Meaning & Definition of Grind in English
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Grind
/graɪnd/
noun
1. An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
synonym:
- swot,
- grind,
- nerd,
- wonk,
- dweeb
2. The grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- "A coarse grind of coffee"
synonym:
- grind
3. Hard monotonous routine work
synonym:
- drudgery,
- plodding,
- grind,
- donkeywork
4. The act of grinding to a powder or dust
synonym:
- grind,
- mill,
- pulverization,
- pulverisation
verb
1. Press or grind with a crushing noise
synonym:
- crunch,
- cranch,
- craunch,
- grind
2. Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- "Grate one's teeth in anger"
synonym:
- grate,
- grind
3. Work hard
- "She was digging away at her math homework"
- "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
synonym:
- labor,
- labour,
- toil,
- fag,
- travail,
- grind,
- drudge,
- dig,
- moil
4. 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
synonym:
- grind
5. Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- "Grind the spices in a mortar"
- "Mash the garlic"
synonym:
- grind,
- mash,
- crunch,
- bray,
- comminute
6. Created by grinding
- "Grind designs into the glass bowl"
synonym:
- grind
7. Shape or form by grinding
- "Grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
synonym:
- grind
Examples of using
We grind our coffee by hand.