GRINDS

Verb

grinds

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grind

Noun

grinds

plural of grind

(Ireland, colloquial) Tutoring; extra lessons in a specific subject outside of school hours.

(Hawaii, slang) Food, eats.

Anagrams

• D-rings, drings

Source: Wiktionary

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GRIND

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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