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Grime
- noun - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
- the state of being covered with unclean things
Grimm
- noun - the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863)
- the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)
Grimy
- adjective - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
Grind
- noun - an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl"
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- hard monotonous routine work
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
- shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee"
- work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Grins
- noun - a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
Grint
- - 3d pers. sing. pres. of Grind, contr. from grindeth.
Griot
- noun - a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
Gripe
- noun - complain; "What was he hollering about?"
- informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here"
Grips
- noun - a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip"
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
- an intellectual hold or understanding; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"
- hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"
- the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- to grip or se
Gript
- verb - hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"