Uk English Meaning of grit
grit
Other Uk English words related to grit
- bravery
- Courage
- courage
- Determination
- fortitude
- grittiness
- spunk
- stamina
- backbone
- constancy
- endurance
- fearlessness
- fibre
- guts
- nerve
- pluck
- Purposefulness
- resoluteness
- tolerance
- Intestinal fortitude
- audacity
- boldness
- brass
- Chutzpah
- chutzpah, balls
- Daring
- Dauntlessness
- doughtyness
- effrontery
- forbearance
- bile
- gallantry
- Hardihood
- heart
- cheek
- Fearlessness
- Mettle
- resolution
- spirit
- stoutness
- suffering
- rashness
- Valour
- magnanimity
- intrepidness
Nearest Words of grit
Definitions and Meaning of grit in English
grit (n)
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
fortitude and determination
grit (v)
cover with a grit
clench together
grit (n.)
Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
The coarse part of meal.
Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
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.
Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
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.
FAQs About the word grit
grit
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone, fortitude and determination, cover with a grit, clench togetherSand or gravel; rough, hard particles., The coarse par
bravery,Courage,courage,Determination,fortitude ,grittiness,spunk,stamina,backbone,constancy
cowardice,indecisiveness,irresolution,Spinelessness,Timidity,vacillation,Cowardliness,faintheartedness,irresolution,Pusillanimity
gristmill => gristmill, gristly => gristly, gristle => Gristle, grist => Grist, grissino => Grissini,