| VERB | body | grin | to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl |
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| NOUN | communication | grin, smile, smiling, grinning | a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth |
| Sounds | grih'n | |
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| Rhymes | Adrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn... | |
| Meaning | A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement. | |
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| Synonyms | smile, smiling, grinning | |
| Narrower | simper | A silly self-conscious smile |
| smirk | A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure | |
| Broader | facial expression, facial gesture | A gesture executed with the facial muscles |
| Spanish | sonreír, sonrisa abierta, sonrisa | |
| Catalan | somrís, somriure | |
| Verbs | grin | to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl |
| Meaning | To draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | smile | change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure |
| Spanish | sonreír abiertamente | |
| Catalan | somriure d'orella a orella, somriure | |
| Nouns | grin, grinning | a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth |
| grinner | a person who grins | |
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