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# gritty

adjective (gritty, grittier, grittiest); noun grit

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

## Everyday

1. Gritty means full of tiny hard bits like sand or small stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#m1)
2. A gritty person is brave and determined and does not give up when things are hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#m2)
3. A gritty story or film shows life in a hard, realistic way, including poverty, crime or difficult times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons it describes textures of soils and rocks; in PE and life lessons «grit» means perseverance. Phrases: «gritty sand», «a gritty performance», «a gritty drama», «true grit».

### Examples

- The spinach was gritty because it wasn't washed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#x1)
- The path was gritty with sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#x2)
- The team gave a gritty performance and won in the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#x3)
- She is gritty and never gives up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#x4)
- The film is a gritty story about life in a poor town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#x5)
- My shoes felt gritty after the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#x6)
- Gritty determination helped him finish the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#x7)
- Rub the gritty paper on the wood to make it smooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gritty/#x8)

### Note

Comparative grittier, superlative grittiest. Grit also means sand put on icy roads in the UK (a gritter lorry spreads it). «Grit your teeth» means hold on through something hard.

## On Mova

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