griot
- n a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
grimace
- n a contorted facial expression
she made a grimace at the prospect - v contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do
grime
- n the state of being covered with unclean things
- v make soiled, filthy, or dirty
grimm
- n the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)
- n the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863)
grimm's law
- n a sound law relating German consonants and consonants in other Indo-European languages
grimoire
- n a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons)
grin
- n a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- v to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
grind
- n an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- n the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
a coarse grind of coffee - n hard monotonous routine work
- n the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- v press or grind with a crushing noise
- v make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- v work hard
- v dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- v reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
grind the spices in a mortar - v created by grinding
grind designs into the glass bowl - v shape or form by grinding
grind lenses for glasses and cameras
grind organ
- n a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
grindelia
- n large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America