Grin (v. i.) To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
Grin (v. t.) To express by grinning.
Grin (n.) The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.
Ground (imp. & p. p.) of Grind
Grinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grind
Grind (v. t.) To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
Grind (v. t.) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.
Grind (v. t.) To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
Grind (v. t.) To study hard for examination.
Grind (v. i.) To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
Grind (v. i.) To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
Grind (v. i.) To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
Grind (v. i.) To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
Grind (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
Grind (n.) Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.
Grind (n.) A hard student; a dig.
Grinded (p. p.) Ground.
Grindelia (n.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
Grinder (n.) One who, or that which, grinds.
Grinder (n.) One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.
Grinder (n.) The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.
Grindery (n.) Leather workers' materials.
Grinding (a. & n.) from Grind.
Grindingly (adv.) In a grinding manner.
Grindle (n.) The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle.
Grindle stone () A grindstone.
Grindlet (n.) A small drain.
Grindstone (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects.
Grinner (n.) One who grins.
Grinningly (adv.) In a grinning manner.
Grint () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Grind, contr. from grindeth.
Grinte () imp. of Grin, v. i., 1.
Grinting (n.) Grinding.
Grip (n.) The griffin.
Grip (n.) A small ditch or furrow.
Grip (v. t.) To trench; to drain.
Grip (v. t.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
Grip (v. t.) A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
Grip (v. t.) That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
Grip (v. t.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Grip (v. t.) To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
Gripe (n.) A vulture; the griffin.
Griped (imp. & p. p.) of Gripe
Griping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gripe
Gripe (v. t.) To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
Gripe (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
Gripe (v. i.) To suffer griping pains.
Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
Gripe (n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Gripe (n.) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
Gripe (n.) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.
Gripeful (a.) Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
Griper (a.) One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.
Gripingly (adv.) In a griping or oppressive manner.
Griman (n.) The man who manipulates a grip.
Grippe (n.) The influenza or epidemic catarrh.
Gripper (n.) One who, or that which, grips or seizes.
Gripper (n.) In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.
Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.
Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.
Grippleness (n.) The quality of being gripple.
Gripsack (n.) A traveler's handbag.
Gris (a.) Gray.
Gris (a.) A costly kind of fur.
Gris (n. sing. & pl.) A little pig.
Grisaille (n.) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.
Grisaille (n.) A kind of French fancy dress goods.
Grisamber (n.) Ambergris.
Grise (n.) See Grice, a pig.
Grise (n.) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
Griseous (a.) Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly.
Grisette (n.) A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.
Griskin (n.) The spine of a hog.
Grisled (a.) See Grizzled.
Grisliness (n.) The quality or state of being grisly; horrid.
Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.
Grison (n.) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called South American glutton.
Grison (n.) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.
Grisons (n. pl.) Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps.
Grisons (n. pl.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.
Grist (n.) Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.
Grist (n.) Supply; provision.
Grist (n.) In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
Gristle (n.) Cartilage. See Cartilage.
Gristly (a.) Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.
Gristmill (n.) A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
Grit (n.) Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
Grit (n.) The coarse part of meal.
Grit (n.) Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
Grit (n.) 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.
Grit (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
Grit (n.) Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.