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grind / grīnd/ • v. (past ground / ground/ ) 1. [tr.] reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it: grind some black pepper over the salad they grind up fish for fertilizer. ∎ [intr.] (of a mill or machine) work with a crushing action: the old mill was grinding again. ∎ sharpen, smooth, or produce (something) by crushing or by friction: power from a waterwheel was used to grind cutlery. ∎ operate (a mill or machine) by turning the handle: she was grinding a coffee mill. 2. rub or cause to rub together gratingly: [intr.] tectonic plates that inexorably grind against each other | [tr.] he keeps me awake at night, grinding his teeth. ∎ [intr.] move noisily and laboriously, esp. against a countering force: the truck was grinding slowly up the hill. 3. [intr.] inf. (of a dancer) rotate the hips: go-go girls grinding to blaring disco. • n. [in sing.] 1. a crushing or grating sound or motion: the crunch and grind of bulldozers | fig. the slow grind of the U.S. legal system. ∎ hard dull work: relief from the daily grind. ∎ inf. an excessively hard-working student. ∎ the size of ground particles: only the right grind gives you all the fine flavor. 2. inf. a dancer's rotary movement of the hips: a bump and grind. PHRASES: grind to a halt (or come to a grinding halt) move more and more slowly and then stop.PHRASAL VERBS: grind away work or study hard. grind someone down wear someone down with continuous harsh or oppressive treatment: mundane everyday things which just grind people down. grind on continue for a long time in a wearying or tedious way: the rail talks grind on. grind something out produce something dull or tedious slowly and laboriously: I must grind out some more fiction. |
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"grind." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grind." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grind.html "grind." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grind.html |
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grind reduce to small particles; make a scraping or grating noise OE. (spec. gnash; also trans. XIV); sharpen the edge of XIII; work laboriously (at) XVIII. OE. str. vb. grindan, of which there are no Gmc. cogns. An IE. base *ghrendh- is repr. by L. frendere rub away, gnash, Lith. gréndžiu I rub.
Hence grind sb. hard task XIX. grindstone XIII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "grind." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "grind." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grind.html T. F. HOAD. "grind." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grind.html |
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grind To reduce hard foods such as nuts and coffee beans to small particles using a food mill or grinder.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "grind." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "grind." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-grind.html DAVID A. BENDER. "grind." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-grind.html |
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Grinda school of blackfish or bottle-nosed whales, 1885. |
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"Grind." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Grind." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300776.html "Grind." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300776.html |
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•downwind, Lind, prescind, rescind, Sind, upwind, wind
•Wedekind • wunderkind • Rosalind
•unexamined • undetermined
•tamarind • uncurtained • headwind
•tradewind • tailwind • crosswind
•woodwind • whirlwind
•affined, behind, bind, blind, find, grind, hind, humankind, interwind, kind, mankind, mind, nonaligned, resigned, rind, unaligned, unassigned, unconfined, undefined, undersigned, undesigned, unlined, unrefined, unsigned, wynd
•spellbind • womankind • snowblind
•sunblind • colourblind • purblind
•mastermind
•abscond, beau monde, beyond, blonde, bond, correspond, demi-monde, despond, fond, frond, Gironde, haut monde, pond, respond, ronde, second, wand
•Eurobond • vagabond • millpond
•dewpond • Trebizond
•unadorned, unmourned, unwarned
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"grind." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grind." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grind.html "grind." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grind.html |
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