grit
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
Types & categories
- sandstone hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cover with a grit
grit roads
Types & categories
- coat hypernym
Related & opposite
- grit derivation
Sense 3 noun
fortitude and determination
he didn't have the guts to try it
Types & categories
- fortitude hypernym
Related & opposite
- game derivation
- gutsy derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 4 verb
clench together
grit one's teeth
Types & categories
- clench hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gritty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sandstone |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | coat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | game |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gutsy |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fortitude |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | clench |