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grind       (grīnd)  Pronunciation Key  v.   ground (ground), grind·ing, grinds v.   tr. To crush, pulverize, or reduce to powder by friction, especially by rubbing between two hard surfaces: grind wheat into flour. To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction: grind a lens. To operate by turning a crank: ground a hurdy-gurdy. To produce or process by turning a crank: grinding a pound of beef. To rub (two surfaces) together harshly; gnash: grind the teeth. To bear down on harshly; crush. To oppress or weaken gradually: "Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law" (Oliver Goldsmith). To operate by turning a crank: ground a hurdy-gurdy. To produce or process by turning a crank: grinding a pound of beef. To produce mechanically or without inspiration: The factory grinds out a uniform product. To instill or teach by persistent repetition: ground the truth into their heads. v.   intr. To perform the operation of grinding something. To become crushed, pulverized, or powdered by friction. To move with noisy friction; grate: a train grinding along rusty rails. Informal To devote oneself to study or work: grinding for a test; grinding away at housework. Slang To rotate the pelvis erotically, as in the manner of a stripteaser. n.   The act of grinding. A crunching or grinding noise. A specific grade or degree of pulverization, as of coffee beans: drip grind. Informal A laborious task, routine, or study: the daily grind. Informal A student who works or studies excessively. Slang An erotic rotation of the pelvis. [Middle English grinden, from Old English grindan; see ghrendh- in Indo-European roots.] grind'ing·ly adv.

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grind
noun
1.	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious [syn: swot]
2.	the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee"
3.	hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery]
4.	the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
1.	press or grind with a crushing noise [syn: crunch]
2.	make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" [syn: grate]
3.	work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor]
4.	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
5.	reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
6.	created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl"
7.	shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"

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In addition to the idiom beginning with grind, also see ax to grind; mills of the gods grind slowly.

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GRIND
GRaphical INterpretive Display.
A graphics input language for the PDP-9.
["GRIND: A Language and Translator for Computer Graphics", A.P. Conn, Dartmouth, June 1969].
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grind
1. (MIT and Berkeley) To prettify hardcopy of code, especially LISP code, by reindenting lines, printing keywords and comments in distinct fonts (if available), etc. This usage was associated with the MacLISP community and is now rare; prettyprint was and is the generic term for such operations.
2. (Unix) To generate the formatted version of a document from the nroff, troff, TeX, or Scribe source.
3. To run seemingly interminably, especially (but not necessarily) if performing some tedious and inherently useless task. Similar to crunch or grovel. Grinding has a connotation of using a lot of CPU time, but it is possible to grind a disk, network, etc.
See also hog.
4. To make the whole system slow. "Troff really grinds a PDP-11."
5. "grind grind" excl. Roughly, "Isn't the machine slow today!"
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(1994-12-16)

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vt.
1. [MIT and Berkeley; now rare] To prettify hardcopy of code, especially LISP code, by reindenting lines, printing keywords and comments in distinct fonts (if available), etc. This usage was associated with the MacLISP community and is now rare; prettyprint was and is the generic term for such operations.
2. [Unix] To generate the formatted version of a document from the nroff, troff, TeX, or Scribe source.
3. [common] To run seemingly interminably, esp. (but not necessarily) if performing some tedious and inherently useless task. Similar to crunch or grovel. Grinding has a connotation of using a lot of CPU time, but it is possible to grind a disk, network, etc. See also hog.
4. To make the whole system slow. "Troff really grinds a PDP-11."
5. `grind grind' excl. Roughly, "Isn't the machine slow today!"

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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]

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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.

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Grind

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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Grind

(Ex. 32:20; Deut. 9:21; Judg. 16:21), to crush small (Heb. tahan); to oppress the poor (Isa. 3:5). The hand-mill was early used by the Hebrews (Num. 11:8). It consisted of two stones, the upper (Deut. 24:6; 2 Sam. 11:21) being movable and slightly concave, the lower being stationary. The grinders mentioned Eccl. 12:3 are the teeth. (See MILL.)