Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To crush, pulverize, or reduce to powder by friction, especially by rubbing between two hard surfaces.
- intransitive verb To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction.
- intransitive verb To rub (two surfaces) together harshly; gnash.
- intransitive verb To bear down on harshly; crush.
- intransitive verb To oppress or weaken gradually or persistently.
- intransitive verb To operate by turning a crank.
- intransitive verb To produce or process by turning a crank.
- intransitive verb To produce mechanically or without inspiration.
- intransitive verb To instill or teach by persistent repetition.
- intransitive verb To perform the operation of grinding something.
- intransitive verb To become crushed, pulverized, or powdered by friction.
- intransitive verb To move with noisy friction; grate.
- intransitive verb To ride a skateboard, a snowboard, or skis over a grind rail or narrow surface, often with the board or skis at right angles to the direction of movement.
- intransitive verb Informal To devote oneself to study or work.
- intransitive verb Slang To rotate the pelvis erotically, as in the manner of a stripteaser.
- noun The act of grinding.
- noun A crunching or grinding noise.
- noun A specific grade or degree of pulverization, as of coffee beans.
- noun Informal A laborious task, routine, or study.
- noun Informal A student who works or studies excessively.
- noun Slang An erotic rotation of the pelvis.
- idiom (grind it out) To make a persistent effort in doing something that is difficult; work at something persistently.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a kink, half-turn, or twist in a rope.
- To break and reduce to fine particles by pounding, crushing, or rubbing, as in a mill or a mortar, or with the teeth; bray; triturate: as, to
grind corn. - To produce by grinding, or by action comparable to that of grinding: as, to
grind flour; to grind out a tune on an organ. - To wear down, smooth, or sharpen by friction; give a smooth surface, edge, or point to, as by friction of a wheel or revolving stone; whet.
- To grate or rub harshly together; grit.
- To set in motion or operate, as by turning a crank: as, to
grind a coffee-mill; to grind a hand-organ. - To oppress by severe exactions; afflict with hardship or cruelty.
- To satirize severely; make a jest of.
- To teach in a dull, laborious manner.
- To study or learn by close application or hard work; master laboriously: as, to
grind out a problem. - To perform the act or operation of grinding, grating, or harshly rubbing; turn a mill, a grindstone, or some similar machine.
- To be grated or rubbed together: as, the jaws grind.
- To be ground or pulverized by pounding or rubbing: as, dry corn grinds fine.
- To be polished or sharpened by friction: as, marble or steel grinds readily.
- To perform tedious and distasteful work; drudge; especially, to study hard; prepare for examination by close application.
- noun The act of grinding, or turning a mill, a grindstone, etc.
- noun The sound of grinding or grating.
- noun Hard or tedious and distasteful work; constant employment; especially, in college slang, laborious study; close application to study.
- noun One who studies laboriously or with dogged application.
- noun A piece of satire; a jest.
- noun A satirist; an inveterate jester.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
- intransitive verb To become ground or pulverized by friction.
- intransitive verb To become polished or sharpened by friction
- intransitive verb To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I would argue, however, that the term grind as socially used in this area is not terribly reliable.
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"But I feel that -- that if something came into his life --" She blushed, but went on bravely -- "something to take him out of what he calls the grind --"
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In Volume Two of Canadian Literature in English, W.J. Keith cites a series of literary-critical books whose authors are "concerned, first and foremost, with good writing … The sole axe they grind is the need to nurture excellence."
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In Volume Two of Canadian Literature in English, W.J. Keith cites a series of literary-critical books whose authors are "concerned, first and foremost, with good writing … The sole axe they grind is the need to nurture excellence."
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The only “ax” I have to grind is as a business owner who operates on the up and up.
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I usually buy the cheapest pork roasts or whole legs and after removing the skin grind the deer with the pork almost even along with fresh garlic and onions.
A Better Burger: Five Tips for Making Ground Venison Patties
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The Midshipmen were the league's worst defense for the second consecutive season, and this team simply could not win grind-it-out, low-scoring affairs.
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I usually buy the cheapest pork roasts or whole legs and after removing the skin grind the deer with the pork almost even along with fresh garlic and onions.
A Better Burger: Five Tips for Making Ground Venison Patties
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Support Hillary because she knows what the grind is like.
Clinton adviser: Clinton 'willing' to lend campaign more money
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The daily grind is pulverizing me; things I consider important are getting left by the wayside, getting laid to waste.
mager commented on the word grind
working hard, focusing. "on my daily grind"
June 12, 2007
gangerh commented on the word grind
A slang synonym for fuck. As in, when crashing gears, 'another grind like that and we'll have to get engaged'.
July 31, 2009