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verb (used with object)
1.
to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
2.
to reduce to fine particles, as by pounding or crushing; bray, triturate, or pulverize.
3.
to oppress, torment, or crush: to grind the poor.
4.
to rub harshly or gratingly; grate together; grit: to grind one's teeth.
5.
EXPANDto operate by turning a crank: to grind a hand organ.
6.
to produce by crushing or abrasion: to grind flour.
7.
COLLAPSESlang. to annoy; irritate; irk: It really grinds me when he's late.
verb (used without object)
8.
to perform the operation of reducing to fine particles.
9.
to rub harshly; grate.
10.
to be or become ground.
11.
to be polished or sharpened by friction.
12.
EXPANDInformal. to work or study laboriously (often followed by away): He was grinding away at his algebra.
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Grinding
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noun
Verb phrase14.
the act of grinding.
15.
a grinding sound.
16.
a grade of particle fineness into which a substance is ground: The coffee is available in various grinds for different coffee makers.
17.
laborious, usually uninteresting work: Copying all the footnotes was a grind.
18.
EXPANDInformal. an excessively diligent student.
20.
grind out,
a.
to produce in a routine or mechanical way: to grind out magazine stories.
b.
to extinguish by rubbing the lighted end against a hard surface: to grind out a cigarette.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English grinden, Old English grindan; akin to Gothic grinda-, Latin frendere
before 950; Middle English grinden, Old English grindan; akin to Gothic grinda-, Latin frendere
Related forms
grind·a·ble, adjective
grind·a·bil·i·ty, noun
grind·ing·ly, adverb
re·grind, verb, -ground, -grind·ing.
un·grind·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
2. crush, powder, comminute, pound. 3. persecute, plague, afflict, trouble. 4. abrade.
2. crush, powder, comminute, pound. 3. persecute, plague, afflict, trouble. 4. abrade.
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grind
O.E. grindan, forgrindan "destroy by crushing" (class III strong verb; past tense grand, pp. grunden), from P.Gmc. *grindanan (cf. Du. grenden), related to ground, from PIE *ghrendh- "crushing" (cf. L. frendere "to gnash the teeth," Gk. khondros "corn, grain," Lith. grendu "to scrape, scratch"). The
EXPAND noun sense "steady, hard work" first recorded 1851 in college student slang; the meaning "hard-working student" is Amer.Eng. slang from 1864. Grinder as a type of large sandwich is first recorded 1954. To keep one's nose to the grindstone was originally to get control of another and treat him harshly:
COLLAPSE
"This Text holdeth their noses so hard to the grindstone, that it clean disfigureth their Faces." [Frith, "Mirror to know Thyself," 1532]The main modern (reflective) sense of "work hard" is from 1828.
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grinding grind·ing (grīn'dĭng)
n.
The pathological wearing away of tooth substance by mechanical means.
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