'Grit' definitions:
Definition of 'grit'
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Definition of 'Grit'
From: GCIDE
- Grit \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The coarse part of meal. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude. --C. Reade. --E. P. Whipple. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grit'
From: GCIDE
- Grit \Grit\ (gr[i^]t), v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. [1913 Webster]
- The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grit'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'grit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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