grind
IPA: grˈaɪnd
noun
- 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.
- (archaic, slang) One who studies hard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”). [A genre of death metal music or hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs, extremely rapid drumming and loud, undecipherable screaming.]
verb
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (computing, dated) To automatically format and indent code.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
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Examples of "grind" in Sentences
- Support Hillary because she knows what the grind is like.
- The only “ax” I have to grind is as a business owner who operates on the up and up.
- I would argue, however, that the term grind as socially used in this area is not terribly reliable.
- The daily grind is pulverizing me; things I consider important are getting left by the wayside, getting laid to waste.
- The Midshipmen were the league's worst defense for the second consecutive season, and this team simply could not win grind-it-out, low-scoring affairs.
- "But I feel that -- that if something came into his life --" She blushed, but went on bravely -- "something to take him out of what he calls the grind --"
- I usually buy the cheapest pork roasts or whole legs and after removing the skin grind the deer with the pork almost even along with fresh garlic and onions.
- In Volume Two of Canadian Literature in English, W.J. Keith cites a series of literary-critical books whose authors are "concerned, first and foremost, with good writing … The sole axe they grind is the need to nurture excellence."
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