Dictionary
grind
Pronunciation: (grīnd), [key]
—v., ground or (Rare) grind•ed; grind•ing;
—n.
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v.t.
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. to operate by turning a crank:
to grind a hand organ.
6. to produce by crushing or abrasion:
to grind flour.
7. Slang.to annoy; irritate; irk:
It really grinds me when he's late.
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v.i.
1. to perform the operation of reducing to fine particles.
2. to rub harshly; grate.
3. to be or become ground.
4. to be polished or sharpened by friction.
5. Informal.to work or study laboriously (often fol. by
away):
He was grinding away at his algebra.
6. Slang.(in a dance) to rotate the hips in a suggestive manner. Cf.
bump (def. 11).
7. 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.
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n.
1. the act of grinding.
2. a grinding sound.
3. a grade of particle fineness into which a substance is ground:
The coffee is available in various grinds for different coffee makers.
4. laborious, usually uninteresting work:
Copying all the footnotes was a grind.
5. Informal.an excessively diligent student.
6. Slang.a dance movement in which the hips are rotated in a suggestive or erotic manner. Cf.
bump (def. 22).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
