{
    "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."
}