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verb

Grind v. t. (past & past part. ground; pres. part. grinding)

1.

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. "Take the millstones, and grind meal."

2.

To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

3.

To oppress by severe exactions; to harass. "To grind the subject or defraud the prince."

4.

To study hard for examination; commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies. (College Slang)

Grind v. i. (past & past part. ground; pres. part. grinding)

1.

To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones. "Send thee Into the common prison, there to grind."

2.

To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

3.

To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

4.

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

5.

To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.

noun

Grind n.

1.

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

2.

Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. (Colloq.)

3.

A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk. (College Slang)

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"Grind" Quotes from Famous Books

... stuck fast, he addressed the Demon. "You, Demon!" said he, "did you never hear of me before—the Prince of the Five Weapons? When I came into the forest which you live in I did not trust to my bow and other weapons. This day will I pound you and grind you to powder!" Thus did he declare his resolve, and with a shout he hit at the Demon with his right hand. It stuck fast in his hair! He hit him with his left hand—that stuck too! With his right foot he kicked him—that stuck too; then with his left—and ...

— Indian Fairy Tales • Collected by Joseph Jacobs

... comprehending. "Doctor," said Brown, "every man knows his own weakness. I like the society of Bruce Brainard so well that when I'm in it I can forget all the pain and sorrow in the world. When I'm with Mrs. Kelcey I have to remember the hurt, and the grind, and the hardness of life—and it's good for me. It helps me, as St. Paul said, to 'keep under my body and bring ...

— The Brown Study • Grace S. Richmond

... or gutta-percha dissolved in linseed oil as a vehicle in which to grind the pigment; another the same dissolved in naphtha or bisulphide of carbon as a pigment; another ...

— Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 • Various

... set in motion by Harrington and Quarrier had begun to grind in May; and, at the first audible rumble, the aspect of things financial in the country changed. A few industrials began to rocket, nobody knew why; but the market's first tremor left it baggy and spineless, and the reaction, already overdue, became ...

— The Fighting Chance • Robert W. Chambers

... the tamarisks—the sky is saffron-yellow— As the women in the village grind the corn, And the parrots seek the riverside, each calling to his fellow That the day, the staring eastern day, is born. Oh, the white dust on the highway! Oh, the stenches in the by-way! Oh, the clammy fog that hovers over earth! And at home they're ...

— In The Yule-Log Glow, Vol. IV (of IV) • Harrison S. Morris

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