intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To crush, pulverize, or reduce to powder by friction, especially by rubbing between two hard surfaces.

intransitive verb. To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction.

intransitive verb. To rub (two surfaces) together harshly; gnash.

intransitive verb. To bear down on harshly; crush.

intransitive verb. To oppress or weaken gradually or persistently.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To operate by turning a crank.

intransitive verb. To produce or process by turning a crank.

intransitive verb. To produce mechanically or without inspiration.

intransitive verb. To instill or teach by persistent repetition.

intransitive verb. To perform the operation of grinding something.

intransitive verb. To become crushed, pulverized, or powdered by friction.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To move with noisy friction; grate.

intransitive verb. To ride a skateboard, a snowboard, or skis over a grind rail or narrow surface, often with the board or skis at right angles to the direction of movement.

intransitive verb. To devote oneself to study or work.

intransitive verb. To rotate the pelvis erotically, as in the manner of a stripteaser.

noun. The act of grinding.

noun. A crunching or grinding noise.

noun. A specific grade or degree of pulverization, as of coffee beans.

noun. A laborious task, routine, or study.

noun. A student who works or studies excessively.

noun. An erotic rotation of the pelvis.

idiom. (grind it out) To make a persistent effort in doing something that is difficult; work at something persistently.

noun. Nautical, a kink, half-turn, or twist in a rope.

To break and reduce to fine particles by pounding, crushing, or rubbing, as in a mill or a mortar, or with the teeth; bray; triturate: as, to grind corn.

To produce by grinding, or by action comparable to that of grinding: as, to grind flour; to grind out a tune on an organ.

To wear down, smooth, or sharpen by friction; give a smooth surface, edge, or point to, as by friction of a wheel or revolving stone; whet.

To grate or rub harshly together; grit.

To set in motion or operate, as by turning a crank: as, to grind a coffee-mill; to grind a hand-organ.

To oppress by severe exactions; afflict with hardship or cruelty.

To satirize severely; make a jest of.

To teach in a dull, laborious manner.

To study or learn by close application or hard work; master laboriously: as, to grind out a problem.

To perform the act or operation of grinding, grating, or harshly rubbing; turn a mill, a grindstone, or some similar machine.

To be grated or rubbed together: as, the jaws grind.

To be ground or pulverized by pounding or rubbing: as, dry corn grinds fine.

To be polished or sharpened by friction: as, marble or steel grinds readily.

To perform tedious and distasteful work; drudge; especially, to study hard; prepare for examination by close application.

noun. The act of grinding, or turning a mill, a grindstone, etc.

noun. The sound of grinding or grating.

noun. Hard or tedious and distasteful work; constant employment; especially, in college slang, laborious study; close application to study.

noun. One who studies laboriously or with dogged application.

noun. A piece of satire; a jest.

noun. A satirist; an inveterate jester.

intransitive verb. To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

intransitive verb. To become ground or pulverized by friction.

intransitive verb. To become polished or sharpened by friction

intransitive verb. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

"I would argue, however, that the term grind as socially used in this area is not terribly reliable."

abrade  an ax to grind  drudge  grate  ground glass  

bump and grind  have an axe to grind  

assimilator  compaction  create  crunch  crush  

affined  aligned  assigned  behind  bind  

air  bed  body  earth  floor  

ablate  abrade  abrase  aculeate  acuminate  

ground  

grinded  grinding  grinds  ground