Definitions for grind

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grind grind

Spelling: [grahynd]

IPA: /graɪnd/

Grind is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in grind (dginr).

Definitions for grind

noun

1. the act of grinding.
2. a grinding sound.
3. a grade of particle fineness into which a substance is ground:
4. laborious, usually uninteresting work:
5. Informal. an excessively diligent student.
6. Slang. a dance movement in which the hips are rotated in a suggestive or erotic manner. Compare bump (def 12).

Verb phrases

1. grind out, to produce in a routine or mechanical way: to extinguish by rubbing the lighted end against a hard surface:

verb (used with object)

1. to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet:
2. to reduce to fine particles, as by pounding or crushing; bray, triturate, or pulverize.
3. to oppress, torment, or crush:
4. to rub harshly or gratingly; grate together; grit:
5. to operate by turning a crank:
6. to produce by crushing or abrasion:
7. Slang. to annoy; irritate; irk:

verb (used without object)

1. to perform the operation of reducing to fine particles.
2. to rub harshly; grate.
3. to be or become ground.
4. to be polished or sharpened by friction.
5. Informal. to work or study laboriously (often followed by away):
6. Digital Technology. (in a video game) to perform a monotonous task repeatedly in order to advance a character to a higher level or rank:
7. Slang. (in a dance) to rotate the hips in a suggestive manner. Compare bump (def 12).

Origin of grind

before 950; Middle English grinden, Old English grindan; akin to Gothic grinda-, Latin frendere

Examples for grind

Progress has somehow gone from an inspiring option to an individual mandate—a grim necessity we are obliged to grind out.

The daily grind of child-rearing and the stress of sharing responsibility seem to be a big part of it.

Yet in all that time he only learned to grind his flint stones instead of chipping them.

These gizzards are nature's gristmills, and they grind exceedingly fine.

But will he be willing to forsake his lucrative gig at Fox News to grind it out on the campaign trail?

At this juncture the brakes began to shriek and grind upon the wheels.

But what if this war does eventually involve ground troops, and what if it does just grind on for years?

I'm not going to grind away and grind away all my life like father and you've done.

Is that where you grind out the things the magazines reject?

Those who propagate it are considered paranoids or activists with an axe to grind.