grit

To press your teeth together hard, especially because of pain or anger.

• He gritted his teeth as the nurse cleaned the cut.
  Hemşire kesiği temizlerken dişlerini sıktı.
• She gritted her teeth and said nothing.
  Dişlerini kenetledi ve hiçbir şey söylemedi.

To accept a difficult or unpleasant situation with determination, usually in 'grit your teeth'.

• The last month of training was hard, but we gritted our teeth and finished.
  Eğitimin son ayı zordu ama dişimizi sıkıp bitirdik.
• If you grit your teeth for one more week, the holiday will be here.
  Bir hafta daha dişini sıkarsan tatil gelmiş olacak.

To spread small stones, sand or salt on a road so that it is less slippery in icy weather.

• The main roads were gritted overnight before the snow arrived.
  Kar gelmeden önce ana yollara gece boyunca kum ve tuz serpildi.
• The council grits the hill outside our school every winter.
  Belediye her kış okulumuzun önündeki yokuşu tuzluyor.