"grit" Definition

Definitions for the word "grit" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The coarse part of meal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 particles of stone or sand, esp. As irritating or hindering. 2 coarse sandstone. 3 colloq. Pluck, endurance. v. (-tt-) 1 spread grit on (icy roads etc.). 2 clench (the teeth). 3 make a grating sound. gritter n. Gritty adj. (-ier, -iest). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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