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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grin \Grin\, v. t. To express by grinning. Grinned horrible a ghastly smile. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grin \Grin\, n. The act of closing the teeth and showing them or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile. --I. Watts. He showed twenty teeth at a grin. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grin \Grin\ (gr[i^]n), n. [AS. grin.] A snare; a gin. [Obs.] Like a bird that hasteth to his grin. --Remedy of Love. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grin \Grin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grinned} (gr[i^]nd); p. pr & vb n. {Grinning}.] [OE. grinnen, grennen, AS grennian Sw grina; akin to D. grijnen G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. [root]35. Cf {Groan}.] 1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl. 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, scorn, or pain. The pangs of death do make him grin. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grin n : a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn: {smile}, {smiling}, {grinning}] v : to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
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