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{
"term": "grin",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "grin",
"heSheIt": "grins"
},
"pastSimple": "grinned",
"pastParticiple": "grinned",
"ingForm": "grinning"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to smile widely",
"sensetop": "grin at somebodygrin something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They grinned with delight when they heard our news."
},
{
"text": "Stop grinning and tell me what happened!"
},
{
"text": "She grinned amiably at us.",
"contextForm": "grin at somebody"
},
{
"text": "He grinned a wide grin.",
"contextForm": "grin something"
},
{
"text": "He appeared in the doorway grinning broadly."
},
{
"text": "He just stood there, grinning like an idiot."
},
{
"text": "He just stood there, tongue-tied and grinning sheepishly."
},
{
"text": "He lay grinning impishly up at me."
},
{
"text": "He stopped eating to grin at me."
},
{
"text": "She grinned apologetically when she saw him."
},
{
"text": "She grinned to herself at the thought."
},
{
"text": "She looked at us, grinning from ear to ear."
},
{
"text": "She relaxed and grinned wickedly back at him."
},
{
"text": "They grinned with pleasure."
},
{
"text": "‘Don't be daft,’ he grinned."
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["broadly", "widely", "slightly"],
"preposition": ["at", "like", "to"],
"phrases": ["grin ear to ear", "grin from ear to ear"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to accept pain or bad luck without complaining",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to grin and bear it."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be smiling, etc. a lot because you are very pleased about something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was beaming from ear to ear."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡrɪn/",
"audio": "gr/grin/grin__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡrɪnz/",
"audio": "gr/grin/grins__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡrɪnd/",
"audio": "gr/grin/grinned__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡrɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "gr/grin/grinning__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡrɪn/",
"audio": "gr/grin/grin__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡrɪnz/",
"audio": "gr/grin/grins__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡrɪnd/",
"audio": "gr/grin/grinned__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡrɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "gr/grin/grinning__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English grennian ‘bare the teeth in pain or anger’, of Germanic origin; probably related to groan."
}