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Grind

//ˈɡɹaɪnd// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
  3. 3
    the act of grinding to a powder or dust wordnet
  4. 4
    Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    hard monotonous routine work wordnet
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  1. 6
    A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans. countable, uncountable

    "This bag contains espresso grind."

  2. 7
    the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground wordnet
  3. 8
    A tedious and laborious task. countable, uncountable

    "This homework is a grind."

  4. 9
    an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious wordnet
  5. 10
    A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    One who studies hard. archaic, countable, slang, uncountable

    "If you are at all bright, don't be a grind. Grinding may make a second-hand genius of you (for all the real things are dead), and if you become a genius you will be sure to smoke dope or swallow laudanum. They all did it."

  7. 12
    Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
  8. 13
    Hustle; hard work. slang, uncountable

    "I've been on the grind all week, trying to make ends meet."

Verb
  1. 1
    To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. transitive
  2. 2
    reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading wordnet
  3. 3
    To shape with the force of friction. transitive

    "grind a lens; grind an axe"

  4. 4
    make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together wordnet
  5. 5
    To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
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  1. 6
    press or grind with a crushing noise wordnet
  2. 7
    To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction. intransitive

    "This corn grinds well."

  3. 8
    shape or form by grinding wordnet
  4. 9
    To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
  5. 10
    created by grinding wordnet
  6. 11
    To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing. intransitive
  7. 12
    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 wordnet
  8. 13
    To oppress, hold down or weaken. transitive
  9. 14
    work hard wordnet
  10. 15
    To rotate the hips erotically. intransitive, slang

    "She said, "How'd you like to waste some time?" / And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind"

  11. 16
    To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other. slang
  12. 17
    To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage. slang

    "She wanted to grind herself against him, wanted to moan, loud and free, wanted to take his hand and make him touch her more firmly."

  13. 18
    To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.

    "These enemies give lots of loot when killed, so many players fight them to grind for resources."

  14. 19
    To operate by turning a crank. transitive

    "to grind an organ"

  15. 20
    To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
  16. 21
    To automatically format and indent code. dated
  17. 22
    To eat. Hawaii, slang

    "Eh, brah, let's go grind."

  18. 23
    To instill through repetitive teaching.

    "Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn."

  19. 24
    To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge. intransitive, slang

    "to grind LeetCode"

  20. 25
    To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears. slang, transitive

    "I need to pontificate on something that really grinds me. So here goes. I am sick and tired of lazy thinkers using the defense of “legislated morality.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan, from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan, from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).

Etymology 3

From Faroese grind (“pilot-whale meat”).

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