grind
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
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hobbies
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mathematics
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
video-games
Etymology: From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan, from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).
Inflected forms:
form: grinds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: grinding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ground
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ground
pos: verb
tags: past
form: grinded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: grinded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: ground
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: grindest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: ground
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: groundst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: groundest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: grinds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: grindeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: ground
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: ground
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: ground
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: grinding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ground
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: grounden
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: grinded
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: grinded
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: grinds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: grinded
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: grinded
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: grinded
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: grind
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: grinding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: grinded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To shape with the force of friction.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: grind a lens; grind an axe
gloss: To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
pos: verb
gloss: To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: This corn grinds well.
Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
gloss: To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
pos: verb
gloss: To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To oppress, hold down or weaken.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To rotate the hips erotically.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
examples: She said, "How'd you like to waste some time?" / And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind
gloss: To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
pos: verb
tags: slang
gloss: To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: She wanted to grind herself against him, wanted to moan, loud and free, wanted to take his hand and make him touch her more firmly.
He ground against her until he was muttering curses, his kiss rougher than before.
She kept grinding until they were both spent: their bliss washing over them entirely.
This morning, we woke up and made out for a solid forty-five minutes, grinding like teenagers until she came against my thigh.
gloss: To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
pos: verb
examples: These enemies give lots of loot when killed, so many players fight them to grind for resources.
The first level of the game is the best place to grind extra lives.
For a while I used to grind demons and try to get the count higher.
Similarly, nearly all massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), such as Dungeons & Dragons Online, feature grind: Players repeat tasks, or often “quests”, to gain in-game currency to spend on weapons or other ancillary items.
To extend the variety past that, you'll need to unlock new units in each class, meaning you have to grind through the rather lengthy process of using every one of your class’ weapons and skills significantly across several matches.
gloss: To operate by turning a crank.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to grind an organ
gloss: To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
pos: verb
gloss: To automatically format and indent code.
pos: verb
tags: dated
gloss: To eat.
pos: verb
tags: Hawaii
slang
examples: Eh, brah, let's go grind.
gloss: To instill through repetitive teaching.
pos: verb
examples: Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
gloss: To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
examples: to grind LeetCode
One evening, during evening work, Charlie was trying hard to do the verses which had been set to his form. […] Wilton, whose conduct had been more impertinent than that of any one else, said to Charlie—
“I say, young Evson, how you are grinding.”
“I have these verses to do,” said Charlie simply.
gloss: To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: I need to pontificate on something that really grinds me. So here goes. I am sick and tired of lazy thinkers using the defense of “legislated morality.”
Derived words: axe to grind
ax to grind
backgrind
bump and grind
cryogrind
deathgrind
goregrind
grindability
grindable
grind down
grindery
grindhouse
grind out
grindset
grindster
grindstone
grind the corn
grind to a halt
grind up
grindy
have an axe to grind
intergrind
misgrind
nosegrind
overgrind
porngrind
pornogrind
pregrind
regrind
the mill cannot grind with water that is past
the mills of the gods grind slowly
togrind
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