GRIND
\ɡɹˈa͡ɪnd], \ɡɹˈaɪnd], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈaɪ_n_d]\
Definitions of GRIND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
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hard monotonous routine work
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make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
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an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively
By Princeton University
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reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
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hard monotonous routine work
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make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
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To study hard for examination.
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To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
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To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
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To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
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To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
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To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
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The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
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Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.
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A hard student; a dig.
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Ground.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
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To study hard for examination.
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To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
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To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
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To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
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To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
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To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
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The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
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Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.
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A hard student; a dig.
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Ground.
By Noah Webster.
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Ground.
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To sharpen or polish something, or to make something into powder, by friction; be grated or rubbed together; college slang, to study hard.
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The act of sharpening, polishing, etc.; laborious and tedious work; wearisome routine; as, the daily grind; college slang, a student who studies laboriously.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To reduce to powder by friction: to wear down or sharpen by rubbing: to rub together: to oppress or harass.
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To be moved or rubbed together:-pr.p. grinding; pa.t. and pa.p. ground.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
