxie are the top synonyms of "grit" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of grit

    • grit ( uncountable)
    • grit ( third-person singular simple present grits, present participle gritting, simple past and past participle gritted)
    • grit ( plural  grits)
    • grit (plural grits)
    • grit (uncountable)
    • grit (third-person singular simple present grits, present participle gritting, simple past and past participle gritted or (nonstandard) grit)
  • Grit

    Meanings and definitions of "grit"

    • (Canada, politics) A member or supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada or one of its provincial wings (except for the Quebec provincial wing).
    • (Canada, politics) Of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada.
    • adjective
      (Canada, politics)
      Of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada.
    • 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).

    Grammar and declension of grit

    • Grit ( not comparable)
    • Grit ( plural  Grits)
    • Grit (not comparable)
    • Grit (plural Grits)
  • GRIT

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