Meaning of Grit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Husked but unground oats.
   plural-normally
2. A member or supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada or one of its provincial wings (except for the Quebec provincial wing).
   Canadian
3. A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
   uncountable
4. Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
   plural-normally
5. Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
   uncountable
6. Small, hard, inedible particles in food.
   uncountable
7. A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.
   uncountable
8. A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
   uncountable
9. Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
   idiomatic, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways.”

“These cookies seem to have grit from nutshells in them.”

“I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper.”

“That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball.”

“They came to a rising ground , not sharp , but long ; and here youth and grit and sober living told more than ever.”

“If you are overcome by a man of grit, he insolently makes you conscious of your own weakness”

“Although working under very unpleasant conditions they never grumbled, and to the end showed continuous grit; and in addition to this several examples of sheer heroism were displayed.”

“But what their admirers call grit and critics deem shamelessness can overshadow another essential element of the Clinton school: a willingness to put on the hair shirt of humility to regain power.”

“grits and eggs”

“ham and grits”

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