Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

    Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?

    grinsen

    ухмыля́тьсяuxmyljátʹsja, ухмыльну́тьсяuxmylʹnútʹsja, усмеха́тьсяusmexátʹsja

    to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl

  2. (transitive)To express by grinning.

    She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.

  3. (dated, intransitive)To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.

  4. (transitive)To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.

    He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.

    He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop.

Examples

165 sentences
  1. Both Tom and Mary are grinning.

    І Том, і Мері обоє посміхаються.

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  2. Tom suppressed a grin.

    Том стримав посмішку.

    ruТом сдержал усмешку.

    deTom unterdrückte ein Grinsen.

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  3. Tom grinned at Mary.

    Том посміхнувся Мері.

    ruТом, глядя на Мэри, осклабился.

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  4. Tom is grinning at Mary.

    Том шкірить зуби до Мері.

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  5. Tom is grinning.

    Том посміхається.

    ruТом усмехается.

    deTom grinst.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
To smile showing the teeth:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To smile showing the teeth:

Origin

From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn

From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”)

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Forms

grins, grinning, grinned, grinned
Base formgrin · to grin
3rd person singulargrins
Present participlegrinning
Past simplegrinned
Past participlegrinned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygrin
he, she, itgrins

Past simpleLesson

all personsgrinned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave grinned
he, she, ithas grinned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill grin

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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