grind | English to English Dictionary

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grind

(gr/aI/nd )

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious(noun.person)

Synonym:
dweeb, nerd, swot, wonk

source: wordnet30
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground(noun.attribute)

Example:
A coarse grind of coffee.

source: wordnet30
hard monotonous routine work(noun.act)

Synonym:
donkeywork, drudgery, plodding

source: wordnet30
the act of grinding to a powder or dust(noun.act)

Synonym:
mill, pulverisation, pulverization

source: wordnet30
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.(noun)

source: webster1913

press or grind with a crushing noise(verb.contact)

Synonym:
cranch, craunch, crunch

source: wordnet30
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together(verb.contact)

Synonym:
grate

source: wordnet30
work hard(verb.social)

Synonym:
dig, drudge, fag, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail

source: wordnet30
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(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading(verb.change)

Example:
Grind the spices in a mortar.

Synonym:
bray, comminute, crunch, mash

source: wordnet30
created by grinding(verb.creation)

Example:
Grind designs into the glass bowl.

source: wordnet30
shape or form by grinding(verb.creation)

Example:
Grind lenses for glasses and cameras.

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.(verb)

source: webster1913