grind (ɡraɪnd
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: grinds, grinding, ground
- to reduce or be reduced to small particles by pounding or abrading ⇒
to grind corn
to grind flour
- (tr) to smooth, sharpen, or polish by friction or abrasion ⇒
to grind a knife
- to scrape or grate together (two things, esp the teeth) with a harsh rasping sound or (of such objects) to be scraped together
- (tr) out to speak or say (something) in a rough voice
- (tr) down to hold down; oppress; tyrannize
- (tr) to operate (a machine) by turning a handle
- (tr) out to produce in a routine or uninspired manner ⇒
he ground out his weekly article for the paper
- (tr) out to continue to play in a dull or insipid manner ⇒
the band only ground out old tunes all evening
- (tr) into to instil (facts, information, etc) by persistent effort ⇒
they ground into the recruits the need for vigilance
- (intr) informal to study or work laboriously
- (intr) mainly US to dance erotically by rotating the pelvis (esp in the phrase bump and grind)
noun
- informal laborious or routine work or study
- slang mainly US a person, esp a student, who works excessively hard
- a specific grade of pulverization, as of coffee beans ⇒
coarse grind
- British slang the act of sexual intercourse
- mainly US a dance movement involving an erotic rotation of the pelvis
- the act or sound of grinding
Alternative Forms
ˈgrindingly adverbWord Origin
Old English grindan; related to Latin frendere, Lithuanian gréndu I rub, Low German grand sandSynonyms
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- British English:
grind
When something such as corn or coffee is ground, it is crushed until it becomes a fine powder....freshly ground coffee.ɡraɪnd VERB ...freshly ground coffee.
- Spanish:
moler
v
- French:
moudre
vt
- German:
mahlen
v
- Chinese: 磨 vt
- Arabic: يَطْحَن vt
- Portuguese: moer vt
- Russian: молоть vt
- Croatian: mljeti v
- Czech: ubrousit vt brousit
- Danish: pulverisere v
- Dutch: malen vt
- Finnish: jauhaa v
- Greek: αλέθω v
- Italian: macinare v
- Japanese: 挽く v
- Korean: ...을 갈아 (가루로) 만들다 vt
- Norwegian: kverne v
- Polish: zemleć vt mleć
- Brazilian Portuguese: moer vt
- European Spanish:
moler
v
- Swedish: mala vt
- Thai: บด vt
- Turkish: öğütmek vt
- Vietnamese: xay v
Usage examples
They eventually spilled on to the road, causing cars to grind to a bad-tempered standstill.
, LOVE YOU MADLY (2002)In fact, reading the book could provide ammunition for any axe you wish to grind.
Spiked (2003)People often wish they could run away from their responsibilities - jobs, spouses, kids and the daily grind of adulthood.
Edmonton Sun (2003)Henry, Dawson, Healey, and others have all axes to grind , knives to stick in to backs.
Glasgow Herald (2001)But the difference is perhaps between the instant discontinuity of revolution and the slow grind of regional reform.
, Foucault and Derrida - The Other Side Of Reason (1990)