Definitions for grinds

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grinds grind

Spelling: [grahynd]

IPA: /graɪnd/

Grinds is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in grinds (dginrs).

Definitions for grinds

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 grinds

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

Examples for grinds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?