grit

1. (uncountable)A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.

   The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways.

   Splitt, Schotter, Streu

   песо́кpesók

2. A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.

   (uncountable)Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.

3. (uncountable)Small, hard, inedible particles in food.

   These cookies seem to have grit from nutshells in them.

   Ballaststoff, Grieß, Schrot

4. (uncountable)A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.

   I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper.

   Korn, Körnung

   зерни́стостьzernístostʹ

5. (uncountable)A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.

   a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

6. (idiomatic, uncountable)Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude.

   That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball.

   Mut, Schneid

   упорствоuporstvo, выдержкаvyderžka, бесстрашиеbesstrašije

   fortitude and determination

7. (usually plural)Husked but unground oats.

   Hafergraupen

8. (usually plural)Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.

   grits and eggs

   ham and grits

1. He grits his teeth and forces back his growing fear.

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2. Tom gritted his teeth.

   ruТом стиснул зубы. — Inego

   deTom biss die Zähne zusammen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. Have you ever eaten grits?

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4. It hurt so much I could've screamed, but I gritted my teeth and bravely bore the pain.

   deEs tat so weh, daß ich hätte schreien können, aber ich biß die Zähne zusammen und ertrug den Schmerz tapfer. — Waldelfe

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5. I gritted my teeth.

   deIch habe die Zähne zusammengebissen. — MUIRIEL

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