Found 3 items, similar to grit.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: grit debu, ketabahan, pasir
English → English (WordNet) Definition: grit grit v 1: cover with a grit; “grit roads” 2: clench together; “grit one's teeth” [also: gritting, gritted] grit n 1: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: gritrock, gritstone] 2: fortitude and determination; “he didn't have the guts to try it” [syn: backbone, guts, moxie, sand, gumption] [also: gritting, gritted]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Grit Grit \Grit\, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. gre['o]t grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj[=o]t, and to E. groats, grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel.] 1. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles. [1913 Webster] 2. The coarse part of meal. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats. [1913 Webster] 4. (Geol.) 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. [1913 Webster] 5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit. [1913 Webster] 6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude. --C. Reade. --E. P. Whipple. [1913 Webster] Grit \Grit\ (gr[i^]t), v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. [1913 Webster] The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Grit \Grit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gritting.] To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Collog.] [1913 Webster]