Etymology : Middle English, from Old English grindan; akin to Latin frendere to crush, grind
Pronunciation : 'grInd
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. act of grinding; hard and tedious work, drudgery; grating sound, rasp. crush, break up into small particles; be reduced to powder; sharpen; scrape, rub together harshly; make a harsh grinding sound; crush, oppress; operate by rotating a crank; work hard, study hard. grind\grind\ , v. i.
2. to perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones. send thee into the common prison, there to grind.
3. to become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
4. to become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
5. to move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
6. to perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.grind \grind\, n.
7. the act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
8. any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. [colloq.] hughes.
9. a hard student; a dig. [college slang]grind \grind\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. ground ; p. pr. & vb. n. grinding.] [as. grindan; perh. akin to l. frendere to gnash, grind. cf. grist.].
10. 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. xivii.
11. 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.
12. to oppress by severe exactions; to harass. to grind the subject or defraud the prince.
13. to study hard for examination. [college slang]grind n.
14. a student who studies excessively [syn: swot, nerd, wonk].
15. hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery, plodding, donkeywork].
16. the act of grinding [syn: mill, pulverization, pulverisation] v 1: press or grind with a crunching noise [syn: crunch, cranch, craunch] 2: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" [syn: grate] 3: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: mash, crunch, bray, comminute].
17. work hard; "she was digging away at her math homework"; "lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil].
18. dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive waygrind (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.).
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
22. To study hard for examination.
23. To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
24. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
25. To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
26. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
27. To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
28. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
29. Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.
30. A hard student; a dig. the act of grinding to a powder or dust reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" 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.
31. 1. If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder. Store the peppercorns in an airtight container and grind the pepper as you need it. the odor of fresh ground coffee. Grind up means the same as grind. He makes his own paint, grinding up the pigment with a little oil.
32. If you grind something into a surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements. `Well,' I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step. If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something. If you know you're grinding your teeth, particularly at night, see:
your dentist.
33. If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface. a shop where they grind knives The tip can be ground to a much sharper edge to cut smoother and faster.
34. If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily. Tanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south.
35. The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard. The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves.
36. disapproval If you refer to routine tasks or activities as the grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort. The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service see also:
grinding.
37. If a country's economy or something such as a process grinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops. The peace process has ground to a halt while Israel struggles to form a new government.
38. If a vehicle grinds to a halt, it stops slowly and noisily. The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.
39. to have an axe to grind: see:
axe to come to a grinding halt: see grinding.
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