Grit
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- (COLLOQUIAL) Have a lot of grit ចិត្ដលុះ
noun
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- (Rough, hard particles of sand, stone, etc., the coarse part of meal coarse sandstone) ថ្មភក់, ថ្មដុះ, ថ្មសំលៀង sediment of grit អ្វីៗដូចខ្សាច់ chicken grit ថ្មកិន (សម្រាប់ដាក់អោយមាន់ស៊ី)
adjective
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) Canada informal សេរី
verb — past tense: gritted ; past participle: gritted ; present participle: gritting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To grind, to grate, to cover with grit) សង្កៀត
Example: It took grft to start a farm in Pnom Penh, to grit one's teeth.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
- 2.
- The coarse part of meal.
- 3.
- Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
- 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.
- 5.
- Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
- 6.
- Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
verb — past tense: gritted ; past participle: gritted ; present participle: gritting ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.