'Grind' definitions:
Definition of 'grind'
From: WordNet
noun
An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious [syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb]
noun
The grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee"
noun
noun
verb
verb
Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" [syn: grate, grind]
verb
Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]
verb
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
verb
Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute]
verb
Created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl"
verb
Shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
Definition of 'Grind'
From: GCIDE
- Grind \Grind\, v. i.
- 1. To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones. [1913 Webster]
- Send thee Into the common prison, there to grind. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. --Farrar. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grind'
From: GCIDE
- Grind \Grind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ground; p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. Grist.]
- 1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. [1913 Webster]
- Take the millstones, and grind meal. --Is. xivii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass. [1913 Webster]
- To grind the subject or defraud the prince. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To study hard for examination; -- commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies. [College Slang] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grind'
From: GCIDE
- Grind \Grind\, n.
- 1. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. [Colloq.] --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk. [College Slang] [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Grind'
From: Easton
- Grind (Ex. 32:20; Deut. 9:21; Judg. 16:21), to crush small (Heb. tahan); to oppress the poor (Isa. 3:5). The hand-mill was early used by the Hebrews (Num. 11:8). It consisted of two stones, the upper (Deut. 24:6; 2 Sam. 11:21) being movable and slightly concave, the lower being stationary. The grinders mentioned Eccl. 12:3 are the teeth. (See MILL.)
Synonyms of 'grind'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abrase,
- aculeate,
- acuminate,
- afflict,
- agonize,
- ail,
- application,
- atomize,
- badger,
- barb,
- bark,
- beast of burden,
- beat,
- beat down,
- beaten path,
- belch,
- bibliolater,
- bibliolatrist,
- bibliomane,
- bibliomaniac,
- bibliophage,
- bibliophile,
- bibliophilist,
- bite,
- blare,
- blat,
- bone,
- boning,
- booklover,
- bookworm,
- brainwork,
- bray,
- break,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- brecciate,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- bureaucracy,
- bureaucratism,
- burn,
- burr,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- castrate,
- caw,
- chafe,
- champ,
- chaw,
- chew,
- chew the cud,
- chew up,
- chinoiserie,
- chirr,
- chomp,
- chore,
- churn out,
- clamp down on,
- clang,
- clangor,
- clank,
- clash,
- coerce,
- comminute,
- compel,
- con,
- conning,
- contemplate,
- contemplation,
- contriturate,
- convulse,
- cow,
- cram,
- cramming,
- crash,
- craunch,
- croak,
- crucify,
- crumb,
- crumble,
- crump,
- crunch,
- crush,
- cuspidate,
- cut,
- cut to pieces,
- daily grind,
- daunt,
- demolish,
- despotize,
- diffuse,
- dig,
- dirty work,
- disintegrate,
- disperse,
- disrupt,
- distress,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- donkeywork,
- drill,
- drudge,
- drudgery,
- edge,
- elucubrate,
- emery,
- employment,
- engrossment,
- enslave,
- erase,
- erode,
- examine,
- excruciate,
- exercise,
- exertion,
- extensive study,
- fag,
- failing student,
- fatigue,
- fester,
- file,
- fission,
- flour,
- fragment,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- galley slave,
- generate,
- give pain,
- gnash,
- gnaw,
- gnaw away,
- go over,
- grain,
- granulate,
- granulize,
- grate,
- graze,
- greasy grind,
- grind down,
- grind to powder,
- grinding,
- gripe,
- grit,
- groan,
- groove,
- growl,
- grub,
- grumble,
- gum,
- hack,
- hammer,
- hammer away,
- handiwork,
- handwork,
- harass,
- harrow,
- harry,
- headwork,
- hector,
- henpeck,
- hone,
- hound,
- hurt,
- ill-treat,
- industry,
- inflame,
- inflict pain,
- inspection,
- intimidate,
- irritate,
- jangle,
- jar,
- jog trot,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill by inches,
- labor,
- lacerate,
- levigate,
- lick,
- lick of work,
- lord it over,
- lucubrate,
- lucubration,
- make mincemeat of,
- maltreat,
- manual labor,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- mash,
- masticate,
- mental labor,
- mill,
- mince,
- moil,
- mouth,
- muck,
- mugger,
- mumble,
- munch,
- nibble,
- nip,
- oilstone,
- oppress,
- overachiever,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overmaster,
- override,
- pace,
- pain,
- peg,
- peg away,
- persecute,
- perusal,
- peruse,
- pestle,
- philobiblist,
- pierce,
- pinch,
- plague,
- plod,
- plodder,
- plug,
- plug along,
- plug away,
- plugging,
- plunge into,
- point,
- polish,
- pore over,
- pound,
- pound away,
- powder,
- practice,
- press heavy on,
- prick,
- produce,
- prolong the agony,
- pulverize,
- pumice,
- put to torture,
- rack,
- rankle,
- rasp,
- rat race,
- raze,
- read,
- reading,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- reduce to powder,
- regard studiously,
- repress,
- reset,
- restudy,
- restudying,
- review,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- rote,
- round,
- routine,
- rub,
- rub away,
- rub off,
- rub out,
- ruminate,
- run,
- rut,
- sand,
- sandblast,
- sandpaper,
- scatter,
- scour,
- scranch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scrub,
- scrunch,
- scuff,
- scut work,
- set,
- shard,
- sharpen,
- shatter,
- shiver,
- shred,
- skin,
- slave,
- slavery,
- slog,
- slogger,
- smash,
- smash up,
- smooth,
- snarl,
- snore,
- spadework,
- spiculate,
- splinter,
- spur,
- squash,
- squirrel cage,
- squish,
- stab,
- sting,
- strap,
- stroke,
- stroke of work,
- strop,
- study,
- studying,
- subdue,
- subject,
- subjugate,
- suppress,
- sweat,
- swot,
- swotter,
- swotting,
- taper,
- task,
- terrorize,
- tiresome work,
- toil,
- torment,
- torture,
- track,
- trample down,
- trample upon,
- travail,
- tread down,
- tread upon,
- treadmill,
- triturate,
- turn out,
- twang,
- tweak,
- twist,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- underachiever,
- unman,
- vet,
- wade through,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- wear,
- wear away,
- wear down,
- weigh heavy on,
- well-worn groove,
- whet,
- wide reading,
- work,
- work away,
- workhorse,
- wound,
- wring