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To crush into fine particles
“As you grind the herbs in your mortar and pestle, and then mix them with the oils, focus on the goal you desire.”
To crush into a soft, wet, shapeless, and pulpy mass
“Put all the ingredients in a blender or food processor and grind them into a sauce.”
To cause to become sharp or sharper
“He used a stone to grind the blade until it had a silvery edge to it.”
To smooth by rubbing or applying friction
“If we grind and polish a surface of mother-of-pearl obliquely to the strata of which it is composed, we shall find it impossible to produce a perfectly flat surface.”
To rub or scrape through the application of friction
“Heavy pressure causes the stone to grind the surface of the instrument more quickly and may shorten the instrument's life unnecessarily.”
To rub, or cause to rub, together gratingly
“Where these plates meet, they grind together, creating earthquakes.”
To exert effort or labor on a task
“He was a civil servants' delight, dealing easily with a mass of papers where other men would have had to grind through them laboriously.”
To move or proceed awkwardly or with much difficulty
“Three-wheeled beach vans selling everything from cigarettes to cakes grind their way through the sand.”
To cause to be troubled or perturbed
“Though his disability checks would provide him enough money to survive, the inactivity and dependency really began to grind on Marlon.”
To masticate (food, or the cud)
To engage in carnal activity
To chop or cut into very small pieces
To grind or grate with an audible noise
To persevere or continue with a task or stance despite it being menial, difficult, or boring
To have an unpleasant or disturbing effect
To acquire new information or skill
To simulate sexual intercourse without the genitalia directly touching
To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck
To strike or collide with a loud noise
Hard, and usually dull, work, effort or activity
“I came up from the bottom. I had to put in the grind and put in the time.”
(figurative) An established series of actions followed during an activity
“For the arts manager steeped in the daily grind of running an organization, pondering the larger issues of leisure time and expression may seem a little abstract.”
A harsh and grating noise or sound, or something that causes this
“The motor coughed, ending with a loud grind and clank and a final shudder.”
(slang) An overly studious or intellectual person
“I was a grind in school. I took everything so seriously.”
An intellectual, typically in a particular branch of study
A difficult or tedious undertaking
A job or profession
The state of being a villein
The customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing something
The boring repetition of tasks
Endless, competitive struggle or routine, akin to a treadmill
Work done in preparation for something else
A genre of heavy metal music or hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs
A diligent student or learner who studies intensively
A vigorous struggle or scuffle, typically in order to obtain or achieve something
Diligent mental effort or study, involving application, attention, and calculation
Indefatigable or extremely persistent
Of the most normal, frequent, or regular type
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