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List of meaning for grind

to crush something into small pieces

swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb(noun)

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

grind(noun)

the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

"a coarse grind of coffee"

drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork(noun)

hard monotonous routine work

grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation(verb)

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

crunch, cranch, craunch, grind(verb)

press or grind with a crushing noise

grate, grind(verb)

make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

"grate one's teeth in anger"

labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil(verb)

work hard

"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

grind(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

grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute(verb)

reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

grind(verb)

created by grinding

"grind designs into the glass bowl"

grind(verb)

shape or form by grinding

"grind lenses for glasses and cameras"

a harsh grating sound

the grind of ice in the blender sent the cat running from the room

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits

don't be such a grind—go out with your friends and enjoy yourself

very hard or unpleasant work

yard work is a real grind

an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity

the daily grind of a 50-mile commute was getting old

to make smooth by friction

after they are ground and polished, these stones can be used for jewelry

to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound

everyone in the car winced when the driver ground the gears trying to shift into second

to make sharp or sharper

better grind down that ax before you even think about trying to cut down that tree

to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure

used the finest polishing paper he could to grind down the facets of the diamond before dusting it with a soft cloth

to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface

ground the rock against the stone wall

to reduce to fine particles

grind whole coffee beans if you want the freshest coffee

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