Definitions for grind

Definitions for (noun) grind

Main entry: grind, mill, pulverisation, pulverization

Definition: the act of grinding to a powder or dust


Main entry: donkeywork, drudgery, plodding, grind

Definition: hard monotonous routine work


Main entry: grind

Definition: the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

Usage: a coarse grind of coffee


Main entry: swot, dweeb, grind, wonk, nerd

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


Definitions for (verb) grind

Main entry: bray, comminute, grind, crunch, mash

Definition: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

Usage: grind the spices in a mortar; mash the garlic


Main entry: grate, grind

Definition: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

Usage: grate one's teeth in anger


Main entry: grind, crunch, cranch, craunch

Definition: press or grind with a crushing noise


Main entry: grind

Definition: shape or form by grinding

Usage: grind lenses for glasses and cameras


Main entry: grind

Definition: created by grinding

Usage: grind designs into the glass bowl


Main entry: grind

Definition: 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


Main entry: moil, drudge, dig, fag, grind, labor, labour, toil, travail

Definition: work hard

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


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