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 →

2) (adjective) Having a big smile: «a grinning face». tree →

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 →
• Why are you grinning like that? tree →
• He walked in grinning from ear to ear. tree →
• A grinning pumpkin sat on the doorstep. tree →
• She stood grinning at the top of the climbing frame. tree →
• The photo shows our whole class grinning. tree →
• His feet were almost on the bridge, when a big grey wolf with grinning teeth appeared before the princess. tree →

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.
• Daisy scrolls Instagram and sees Dad's new family: two little kids at the beach, Dad grinning.
• Charlie stands in the garden with a spade, grinning: "Cut a worm in half and you get TWO worms.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «grinning» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.