Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grin
Participle: grinned
Gerund: grinning
Indicative
Present
| I | grin |
| you | grin |
| he;she;it | grins |
| we | grin |
| you | grin |
| they | grin |
Perfect
| I | have grinned |
| you | have grinned |
| he;she;it | has grinned |
| we | have grinned |
| you | have grinned |
| they | have grinned |
Past
| I | grinned |
| you | grinned |
| he;she;it | grinned |
| we | grinned |
| you | grinned |
| they | grinned |
Pluperfect
| I | had grinned |
| you | had grinned |
| he;she;it | had grinned |
| we | had grinned |
| you | had grinned |
| they | had grinned |
Future
| I | will grin |
| you | will grin |
| he;she;it | will grin |
| we | will grin |
| you | will grin |
| they | will grin |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grinned |
| you | will have grinned |
| he;she;it | will have grinned |
| we | will have grinned |
| you | will have grinned |
| they | will have grinned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grin |
| you | grin |
| he;she;it | grin |
| we | grin |
| you | grin |
| they | grin |
Perfect
| I | have grinned |
| you | have grinned |
| he;she;it | have grinned |
| we | have grinned |
| you | have grinned |
| they | have grinned |
Imperfect
| I | grinned |
| you | grinned |
| he;she;it | grinned |
| we | grinned |
| you | grinned |
| they | grinned |
Pluperfect
| I | had grinned |
| you | had grinned |
| he;she;it | had grinned |
| we | had grinned |
| you | had grinned |
| they | had grinned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grin |
| you | would grin |
| he;she;it | would grin |
| we | would grin |
| you | would grin |
| they | would grin |
Perfect
| I | would have grinned |
| you | would have grinned |
| he;she;it | would have grinned |
| we | would have grinned |
| you | would have grinned |
| they | would have grinned |
Imperative
| you | grin |
| we | Let's grin |
| you | grin |
Verbs conjugated like 'grin'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grin'
gain,
gin,
grain,
grid,
grig,
grim,
grind,
grip,
grit,
groin,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
grennian "show the teeth" (in pain or anger), common Gmc. (cf. O.N.
grenja "to howl,"
grina "to grin;" Du.
grienen "to whine;" Ger.
greinen "to cry"), from PIE base
*ghrei- "be open." Sense of "bare the teeth in a broad smile" is c.1480, perhaps via the notion of "forced or unnatural smile." the noun is first attested 1635.
2. From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”) See: Proto-Germanic '
*granjōną', Middle High German '
grennen', Danish '
grine'.
Verbs referencing "grin"
Italian
digrignare, Low Saxon grienen.
Sample Sentences
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Andy grinned. “ Yer see, ” said Sam, “ yer see, Andy, if any such thing should happen as that Mas’r Haley's horse _should_ begin to act contrary, and cut up, you and I jist lets go of our’n to help him, and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] to the opposite lady, and the opposite lady to him, and all are so long about it that the sport begins to languish, when suddenly the lively hero dashes in to the rescue. Instantly the fiddler grins, and goes at it tooth and nail; there is new energy in the tambourine; new laughter in the dancers; new smiles in the landlady; new confidence in the landlord; new brightness in the very candles.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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A black friend of the black driver is sitting on a fence. The black driver recognises him by twirling his head round and round like a harlequin, rolling his eyes, shrugging his shoulders, and grinning from ear to ear. He stops short, turns to me, and says:
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] get you through sa, like a fiddle, and hope a please you when we get you through sa. Old ‘ooman at home sa: ’ chuckling very much. ‘Outside gentleman sa, he often remember old ‘ooman at home sa, ’ grinning again.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘Ay ay, we’ll take care of the old woman. Do n't be afraid. ’ The black driver grins again, but there is another hole, and beyond that, another bank, close before us. So he stops short: cries (to the horses again ) ‘Easy. Easy den. Ease. Steady. Hi. Jiddy. Pill. Ally. Loo, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] There was a magnetism of dulness in them which would have beaten down the most facetious companion that the earth ever knew. A jest would have been a crime, and a smile would have faded into a grinning horror. Such deadly, leaden people; such systematic plodding, weary, insupportable heaviness; such a mass of animated indigestion in respect of all that was genial, jovial, frank, social, or [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] treading on ’ em. I get up in the morning, and find one asleep behind the door, and see one black head poking out from under the table, one lying on the door-mat,—and they are mopping and mowing and grinning between all the railings, and tumbling over the kitchen floor ! What on earth did you want to bring this one for ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Have you ever heard anything about God, Topsy ? ” The child looked bewildered, but grinned as usual. ~~~ “ Do you know who made you ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)