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grind¹

  • /ˈɡɹaɪnd/

Rhymes with -aɪnd

Where it comes from

From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan (“to grind”), from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to crush, grind”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), West Frisian grintsje (“to crush, punish”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).

verb grinds · grinding · ground · grinded

  1. transitive To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
  2. transitive To shape with the force of friction. grind a lens; grind an axe
  3. To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
  4. intransitive To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction. This corn grinds well.
  5. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
  6. intransitive To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
  7. transitive To oppress, hold down or weaken.
  8. intransitive, slang To rotate the hips erotically. She said, "How'd you like to waste some time?" / And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind
  9. slang To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
  10. slang To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. transitive To operate by turning a crank. to grind an organ
  13. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
  14. dated To automatically format and indent code.
  15. Hawaii, slang To eat. Eh, brah, let's go grind.
  16. To instill through repetitive teaching. Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
  17. intransitive, slang To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge. to grind LeetCode
  18. slang, transitive To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears. 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.”

noun grinds

  1. countable, uncountable The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
  2. countable, uncountable Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
  3. countable, uncountable A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans. This bag contains espresso grind.
  4. countable, uncountable A tedious and laborious task. This homework is a grind.
  5. countable, uncountable A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
  6. archaic, countable, slang, uncountable One who studies hard. 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. abbreviation, clipping, uncountable Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).grindcore
  8. slang, uncountable Hustle; hard work. I've been on the grind all week, trying to make ends meet.

grind²

  • /ˈɡɹɪnd/

Rhymes with -ɪnd

Where it comes from

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

noun grinds

  1. A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

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