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verb | noun gringrin1 /grɪn/ ●●○ verb (grinned, grinning) [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYgrin1Origin: Old English grennian VERB TABLEgrin |
Present | I, you, we, they | grin | | he, she, it | grins | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | grinned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have grinned | | he, she, it | has grinned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had grinned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will grin | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have grinned |
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Present | I | am grinning | | he, she, it | is grinning | | you, we, they | are grinning | Past | I, he, she, it | was grinning | | you, we, they | were grinning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been grinning | | he, she, it | has been grinning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been grinning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be grinning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been grinning |
► grinning from ear to ear Thomas was grinning from ear to ear (=grinning very widely) as he received the trophy. THESAURUS to have or make a happy expression on your face in which your mouth curves up► smile to have or make a happy expression on your face in which your mouth curves up: She smiled and said “Good morning.'' ► grin to smile continuously with a very big smile: He walked out of his boss’s office grinning from ear to ear. ► beam to smile in a way that shows that you are very happy about something: Jenny ran to her boyfriend and hugged him, beaming at him the whole time. ► smirk to smile in an unpleasant way, for example because you are pleased by someone else’s bad luck: The experienced snowboarders were smirking at my attempts. ► simper to smile in a way that is silly and annoying: Mary-Ann simpered and giggled, trying to look cute in front of the boys. ► leer to smile in a way that shows you are thinking about someone in a sexual way. Used when you disapprove of this way of smiling: A man at the bar was leering at the girl sitting next to him. 1 to smile widely: She grinned with delight.grin at Every time I walk by him, he just grins at me. Thomas was grinning from ear to ear (=grinning very widely) as he received the trophy.► see thesaurus at smile12grin and bear it to accept a bad or difficult situation without complaining, especially because you realize there is nothing you can do to make it better verb | noun gringrin2 ●●○ noun [countable] a wide smile: a friendly grin → see also wipe the smile/grin off somebody’s face at wipe1 (6) |