GRIT
\ɡɹˈɪt], \ɡɹˈɪt], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈɪ_t]\
Definitions of GRIT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
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a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
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clench together; "grit one's teeth"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Princeton University
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Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
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Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
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Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
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Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
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To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
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To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
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Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
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Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
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Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
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To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
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To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Rough, hard particles, as sand, etc.; a hard, coarse-grained sandstone; the coarse part of meal; firmness of character; courage.
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To give forth a grating sound.
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To grind; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
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Gritty.
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Grittiness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Gritty.
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Grittiness.
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Rough, hard particles; sand or gravel.
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Firmness of character; courage.
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Grain hulled or granulated.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Grittiness.
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The coarse part of meal: gravel: a kind of hard sandstone:-pl. oats coarsely ground, groats.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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