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grind

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verb

ˈgrīnd How to pronounce grind (audio)
ground ˈgrau̇nd How to pronounce grind (audio) ; grinding

transitive verb

1
: to reduce to powder or small fragments by friction (as in a mill or with the teeth)
grind the coffee beans
2
: to wear down, polish, or sharpen by friction
grind an ax
3
a
: oppress, harass
tyrants who grind their subjects
b
: to weaken or destroy gradually
—usually used with down
poverty ground her spirit down
4
a
: to press together with a rotating motion
grind the teeth
b
: to rub or press harshly
ground the cigarette out
5
: to operate or produce by turning a crank
grind a hand organ

intransitive verb

1
: to perform the operation of grinding
2
: to become pulverized, polished, or sharpened by friction
3
: to move with difficulty or friction especially so as to make a grating noise
gears grinding
4
: drudge
especially : to study hard
grind for an exam
5
: to rotate the hips in an erotic manner
grindingly
ˈgrīn-diŋ-lē How to pronounce grind (audio)
adverb

grind

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: an act of grinding
b
: the sound of grinding
2
a
: dreary, monotonous, or difficult labor, study, or routine
the dull grind of office work
b
: one who works or studies excessively
a grind who never goes to parties
3
: the result of grinding
also : material ground to a particular degree of fineness
a drip grind of coffee
4
: an action of rotating the hips in an erotic manner (as in a dance or in a burlesque striptease act) compare bump entry 1 sense 3

Synonyms

Verb

Noun

Choose the Right Synonym for grind

work, labor, travail, toil, drudgery, grind mean activity involving effort or exertion.

work may imply activity of body, of mind, of a machine, or of a natural force.

too tired to do any work

labor applies to physical or intellectual work involving great and often strenuous exertion.

farmers demanding fair compensation for their labor

travail is bookish for labor involving pain or suffering.

years of travail were lost when the house burned

toil implies prolonged and fatiguing labor.

his lot would be years of back-breaking toil

drudgery suggests dull and irksome labor.

an editorial job with a good deal of drudgery

grind implies labor exhausting to mind or body.

the grind of the assembly line

Example Sentences

Verb The corn is ground into meal. The steel grinds to a sharp edge. She kept grinding the car's gears. He grinds his teeth in his sleep. I could hear the gears grinding. Noun I need a break from the daily grind. the dull grind of office work See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Of course, billionaires with an ax to grind don’t need media ownership to change the information landscape. Washington Post, 1 May 2022 Everybody that got rejected has a legitimate ax to grind. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022 Quin Snyder entered Tuesday’s pregame media session with an ax to grind. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022 Ward has no ax to grind and no dissertation to sell. Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 China continued to grind Hong Kong’s once-vibrant freedom into the dust with no significant international response. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022 Buffalo continued to grind, closing within 40-36 early on the third quarter. cleveland, 12 Mar. 2021 But then there was my mother, a Native woman who grew up as an outsider in her country and for whom America was a constant threat — a country seemingly determined to grind her down and against which all of her skeptical ferocity was aimed. New York Times, 18 July 2022 Because Mo Donegal, who did have a kind of stutter-start in the Derby, has every chance to get in there and grind down We the People. Guy Martin, Forbes, 11 June 2022
Noun
This season, which before last week had been spent entirely in Triple-A Reno, was more of a grind. Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022 For doctors, being wrong, often and early, is part of the daily grind. Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 While Erin Hills saw Brooks Koepka win the 2017 U.S. Open and will host the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open, the stroke play format at one course and then moving to match play at another is a different kind of grind for the amateur. Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2022 Many people are also rethinking what work means to them, and looking for ways to dedicate more of their energy to people and interests outside of the daily grind. Lila Maclellan, Quartz, 10 June 2022 The era of soul-killing grind culture needs to end. Jim Millercommunity Voices Contributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022 The five grind-size settings on the end cap will easily take you from soft fruit (setting 1) to wheatgrass (setting 5). Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 17 Mar. 2022 Lobby Boy is coming up on the fourth anniversary of its first show, but its members are starting to feel like elders in a DIY scene where everything — no matter how rewarding — is a little bit of a grind or struggle. Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 Throughout that grind, the eventual goal is, of course, to reach the major leagues. Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

Middle English, from Old English grindan; akin to Latin frendere to crush, grind

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of grind was before the 12th century

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