Grind

Meaning

1. scab (on a wound)
2. various kinds of scab-like skin disesases or conditions, such as scabies, scurf, dandruff
3. (informal) head
4. animal head

Concepts

scab

mange

itch

scabies

tetter

Synonyms

Schorf

Räude

Krätze

Grindflechte

Skabies

Erbgrind

Tierräude

Favus

Flechte

Kruste

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁɪnt/

Etymology

From Middle High German grint, from Old High German grint, from Proto-West Germanic *grind, from Proto-Germanic *grindą (“grounds, ground material”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (“to crush”).
Cognate with West Frisian grint (“gravel”), Dutch grind (“gravel; shingle”), obsolete Dutch grinden (“to grind, rub, crush”). More at English grind. The sense for head developed metonymically as a clipping of Kopfgrind.