grin
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ big, broad, Cheshire (AmE), Cheshire-cat, huge, large, wide▪ faint, feeble, slight, small▪ friendly, sympathetic▪ happy▪ infectious▪ lazy▪ cheesy, foolish, goofy, silly, stupid▪ boyish, cheeky (BrE), devilish, devious, impish, mischievous, playful, sly, teasing▪
Edmund looked up with an impish grin.
▪ mocking, teasing▪ cocky, smug▪ satisfied▪ sheepish, shy▪ rueful, sardonic, wry▪ knowing▪ insane, manic▪ amused▪ evil, feral (esp. AmE), hideous, malicious, sinister, wicked, wolfish▪ crooked, lopsided▪ gap-toothed, toothless, toothyVERB + GRIN▪ have▪He had a cheeky grin.
▪I wondered why Dad had a grin on his face.
▪ crack, flash (sb), give (sb), let out (AmE)▪He gave the photographer a big grin.
▪ grin, smile▪He grinned his adorable grin.
▪ force, manage▪He forced a grin despite feeling angry.
▪ break into, curl into (AmE), form, split into▪The old man's face broke into a grin.
▪Her lips started to form a slight grin.
▪ fight, fight back, hide, hold back, stifle, suppress▪She tried to stifle a grin.
▪ wear▪ returnGRIN + VERB▪ broaden, grow, grow broader, grow wider, widen▪ appear, break out (across sb's face), come across sb's face, come over sb's face, creep across sb's face, creep onto sb's face, cross sb's face, form on sb's face, spread across sb's face, spread over sb's face▪A mischievous grin spread across the little girl's face.
▪ be plastered across sb's face, be plastered on sb's face, light sb's face, light up sb's face, play on sb's face, split sb's face, tug at sb's lips▪a grin tugging at the corners of his lips
▪ disappear, fade▪His wry grin faded.
▪ turn into sth▪Her grin turned into a frown.
PREPOSITION▪ with a grin▪‘Fooled you!’ he said, with a cheeky grin.
▪ grin at▪a grin at his wife
▪ grin of▪a grin of triumph
PHRASES▪ take the grin off your face, wipe the grin off your face▪Take that grin off your face!
▪ wipe the grin off sb's face▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}I'll soon wipe that silly grin off her face.
verbADVERB▪ broadly, widely▪He appeared in the doorway grinning broadly.
▪ slightly, weakly▪ crookedly▪ brightly, cheerfully, happily▪ amiably▪ boyishly, cheekily (BrE), devilishly, impishly, mischievously, playfully▪ madly, wildly▪ triumphantly▪ proudly▪ inanely, stupidly▪ nervously, sheepishly▪He just stood there, tongue-tied and grinning sheepishly.
▪ apologetically, ruefully, wryly▪She grinned apologetically when she saw him.
▪ evilly, maliciously, slyly, wolfishly▪ knowingly▪ smugly▪ back, down at, up at▪She relaxed and grinned wickedly back at him.
▪He lay grinning impishly up at me.
PREPOSITION▪ at▪He stopped eating to grin at me.
▪ like▪He just stood there, grinning like an idiot.
▪ to▪She grinned to herself at the thought.
▪ with▪They grinned with pleasure.
PHRASES▪ grin ear to ear (AmE), grin from ear to ear▪She looked at us, grinning from ear to ear.
Grin is used with these nouns as the object: ↑grin
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GRIN (A.) — GRIN ALEXANDRE STEPANOVITCH GRINEVSKI dit (1880 1932) Personnage extraordinaire des lettres russes, Alexandre Grin se forge une destinée personnelle aux antipodes de la biographie traditionnelle des écrivains issus de l’intelligentsia. Échappé au … Encyclopédie Universelle
Grin — Grin, n. [AS. grin.] A snare; a gin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Like a bird that hasteth to his grin. Remedy of Love. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grin — Grin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grinning}.] [OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina; akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. [root]35. Cf. {Groan}.] 1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grin — Grin, n. The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile. I.Watts. [1913 Webster] He showed twenty teeth at a grin. Addison. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
GRIN — GRIN: GRIN частная компания, разработчик компьютерных игр и игрового движка «Diesel». Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) информационный проект, предоставляющий генетическую и другую информацию о живых организмах … Википедия
grin — sb., et, grin, ene; være til grin … Dansk ordbog
grin — ► VERB (grinned, grinning) 1) smile broadly. 2) grimace grotesquely in a way that reveals the teeth. ► NOUN ▪ a smile or grimace produced by grinning. ● grin and bear it Cf. ↑grin and bear it … English terms dictionary
grin — [grin] vi. grinned, grinning [ME grennen < OE grennian, to gnash or bare the teeth, akin to OHG grennan, to mutter, Ger greinen, to weep] 1. to smile broadly as in amusement or pleasure, or, sometimes, in embarrassment 2. to draw back the lips … English World dictionary
Grin — Grin, v. t. To express by grinning. [1913 Webster] Grinned horrible a ghastly smile. Milton … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
