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GRIND
grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation
(noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust
drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork
(noun) hard monotonous routine work
grind
(noun) the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; “a coarse grind of coffee”
swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb
(noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
(verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; “grind the spices in a mortar”; “mash the garlic”
grate, grind
(verb) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; “grate one’s teeth in anger”
crunch, cranch, craunch, grind
(verb) press or grind with a crushing noise
grind
(verb) shape or form by grinding; “grind lenses for glasses and cameras”
grind
(verb) created by grinding; “grind designs into the glass bowl”
grind
(verb) 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
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
(verb) work hard; “She was digging away at her math homework”; “Lexicographers drudge all day long”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
grind (third-person singular simple present grinds, present participle grinding, simple past and past participle grinded or ground) (see usage notes below)
(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
(transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
(intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
(sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
(transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
(slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
(slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
(video games, intransitive) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
(transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
(computing, dated) To automatically format and indent code.
To instill through repetitive teaching.
(slang, Hawaii) To eat.
(intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
(transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
Usage notes
• In the sports and video game senses, the past participle and past tense form grinded is often used instead of the irregular form ground.
• Historically, there also existed a past participle form grounden, but it is now archaic or obsolete.
• When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form grinded is almost always used.
Conjugation
Strong conjugation
Weak conjugation
Noun
grind (countable and uncountable, plural grinds)
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
A tedious and laborious task.
Synonym: chore
A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
(archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.
(uncountable) Grindcore (subgenre of heavy metal)
(slang) hustle
Etymology 2
Noun
grind (plural grinds)
A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
Synonyms
• grindadráp
Anagrams
• D-ring, dring
Source: Wiktionary
Grind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ground; p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding.] Etym: [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. Grist.]
1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. Take the millstones, and grind meal. Is. xivii. 2.
2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.
3. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass. To grind the subject or defraud the prince. Dryden.
4. To study hard for examination. [College Slang]
Grind, v. i.
1. To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones. Send thee Into the common prison, there to grind. Milton.
2. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
3. To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
4. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
5. To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. Farrar.
Grind, n.
1. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
2. Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. [Colloq.] T. Hughes.
3. A hard student; a dig. [College Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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