grin
verb/ɡrɪn/
/ɡrɪn/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they grin | /ɡrɪn/ /ɡrɪn/ |
| he / she / it grins | /ɡrɪnz/ /ɡrɪnz/ |
| past simple grinned | /ɡrɪnd/ /ɡrɪnd/ |
| past participle grinned | /ɡrɪnd/ /ɡrɪnd/ |
| -ing form grinning | /ˈɡrɪnɪŋ/ /ˈɡrɪnɪŋ/ |
- to smile widely
- They grinned with delight when they heard our news.
- Stop grinning and tell me what happened!
- grin at somebody She grinned amiably at us.
- grin something He grinned a wide grin.
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec1- He appeared in the doorway grinning broadly.
- He just stood there, grinning like an idiot.
- He just stood there, tongue-tied and grinning sheepishly.
- He lay grinning impishly up at me.
- He stopped eating to grin at me.
- She grinned apologetically when she saw him.
- She grinned to herself at the thought.
- She looked at us, grinning from ear to ear.
- She relaxed and grinned wickedly back at him.
- They grinned with pleasure.
- ‘Don't be daft,’ he grinned.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- broadly
- widely
- slightly
- …
- at
- like
- to
- …
- grin ear to ear
- grin from ear to ear
Word OriginOld English grennian ‘bare the teeth in pain or anger’, of Germanic origin; probably related to groan.
Idioms
See grin in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarygrin and bear it
- (only used as an infinitive and in orders) to accept pain or bad luck without complaining
- There's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to grin and bear it.
smile/grin/beam from ear to ear
- to be smiling, etc. a lot because you are very pleased about something
- He was beaming from ear to ear.
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