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# grimace

noun (grimaces); verb (grimace, grimaces, grimaced, grimacing)

«grimace» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A grimace is a twisted, ugly face made to show pain, disgust or to tease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimace/#m1)
2. To grimace is to make such a face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimace/#m2)

### In the lessons

a character pulls a grimace to scare or tease someone, or pulls one at a nasty taste

### Examples

- He pulled a grimace at the sour milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimace/#x1)
- She grimaced when the medicine touched her tongue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimace/#x2)
- The goblin made grimaces at the children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimace/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grimace» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimace/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grimace» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grimace.html) on Mova free.