grind

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
2. (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
3. To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
4. (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
5. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
6. (intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
7. (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
8. (intransitive, slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
9. (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
10. (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
11. To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
12. (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
13. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
14. (dated) To automatically format and indent code.
15. (Hawaii, slang) To eat.
16. To instill through repetitive teaching.
17. (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
18. (slang, transitive) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
3. (countable, uncountable) A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
4. (countable, uncountable) A tedious and laborious task.
5. (countable, uncountable) A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
6. (archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) One who studies hard.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
8. (slang, uncountable) Hustle; hard work.

Noun

A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

Concepts

moudre

écraser

broyer

grincer

aiguiser

couiner

polir

frotter

crisser

affûter

gratter

moulin

piler

pulvériser

écrasement

égrugeage

peiner

nerd

boulot

s’épuiser à la tâche

racine

récurer

roder

🇵🇱

striduler

concasser

pulvérisation

falot

🏮

labeur

laver

🧽

Synonymes

crush

pound

💷

sharpen

mill

pulverize

polish

🇵🇱

rub

crunch

grate

whet

mash

gnash

hone

smash

reduce to powder

powder

mince

labour

swot

comminute

pulverise

pestle

pulverization

masticate

drudgery

chew

labor

squeak

edge

pulverisation

scrape

creak

roll

bray

drudge

donkeywork

cranch

fag

plodding

nerd

craunch

dweeb

champ

bite

smooth

strop

grit

crumble

munch

wonk

Traductions

moler

mahlen

macinare

malen

moer

tritare

schleifen

moldre

triturar

zermahlen

αλέθω

triturare

knarsen

aplastar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɹaɪnd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: grynden

Hérité de ancien anglais: grindan

Appartenant à saterlandais: gríende

Appartenant à néerlandais: grinden

Appartenant à albanais: grind

In summary

From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan, from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).