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# grit

noun (grit — uncountable); verb (grit, grits, gritted, gritting)

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

## Everyday

1. Tiny hard bits of stone or sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#m1)
2. Courage and determination to keep going when things are hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#m2)
3. To spread grit or salt on icy roads so they are less slippery (UK: gritting). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#m3)
4. Grit your teeth: to press your teeth together, or to bravely put up with something hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school «grit» is talked about as a good quality: not giving up, practising, bouncing back after mistakes (like a growth mindset). In science, grit and sand make up soil and are used in filters. In winter safety, roads and paths are gritted so people don't slip. In stories a gritty hero keeps going. Phrases: grit your teeth, show grit, true grit, grit lorry (UK), gritty.

### Examples

- I got a bit of grit in my eye at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#x1)
- It takes grit to keep practising when it's hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#x2)
- She gritted her teeth and finished the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#x3)
- The council gritted the roads before the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#x4)
- Rinse the grit off the vegetables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#x5)
- Sandpaper has fine grit on one side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#x6)
- With grit and hard work, he learned to swim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#x7)
- Feel where she would, there was nothing but grit and stones, when, suddenly, her fingers touched something soft in a crevice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grit/#x8)

### Note

«Grit» is uncountable: some grit, a bit of grit. Past: gritted. «Grits» (plural) in the southern USA is a porridge made from ground corn.

## On Mova

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