English-French translations for grin

• sourire
  Je sais fort bien que mes propos feront sourire un peu partout. Well, I know very well that I will be greeted with smiles and grins everywhere.
  Tout comme moi, Mme Gomes a vu des personnes âgées faire la queue pendant des heures sans nourriture ni eau et finalement déposer leur vote en arborant un large sourire. Like me, Mrs Gomes saw elderly people queuing up for hours on end without food or water and then casting their votes with broad grins.

Definition of grin

• A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth
• To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth
• To express by grinning
• To show the teeth, like a snarling dog
• To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer
• A snare; a gin

Examples

• Why do you grin?  Did I say something funny?
• She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment
• He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result
• He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop

Related words

• grind
• grinder
• Montenegrin
• chagrin
• grinding
• meatgrinder
• grindstone
• angriness
• Tigrinya