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Grind Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Grind?
[n] the act of grinding to a powder or dust
[n] hard monotonous routine work [n] a student who studies excessively [v] reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [v] make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" [v] press or grind with a crunching noise [v] dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way [v] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" Synonyms | Synonyms for Grind: bray | comminute | cranch | craunch | crunch | crunch | dig | donkeywork | drudge | drudgery | fag | grate | labor | labour | mash | mill | moil | nerd | plodding | pulverisation | pulverization | swot | toil | travail | wonk Related Terms | Find terms related to Grind: ablate | abrade | abrase | aculeate | acuminate | afflict | agonize | ail | application | atomize | badger | barb | bark | beast of burden | beat | beat down | beaten path | belch | bibliolater | bibliolatrist | 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| excruciate | exercise | exertion | extensive study | fag | failing student | fatigue | fester | file | fission | flour | fragment | fray | frazzle | fret | gall | galley slave | generate | give pain | gnash | gnaw | gnaw away | go over | grain | granulate | granulize | grate | graze | greasy grind | grind down | grind to powder | grinding | gripe | grit | groan | groove | growl | grub | grumble | gum | hack | hammer | hammer away | handiwork | handwork | harass | harrow | harry | headwork | hector | henpeck | hone | hound | hurt | ill-treat | industry | inflame | inflict pain | inspection | intimidate | irritate | jangle | jar | jog trot | keep down | keep under | kill by inches | labor | lacerate | levigate | lick | lick of work | lord it over | lucubrate | lucubration | make mincemeat of | maltreat | manual labor | martyr | martyrize | mash | masticate | mental labor | mill | mince | moil | mouth | muck | mugger | mumble | munch | nibble | nip | oilstone | oppress | overachiever | 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| work Grind In Webster's Dictionary \Grind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ground}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Grinding}.] [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] |
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