Definition of grit Grit

/gɹɪˈt/ - [grit] - Grit

We found 24 definitions of grit from 6 different sources.

What does grit mean?

Noun Plural: grits
grit - a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
		gritrock, gritstone
		sandstone a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)
grit - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
		backbone, guts, moxie, sand, gumption
		fortitude strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
		colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Verb grits, griting, grited
grit - cover with a grit; "grit roads"
		coat, surface cover or provide with a coat
grit - clench together; "grit one's teeth"
		clench squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"

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grit (Noun)
Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.
grit (Noun)
Inedible particles in food.
grit (Noun)
A character trait that encompasses courage, fearlessness, or guts.
grit (Noun)
A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.
grit (Noun)
husked but unground oats.
grit (Noun)
Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
grit (Verb)
To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in gritting one's teeth.
grit (Verb)
To cover with grit.

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.
grit (v. i.)
To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
grit (v. t.)
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.

grit
grit, n. the coarse part of meal: gravel: a kind of hard sandstone: firmness of character, spirit: (pl.) oats coarsely ground, groats.—ns. Grit′stone; Grit′tiness.—adj. Grit′ty, having hard particles: sandy: determined, plucky. [A.S. greót; Dut. grut, groats, Ger. gries, gravel.]
grit
grit, a Scotch form of great

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