Grin Definition
grĭn
grinned, grinning, grins
verb
grinned, grinning, grins
To smile broadly as in amusement or pleasure, or, sometimes, in embarrassment.
Webster's New World
To express by grinning.
Webster's New World
To draw back the lips and show the teeth in pain, scorn, etc.
Webster's New World
noun
grins
The act or look of one who grins.
Webster's New World
The facial expression produced by grinning.
American Heritage
idiom
grin and bear it
- to accept philosophically something burdensome or painful
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Grin
Noun
Singular:
grin
Plural:
grinsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Grin
Origin of Grin
Before 1000 CE - From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian compare to Old High German grennan (“to mutter”)
From Wiktionary
Middle English grennen to grimace from Old English grennian
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English
From Wiktionary
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