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grit
[ grit ]
noun
- abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- firmness of character; indomitable spirit; pluck:
She has a reputation for grit and common sense.
Synonyms: , ,
- a coarse-grained siliceous rock, usually with sharp, angular grains.
- British. gravel.
- sand or other fine grainy particles eaten by fowl to aid in digestion.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to grind or grate together.
verb (used without object)
- to make a scratchy or slightly grating sound, as of sand being walked on; grate.
grit
1/ É¡°ùɪ³Ù /
noun
- small hard particles of sand, earth, stone, etc
- Also calledgritstone any coarse sandstone that can be used as a grindstone or millstone
- the texture or grain of stone
- indomitable courage, toughness, or resolution
- engineering an arbitrary measure of the size of abrasive particles used in a grinding wheel or other abrasive process
verb
- to clench or grind together (two objects, esp the teeth)
- to cover (a surface, such as icy roads) with grit
Grit
2/ É¡°ùɪ³Ù /
noun
- an informal word for Liberal
Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ°ù¾±³Ù±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²µ°ù¾±³Ùl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ²µ°ù¾±³Ùt±ð°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of grit1
Idioms and Phrases
- grit one's teeth, to show tenseness, anger, or determination by or as if by clamping or grinding the teeth together.
Example Sentences
Most of their most intimate moments, in fact, take place in utter darkness, in spaces where their soot-covered bodies nevertheless stand out from the grime and grit all around them.
It gives cake a little grit and toastiness, a reminder that not all desserts need to be pillowy soft..
But the ingenuity and infrastructure that have been destroyed were only developed in the first place through, as Gaza Sky Geeks puts it on their website, "true grit."
And the Clippers displayed their grit again Friday in a 128-108 blowout win over the Memphis Grizzlies at the Intuit Dome.
“You can’t put a roof over your head for less than $4,000 a month in this neighborhood — our nod to the grit of its longtime community members, most of whom no longer live here.â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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