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- DictionaryGrind/ɡrīnd/
verb
- 1. reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it: "grind some black pepper over the salad"
- 2. rub or cause to rub together gratingly: "mountain ranges developed along fault lines where tectonic plates ground against one another"
noun
- 1. a crushing or grating sound or motion: "the crunch and grind of bulldozers"
- 2. hard dull work: "relief from the daily grind"
1. : to reduce to powder or small fragments by friction (as in a mill or with the teeth) grind the coffee beans. 2. : to wear down, polish, or sharpen by friction. grind an ax. 3. a. : oppress, harass. tyrants who grind their subjects. b. : to weaken or destroy gradually usually used with down. poverty ground her spirit down. 4. a.
grind verb [T] (RUB) to rub something against a hard surface, in order to make it sharper or smoother: She has a set of chef's knives that she grinds every week. grind something down He ground down the sharp metal edges to make them smooth. The car engine was making a strange grinding noise. See also. grindstone.
Synonyms for GRIND: scratch, scrape, creak, rasp, clash, jar, screech, clank; Antonyms of GRIND: slacker, underachiever, goldbrick, goof-off, lowbrow, play, rest, fun
to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens. to reduce to fine particles, as by pounding or crushing; bray, triturate, or pulverize. Synonyms: pound, comminute, powder, crush. to oppress, torment, or crush: to grind minimum-wage employees. Synonyms: maltreat, persecute, afflict, plague.
to rub something against a hard surface, in order to make it sharper or smoother: She has a set of chef's knives that she grinds every week. grind something down He ground down the sharp metal edges to make them smooth. The car engine was making a strange grinding noise. See also. grindstone.
When you grind something, you mill or crush it into smaller pieces, the way you grind pepper or grind a grain into flour. Two things that rub up against each other also grind together, which is what your teeth do if you grind them in your sleep. Informally, grind also means boring, tedious work, often in the sense of "grind away" or "the daily ...
Definition of grind verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
