Sekirov Dictionary

grin

/ɡɹɪn/

verb 4
noun 2
forms 5
phrases 2

verb4

•
To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
- Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?
•
To express by grinning.
- She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.
•
To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
- He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.
- He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop.
•
(old-fashioned) To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
- The pangs of death do make him grin. — 1591

noun2

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A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
- 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. — 1997
(no longer used) A snare; a gin.

forms

grinned · grinning · grinneth · grins · grinnest

Phrases with grin

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