Thesaurus: grit

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1. n. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
2. n. The coarse part of meal.
3. n. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
4. n. A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.
5. n. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
6. n. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
7. v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
8. v. t. To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
9. n. a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
10. n. fortitude and determination
11. v. cover with a grit
12. v. clench together