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grit
[grit] 
noun, verb, grit⋅ted, grit⋅ting.–noun
| 1. | abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc. |
| 2. | firmness of character; indomitable spirit; pluck: She has a reputation for grit and common sense. |
| 3. | a coarse-grained siliceous rock, usually with sharp, angular grains. |
| 4. | British. gravel. |
| 5. | sand or other fine grainy particles eaten by fowl to aid in digestion. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to cause to grind or grate together. |
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom| 7. | to make a scratchy or slightly grating sound, as of sand being walked on; grate. |
| 8. | grit one's teeth, to show tenseness, anger, or determination by or as if by clamping or grinding the teeth together. |
Related forms:
gritless, adjective
gritter, noun
Synonyms:
2. resolution, fortitude, courage.
2. resolution, fortitude, courage.
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| grit (grĭt) n.
v. tr.
To make a grinding noise. [Middle English gret, sand, from Old English grēot.] |
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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. 2. The coarse part of meal. 3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats. 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. 5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit. 6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude. --C. Reade. E. P. Whipple.Grit
Grit\ (gr[i^]t), v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. --Goldsmith.
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Language Translation for : grit
Spanish:
arena, gravilla,
German:
das (Sand-, etc.)Körnchen,
Japanese:
砂
grit
O.E. greot "sand, dust, earth, gravel," from P.Gmc. *greutan "tiny particles of crushed rock" (cf. O.S. griot, O.Fris. gret, O.N. grjot "rock, stone," Ger. Grieß "grit, sand"), from PIE ghreu- "rub, pound, crush" (cf. Lith. grudas "corn, kernel," O.C.S. gruda "clod"). Sense of "pluck, spirit" first recorded Amer.Eng. 1808. Gritty in sense of "unpleasant" (of literature, etc.) is 1882, in reference to the sensation of eating gritty bread.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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grit
sedimentary rock that consists of angular sand-sized grains and small pebbles. The term is roughly equivalent to the term sandstone (q.v.).
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