noun
Meaning 1
A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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grĭn
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/ɡɹɪn/
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rhymes with -ɪn
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noun
Meaning 2
A snare; a gin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To express by grinning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.
- He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smile, smiling, grinning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: facial expression, facial gesture
Narrower terms: simper, smirk
verb
Meaning 8
to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smile
History
Etymology
From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”)
From Middle English grin, grinne, grine, from Old English grin (“snare, noose”), of uncertain origin, but probably from the merger of Proto-West Germanic *garni and *garnī (“intestine”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *garniz, *garnō (“guts, intestine”). Related to English yarn.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: крива усмивка (kriva usmivka) — A smile revealing the teeth
- Cebuano: yuhom — A smile revealing the teeth
- Chinese Mandarin: 露齿而笑 (lùchǐ'érxiào) — A smile revealing the teeth
- Danish: grin — A smile revealing the teeth
- Dutch: grijns — A smile revealing the teeth
- Finnish: virnistys — A smile revealing the teeth
- Finnish: virne — A smile revealing the teeth
- French: sourire — A smile revealing the teeth
- German: Grinsen — A smile revealing the teeth
- Hungarian: vigyor — A smile revealing the teeth
- Hungarian: vigyorgás — A smile revealing the teeth
- Icelandic: glott — A smile revealing the teeth
- Ingrian: irvissös — A smile revealing the teeth
- Irish: straoise — A smile revealing the teeth
- Italian: sorriso — A smile revealing the teeth
- Coastal Kadazan: ngingis — A smile revealing the teeth
- Malay: sengihan — A smile revealing the teeth
- Māori: pakiri — A smile revealing the teeth
- Maranao: ngimel — A smile revealing the teeth
- Norwegian Bokmål: glis — A smile revealing the teeth
- Polish: banan — A smile revealing the teeth
- Polish: uśmiech od ucha do ucha — A smile revealing the teeth
- Polish: szeroki uśmiech — A smile revealing the teeth
- Portuguese: sorriso aberto — A smile revealing the teeth
- Russian: усме́шка (usméška) — A smile revealing the teeth
- Russian: ухмы́лка (uxmýlka) — A smile revealing the teeth
- Serbo-Croatian: кез — A smile revealing the teeth
- Serbo-Croatian: церек — A smile revealing the teeth
- Serbo-Croatian: kez — A smile revealing the teeth
- Serbo-Croatian: cerek — A smile revealing the teeth
- Slovak: úškrn — A smile revealing the teeth
- Spanish: sonrisa abierta — A smile revealing the teeth
- Spanish: sonrisa amplia — A smile revealing the teeth
- Swedish: flin — A smile revealing the teeth
- Swedish: leende — A smile revealing the teeth
- Ukrainian: по́смішка (pósmiška) — A smile revealing the teeth
- Ukrainian: у́смішка (úsmiška) — A smile revealing the teeth
- Chinese Mandarin: 露齒而笑 /露齿而笑 (lùchǐ'érxiào) — To smile showing the teeth
- Danish: grine — To smile showing the teeth
- Dutch: grijnzen — To smile showing the teeth
- Esperanto: rideti — To smile showing the teeth
- Finnish: virnistää — To smile showing the teeth
- Finnish: virnistellä — To smile showing the teeth
- Finnish: virnuilla — To smile showing the teeth
- French: sourire — To smile showing the teeth
- Georgian: კრეჭს (ḳreč̣s) — To smile showing the teeth
- German: grinsen — To smile showing the teeth
- Hungarian: vigyorog — To smile showing the teeth
- Ingrian: irvistää — To smile showing the teeth
- Italian: sorridere — To smile showing the teeth
- Malay: tersengih — To smile showing the teeth
- Māori: pakiri — To smile showing the teeth
- Māori: mimingo kata — To smile showing the teeth
- Marathi: विचकणे (vicakṇe) — To smile showing the teeth
- Marathi: बत्तिशी दाखवणे (battiśī dākhavṇe) — To smile showing the teeth
- Norwegian Bokmål: glise — To smile showing the teeth
- Polish: szczerzyć zęby — To smile showing the teeth
- Polish: suszyć ząbki — To smile showing the teeth
- Polish: szczerzyć się — To smile showing the teeth
- Portuguese: sorrir abertamente — To smile showing the teeth
- Portuguese: arreganhar — To smile showing the teeth
- Russian: ухмыля́ться (uxmyljátʹsja) — To smile showing the teeth
- Russian: ухмыльну́ться (uxmylʹnútʹsja) — To smile showing the teeth
- Russian: усмеха́ться (usmexátʹsja) — To smile showing the teeth
- Russian: усмехну́ться (usmexnútʹsja) — To smile showing the teeth
- Spanish: sonreír — To smile showing the teeth
- Swedish: flina — To smile showing the teeth
- Swedish: le — To smile showing the teeth
- Tamil: இளி (iḷi) — To smile showing the teeth
- Turkish: sırıtmak — To smile showing the teeth