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Meaning of Grin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ɡɹɪn

Definitions

  1. A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
  2. A snare; a gin.
    obsolete

Equivalents

العربية التكشيرة
Dansk grin grine
Deutsch Grinsen
Esperanto rideti
Español sonreír sonrisa abierta sonrisa amplia
Suomi virne virnistää virnistellä virnistys virnuilla
Français grin sourire
Gaeilge straoise
Magyar vigyorog
Íslenska glott
Italiano sorridere sorriso
ქართული კრეჭს
Kurdî lê lê le lê lê
Nederlands grijns grijnzen
Polski banan szczerzyć zęby
Português arreganhar sorrir abertamente sorriso aberto
Русский усмехаться усмехнуться усмешка ухмылка ухмыльну́ться ухмыля́ться
Svenska flin flina le leende
தமிழ் இளி
Türkçe sırıtmak
Українська посмішка усмі́шка

Examples

“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.”
“When my son appeared at the door the next day with his schoolbag on his back, the Professor broke into a wide grin and opened his arms to embrace him.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

grin and bear it Grinage grinagog Grinăuți Grinăuți-Moldova Grinberg

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