Grind - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust (syn: mill, pulverization)
verb
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together (syn: grate)
- work hard (syn: dig, drudge, fag, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail)
- 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
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading (syn: bray, comminute, crunch, mash)
Extra examples
The corn is ground into meal.
The steel grinds to a sharp edge.
She kept grinding the car's gears.
He grinds his teeth in his sleep.
I could hear the gears grinding.
I need a break from the daily grind.
Grind a pound of coffee for me.
A new knife needs to be ground down to get it really sharp.
This machine grinds out the crushed rock ready for road building.
It was safer to let the Greeks grind each other down in a protracted conflict.
After all, it does grind me to have lost that money.
Come now, old grind, do take a day off.
The lenses are ground to a high standard of precision.
He dropped a cigar butt and ground it into the carpet with his heel.
He ground out his cigarette on the window ledge.
Phrasal verbs
grind down — rule a country as a tyrant
grind out — produce in a routine or monotonous manner
Word forms
I/you/we/they: grind
he/she/it: grinds
present participle: grinding
past tense: ground
past participle: ground
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