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Flint
- adjective - a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing
- a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
- a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
Gains
- noun - a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"
- derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
- increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
- increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed"
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
- obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"
- reach a destination, either real or abstract;
- rise in rate
Glint
- noun - a momentary flash of light
- a spatially localized brightness
- be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"
- throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"
Going
- verb -
- advancing toward a goal; "persuading him was easy going"; "the proposal faces tough sledding"
- be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
- be awarded; be allotted; "The first prize goes to Mary"; "Her money went on clothes"
- be contained in; "How many times does 18 go into 54?"
- be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?"
- be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"
- be ranked or compare; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"
- be sounded, played, or expressed; "How does this song go again?"
- be spent; "All my money went for food and rent"
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" <
Grind
- noun - an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl"
- 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
- hard monotonous routine work
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
- shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee"
- work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Grins
- noun - a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
Grint
- - 3d pers. sing. pres. of Grind, contr. from grindeth.
Heinz
- noun - United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919)
Hiing
- verb - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
Hoing
- verb - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"