grind

Plural: grinds

Noun

• an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
  • "a coarse grind of coffee"
• hard monotonous routine work
• the act of grinding to a powder or dust
• The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
• Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
• A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
• A tedious and laborious task.
• A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
• One who studies hard.
• Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
• Hustle; hard work.
• A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

Verb

Verb Forms: ground, grinded, grinding, grinds

• To reduce to small particles, or to wear down by friction.
• press or grind with a crushing noise
• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
• work hard
• 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
• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
  • "grind the spices in a mortar"
• created by grinding
  • "grind designs into the glass bowl"
• shape or form by grinding
  • "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
• To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
• To shape with the force of friction.
• To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
• To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
• To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
• To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
• To oppress, hold down or weaken.
• To rotate the hips erotically.
• To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
• To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
• To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
• To operate by turning a crank.
• To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
• To automatically format and indent code.
• To eat.
• To instill through repetitive teaching.
• To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
• To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.

Examples

• Eh, brah, let's go grind.
• For a while I used to grind demons and try to get the count higher.
• grind a lens; grind an axe
• Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
• I had to grind through the dictionary to find that obscure, high-scoring word.
• I've been on the grind all week, trying to make ends meet.
• Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
• The first level of the game is the best place to grind extra lives.
• These enemies give lots of loot when killed, so many players fight them to grind for resources.
• This bag contains espresso grind.
• This corn grinds well.
• This homework is a grind.
• to grind an organ
• to grind LeetCode

Synonyms

bray, comminute, cranch, craunch, crunch, dig, donkeywork, drudge, drudgery, dweeb, fag, grate, labor, labour, mash, mill, moil, nerd, plodding, pulverisation, pulverization, swot, toil, travail, wonk, chore, grindadráp

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