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Grit Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Grit? [n] (informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [n] a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [v] clench together; "grit one's teeth" [v] cover with a grit; "grit roads" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Grit: backbone \| gritrock \| gritstone \| gumption \| guts \| moxie \| sand Related Terms \| Find terms related to Grit: air pollution \| attritus \| backbone \| bottle \| bottom \| bran \| bravery \| breccia \| chafe \| chutzpah \| cosmic dust \| courage \| courageousness \| crumb \| crumble \| dauntlessness \| debris \| determination \| detritus \| doughtiness \| dust \| dust ball \| efflorescence \| exacerbate \| fallout \| farina \| fearlessness \| filings \| firmness \| flour \| fortitude \| fret \| gall \| gameness \| grain \| granule \| granulet \| grate \| grate on \| gravel \| grits \| groats \| guts \| gutsiness \| guttiness \| hardihood \| hardiness \| heart \| heart of oak \| intestinal fortitude \| intrepidity \| intrepidness \| irritate \| kittens \| lint \| meal \| mettle \| mettlesomeness \| moxie \| nerve \| pith \| pluck \| pluckiness \| powder \| provoke \| pussies \| rasp \| raspings \| resoluteness \| resolution \| resolve \| sand \| sawdust \| set on edge \| shingle \| smut \| soot \| spirit \| spunk \| spunkiness \| stalwartness \| stamina \| starch \| staunchness \| stout heart \| tenacity \| toughness \| true grit \| valor See Also \| clench \| coat \| fortitude \| sandstone \| surface Grit In Webster's Dictionary \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\ (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. \Grit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gritted}; p. pr. &, vb. n. {Gritting}.] To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Collog.]

Grit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grit?

[n] (informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
[n] a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
[v] clench together; "grit one's teeth"
[v] cover with a grit; "grit roads"

Grit In Webster's Dictionary

\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\ (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.


\Grit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gritted}; p. pr. &, vb. n.
{Gritting}.]
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the
teeth. [Collog.]

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