GRINS

Noun

grins

plural of grin

Verb

grins

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grin

Anagrams

• girns, rings

Source: Wiktionary

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GRIN

Grin, n. Etym: [AS. grin.]

Definition: A snare; a gin. [Obs.] Like a bird that hasteth to his grin. Remedy of Love.

Grin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Grinning.] Etym: [OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina; akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. Groan.]

1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to shsrl.

2. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, acorn, or pain. The pangs of death do make him grin. Shak.

Grin, v. t.

Definition: To express by grinning. Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.Milton.

Grin, n.

Definition: The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or smeering smile. I.Watts. He showed twenty teeth at a grin. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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