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# grinning

«grinning» in Mova's school dictionary: **Smiling widely, often showing the teeth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, -ing form of grin (grin, grins, grinned, grinning); adjective (grinning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Smiling widely, often showing the teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#m1)

2) (adjective) Having a big smile: «a grinning face». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character who is very pleased, amused or cheeky. Often in phrases like «grinning from ear to ear», «grinning like a Cheshire cat». Phrases: stop grinning, grinning faces, grinning broadly.

### examples

- The children were grinning as they ran into the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x1)
- Why are you grinning like that? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x2)
- He walked in grinning from ear to ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x3)
- A grinning pumpkin sat on the doorstep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x4)
- She stood grinning at the top of the climbing frame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x5)
- The photo shows our whole class grinning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x6)
- His feet were almost on the bridge, when a big grey wolf with grinning teeth appeared before the princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/#x7)

### note

Double n before -ing: grinning. «Grinning like a Cheshire cat» means smiling very widely, from «Alice in Wonderland».

### In the corpora

- [«Double car journeys, more like,» says Frida, grinning anyway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/38/)
- [Daisy scrolls Instagram and sees Dad's new family: two little kids at the beach, Dad grinning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/11/)
- [Charlie stands in the garden with a spade, grinning: "Cut a worm in half and you get TWO worms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grinning» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinning/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.