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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Grit

/grĭt/ · IPA /ɡɹɪt/
01 n. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
  1. 1.
    Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
  2. 2.
    The coarse part of meal.
  3. 3.
    Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
  4. 4.
    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.(Geol.) Also: gritrock, gritstone.
  5. 5.
    Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
  6. 6.
    Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
02 v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
  1. 1.
    To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
    “The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread.” — Goldsmith.
03 v. t. To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
imp. & p. p. Gritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gritting
  1. 1.
    To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.[Collog.]