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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Grin \Grin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grinned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Grinning.] [OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina;
     akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine.
     [root]35. Cf. Groan.]
     1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open
        the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to
        show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The pangs of death do make him grin.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Grin \Grin\, v. t.
     To express by grinning.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.        --Milton.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Grin \Grin\, n.
     The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of
     withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced,
     or sneering smile. --I.Watts.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He showed twenty teeth at a grin.        --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Grin \Grin\, n. [AS. grin.]
     A snare; a gin. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Like a bird that hasteth to his grin.    --Remedy of
                                                    Love.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Grin \Grin\, v. t.
     To express by grinning.
  
           Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.        --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Grin \Grin\, n.
     The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of
     withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced,
     or sneering smile. --I. Watts.
  
           He showed twenty teeth at a grin.        --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Grin \Grin\ (gr[i^]n), n. [AS. grin.]
     A snare; a gin. [Obs.]
  
           Like a bird that hasteth to his grin.    --Remedy of
                                                    Love.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Grin \Grin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grinned (gr[i^]nd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Grinning.] [OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw.
     grina; akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan.
     grine. [root]35. Cf. Groan.]
     1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.
  
     2. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open
        the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to
        show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
  
              The pangs of death do make him grin.  --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  grin
       n : a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners
           of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn: smile,
            smiling, grinning]
       v : to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile,
           grimace, or snarl
       [also: grinning, grinned]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grin
     Αγγλικά n.
     πλατύ χαμόγελο (όταν φαίνονται τα δόντια)
     Αγγλικά vb.
     χαμογελώ πλατιά (δείχνοντας τα δόντια)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grin
     Bislama a.
     green
     Danish n.
     1 laugh
     2 (l en grin)
     3 fun
     Danish vb.
     (infl of da grine  imp)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 a (l en grimace)
     2 a (l en sneer)
     Norwegian Nynorsk vb.
     (inflection of nn grina  pres ; imp)
     Tok Pisin a.
     green

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  grin
     alt.
     A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
     n.
     A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the
  teeth.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A snare; a gin.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  grin
     Danish n.
     1 laugh
     2 (l en grin)
     3 fun
     Danish vb.
     (infl of da grine  imp)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en grimace)
     2 a (l en sneer)
     Old English n.
     1 snare
     2 noose

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  grin
     Danish n.
     1 laugh
     2 (l en grin)
     3 fun
     Danish vb.
     (infl of da grine  imp)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en grimace)
     2 a (l en sneer)
     Old English n.
     1 snare
     2 noose

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grin
     Englanti n.
     virne

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grin
     n.
     1 skratt
     2 flin; brett leende
     Tok pisin a.
     (tagg språk=tpi färger) grön

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  grin
     n.
     1 skratt
     2 flin; brett leende

From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:dan-eng ]


  grin /ɡʁˈʔin/ 
  laughs

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Grin /ɡɹˈɪn/
  التكشيرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  grin //ɡɹɪn// 
  крива усмивка
  A smile revealing the teeth