grind

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

moudre

moler

mahlen

macinare

écraser

malen

moer

broyer

tritare

schleifen

triturar

moldre

knarsen

zermahlen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹaɪnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: grynden

Inherited from Old English: grindan

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: gríende

Cognate with Dutch: grinden

Cognate with Albanian: 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”).