Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
GRIMACE
grimace, face
(noun) a contorted facial expression; “she made a grimace at the prospect”
grimace, make a face, pull a face
(verb) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; “He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
grimace (plural grimaces)
A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
(obsolete) Affectation, pretence.
Verb
grimace (third-person singular simple present grimaces, present participle grimacing, simple past and past participle grimaced)
To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
Anagrams
• Gemaric, Megaric
Source: Wiktionary
Gri*mace", n. Etym: [F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. gr mask, specter, Ical. gr mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.]
Definition: A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face. Moving his face into such a hideons grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. Addison.
Note: "Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's "Marriage a-la-Mode," as innovations in our language, are now in common usa: chagrin, double--entendre, Ă©claircissement, embarras, Ă©quivoque, foible, grimace, naĂŻvete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use." I. Disraeli.
Gri*mace", v. i.
Definition: To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. H. Martineau.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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