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Definition of Grind

1. Noun. An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious.

2. Verb. Press or grind with a crushing noise.

3. Noun. The grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground. "A coarse grind of coffee"

4. Verb. Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together. "Grate one's teeth in anger"

5. Noun. Hard monotonous routine work.

6. Verb. Work hard. "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

7. Noun. The act of grinding to a powder or dust.

8. 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. "They grind "

9. Verb. Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. ; "Mash the garlic"

10. Verb. Created by grinding. "Grind designs into the glass bowl"

11. Verb. Shape or form by grinding. "Grind lenses for glasses and cameras"

Definition of Grind

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

3. n. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Definition of Grind

1. Verb. To make smaller by breaking with a device. ¹

2. Verb. To cause to rub together. ¹

3. Verb. To rotate the hips suggestively. ¹

4. Verb. (context: metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface. ¹

5. Verb. (sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing. ¹

6. Verb. (video games) To repeat a task in a MMORPG or role-playing video game in order to gain levels or items. ¹

7. Verb. (slang Hawaii) To eat. ¹

8. Noun. A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans. ¹

9. Noun. A tedious task. ¹

10. Noun. A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grind

1. to wear, smooth, or sharpen by friction [v GROUND or GRINDED, GRINDING, GRINDS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grind

grimmer grimmest grimness grimnesses grimoire grimoires grimselite grimsir grimsirs grimy

grin grin and bear it grin like a Cheshire cat grinch grinches grind (current term) grind away grind down grind one's gears grind organ

grind out grind to a halt grindable grindcore grinde grinded grindelia grindelias grinder grinderies

Literary usage of Grind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Grammar of the French Tongue: Grounded Upon the Decisions of the French by John Perrin (1832)
"Je moule, that I may grind, tu moules, thou mayest gri. il moule, he may grind. ... Je moul-usse, that I might grind. See page 86. 6. 3. INFINITIVE MOOD. ..."

2. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1919)
"To grind taper collet, A, Fig. 20. Collet blank, machine steel. ... Set automatic feed to feed at both ends of stroke and to grind to .002" large, ..."

3. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... masses of greenstone—Immense valleys—Mines •—State of miners—Santiago—Hot-baths of Cauquenes—Gold-mines—grind- ing-mills—Perforated stones—Habits of the ..."

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