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# grinning

verb, -ing form of grin (grin, grins, grinned, grinning); adjective (grinning)

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

## Everyday

1. Smiling widely, often showing the teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#m1)
2. (adjective) Having a big smile: «a grinning face». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows a character who is very pleased, amused or cheeky. Often in phrases like «grinning from ear to ear», «grinning like a Cheshire cat». Phrases: stop grinning, grinning faces, grinning broadly.

### Examples

- The children were grinning as they ran into the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x1)
- Why are you grinning like that? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x2)
- He walked in grinning from ear to ear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x3)
- A grinning pumpkin sat on the doorstep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x4)
- She stood grinning at the top of the climbing frame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x5)
- The photo shows our whole class grinning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x6)
- His feet were almost on the bridge, when a big grey wolf with grinning teeth appeared before the princess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x7)

### Note

Double n before -ing: grinning. «Grinning like a Cheshire cat» means smiling very widely, from «Alice in Wonderland».

## On Mova

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