grit

Etymology 1
With early modern vowel shortening, from, , from , from , from.

Noun



 * 1) A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
 * 2) Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
 * 3) Small, hard, inedible particles in food.
 * 4) A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
 * 5)  A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
 * 6) Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
 * 1)  A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
 * 2) Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
 * 1) Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.

Translations

 * Catalan:, , pòlvores
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , , metallipuru
 * French:
 * German:, , , , Streumittel, ,
 * Hungarian:, , , , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: kirikiri
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: granalha
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , zrnca
 * Spanish: arenilla


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: balastna tvar


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: odhodlanost,, kuráž
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: manawaroa, niwha, para, hautū
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene: zagnanost,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Thai:

Verb

 * 1) Apparently only in : to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
 * 2) To cover with grit.
 * 3)  To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
 * 4) * 1767,, The Hermit
 * The sanded |floor that grits beneath the tread.
 * 1) * 1767,, The Hermit
 * The sanded |floor that grits beneath the tread.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 咬紧
 * Czech: skřípat zuby
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: knari
 * Finnish: purra hammasta ;
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Czech: posypat drtí
 * Finnish: peittää purulla
 * Welsh: graeanu


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: narskua
 * Ingrian: narskaa, korskaa
 * Spanish:

Etymology 2
From, from , from , ablaut variant of. See above. .

Noun

 * 1)  Husked but unground oats.
 * 2)  Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kauraryyni
 * German: Hafergraupen
 * Italian: avena mondata
 * Spanish: mote de avena, avena pelada

Etymology
See

Adjective

 * 1) great