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grit

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
grit

Plural
grits

  1. (uncountable) Grit is very small pieces of stone.
    The wind blew a fine grit that got in her teeth, hair, and eyes.
    Rinse the lettuce thoroughly under cold running water to remove grit and sand.
  2. (uncountable) If you have grit, you have the strength to keep going despite many difficulties.
    Although we lost today, we showed real grit, courage, and a refusal to quit.
  3. (plural only) Grits are ground corn cooked as a porridge, mostly eaten in the southern U.S.
    Enjoy a special Mother's Day brunch, including shrimp and grits.

Verb

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Plain form
grit

Third-person singular
grits

Past tense
gritted

Past participle
gritted

Present participle
gritting

  1. (transitive) If you grit your teeth, you bite them together, usually as you face a difficulty.
    Gritting her teeth, she jumped into the icy water.
  2. (transitive) If you grit a road or sidewalk, you put small pieces of stone on it to make it less slippery.
    They've changed from salting the road in the winter, to gritting it.
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