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noun | verb gritgrit1 /grɪt/ noun ETYMOLOGYgrit1Origin: (1-2) Old English greot (3) Old English grytt 1[uncountable] very small pieces of stone or sand2[uncountable] informal determination and courage3grits [plural] crushed hominy grain that is cooked and often eaten for breakfast4Grit Canadian a member of the Liberal Party in Canada noun | verb gritgrit2 verb (gritted, gritting) [transitive] VERB TABLEgrit |
Present | I, you, we, they | grit | | he, she, it | grits | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gritted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gritted | | he, she, it | has gritted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gritted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will grit | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gritted |
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Present | I | am gritting | | he, she, it | is gritting | | you, we, they | are gritting | Past | I, he, she, it | was gritting | | you, we, they | were gritting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gritting | | he, she, it | has been gritting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gritting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gritting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gritting |
1grit your teeth to use all your determination to continue in spite of difficulties: I guess I’ll have to just grit my teeth and hope for the best.2to scatter grit on a frozen road to make it less slippery |