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Webster 1913 Edition
Grin
Grin
,Noun.
[AS.
grin
.] A snare; a gin.
[Obs.]
Like a bird that hasteth to his
grin
. Remedy of Love.
Grin
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Grinned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grinning
.] [OE.
grinnen
, grennen
, AS. grennian
, Sw. grina
; akin to D. grijnen
, G. greinen
, OHG. grinan
, Dan. grine
. √35. Cf. Groan
.] 1.
To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.
2.
To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
The pangs of death do make him
grin
. Shakespeare
Grin
,Verb.
T.
To express by grinning.
Grin
,Noun.
The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.
I.Watts.
He showed twenty teeth at a
grin
. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Grin
GRIN
, v.i.1.
To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter or scorn. Fools grin on fools.
2.
To fix the teeth, as in anguish.GRIN
,Noun.
withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth.
GRIN
,Noun.
GRIN
,Verb.
T.
He grinned horribly a ghastly smile.
Definition 2024
grin
grin
English
Noun
A stylized grin.
grin (plural grins)
- A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
- 1997, Linda Howard, Son of the Morning, Simon & Schuster, pages 364:
- When the ceremony was finished a wide grin broke across his face, and it was that grin she saw, relieved and happy all at once.
- 1997, Linda Howard, Son of the Morning, Simon & Schuster, pages 364:
Translations
A smile revealing the teeth
Verb
grin (third-person singular simple present grins, present participle grinning, simple past and past participle grinned) (intransitive)
- (intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
- Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess:
- ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
- (transitive) To express by grinning.
- She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.
- John Milton (1608-1674)
- Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IV”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"
- (intransitive, dated) To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- The pangs of death do make him grin.
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapter1:
- They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- (transitive) To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
- He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.
- He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop.
Translations
To smile showing the teeth
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Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun or verb "grin"
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
grin (plural grins)