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grind
[ grahynd ]
verb (used with object)
- to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet:
to grind a lens.
- to reduce to fine particles, as by pounding or crushing; bray, triturate, or pulverize.
- to oppress, torment, or crush:
to grind minimum-wage employees.
- to rub harshly or gratingly; grate together; grit:
to grind one's teeth.
Synonyms: abrade
- to operate by turning a crank:
to grind a hand organ.
- to produce by crushing or abrasion:
to grind flour.
It really grinds me when he's late.
verb (used without object)
- to perform the operation of reducing to fine particles.
- to rub harshly; grate.
- to be or become ground.
- to be polished or sharpened by friction.
- Informal. to work or study laboriously (often followed by away ):
He was grinding away at his algebra.
- Digital Technology. (in a video game) to perform a monotonous task repeatedly in order to advance a character to a higher level or rank:
You have to grind for hours before you can embark on the main story mission.
- Slang. (in a dance) to rotate the hips in a suggestive manner. Compare bump ( def 12 ).
noun
- the act of grinding.
- a grinding sound.
- a grade of particle fineness into which a substance is ground:
The coffee is available in various grinds for different coffee makers.
- laborious, usually uninteresting work:
Copying all the footnotes was a grind.
- Informal. an excessively diligent student.
- Slang. a dance movement in which the hips are rotated in a suggestive or erotic manner. Compare bump ( def 21 ).
verb phrase
- to produce in a routine or mechanical way:
to grind out magazine stories.
- to extinguish by rubbing the lighted end against a hard surface:
to grind out a cigarette.
grind
/ ɡraɪnd /
verb
- 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
- trfoll byout to speak or say (something) in a rough voice
- troften foll bydown to hold down; oppress; tyrannize
- tr to operate (a machine) by turning a handle
- trfoll byout to produce in a routine or uninspired manner
he ground out his weekly article for the paper
- trfoll byout to continue to play in a dull or insipid manner
the band only ground out old tunes all evening
- troften foll byinto to instil (facts, information, etc) by persistent effort
they ground into the recruits the need for vigilance
- informal.intr to study or work laboriously
- intr to dance erotically by rotating the pelvis (esp in the phrase bump and grind )
noun
- informal.laborious or routine work or study
- slang.a person, esp a student, who works excessively hard
- a specific grade of pulverization, as of coffee beans
coarse grind
- slang.the act of sexual intercourse
- a dance movement involving an erotic rotation of the pelvis
- the act or sound of grinding
Derived Forms
- ˈgrindingly, adverb
Other Words From
- grinda·ble adjective
- grinda·bili·ty noun
- grinding·ly adverb
- re·grind verb reground regrinding
- un·grinda·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of grind1
Word History and Origins
Origin of grind1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with grind , also see ax to grind ; mills of the gods grind slowly .Example Sentences
The pause comes as Ukraine, facing manpower and supply shortages, struggles to fight off grinding and relentless enemy attacks two years after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the country.
Tides will now be lifting it up and down, and where it is touching the continental shelf, it will grind backwards and forwards, eroding the rock and ice.
With overseas travel grinding to a halt, Andy left his job as a coach driver later that year and retrained as a telecommunications engineer.
Without GPS, our lives would grind to a halt: in 2017, a government report stated that systematic GPS jamming could bring the UK's financial, electricity and communications systems to a standstill.
If the whole process now grinds to a halt, public anger – at Hamas and their own government - will mount.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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