Definition of grinds Grinds
/gɹajˈndz/ - [grayndz] -
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What does grinds mean?
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| grind - the act of grinding to a powder or dust | ||
| mill, pulverization, pulverisation | ||
| compaction, crunch, crush an increase in the density of something | ||
| grind - the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee" | ||
| grind - hard monotonous routine work | ||
| drudgery, plodding, donkeywork | ||
| toil, labour, labor productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" | ||
| grind - an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | ||
| swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb | ||
| assimilator, learner, scholar someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | ||
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| grind - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" | ||
| mash, crunch, bray, comminute | ||
| fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up laugh unrestrainedly | ||
| pulp reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood" | ||
| pestle grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic" | ||
| mill grind with a mill; "mill grain" | ||
| grind - shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras" | ||
| mould, shape, mold, forge, form, work give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" | ||
| grind - created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl" | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| grind - dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced | ||
| trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" | ||
| grind - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" | ||
| labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil | ||
| do work, work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| grind - make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" | ||
| grate | ||
| fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up laugh unrestrainedly | ||
| gnash grind together, of teeth | ||
| chew, manducate, masticate, jaw chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" | ||
| grind - press or grind with a crushing noise | ||
| crunch, cranch, craunch | ||
| press place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" | ||
| grind down, tyrannise, tyrannize rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her" | ||
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Wiktionary
- grind (Noun)
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. - grind (Noun)
A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans. - grind (Noun)
A tedious task. - grind (Noun)
A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard. - grind (Noun)
One who studies hard; a swot. - grind (Verb)
To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. - grind (Verb)
To shape with the force of friction. - grind (Verb)
To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface. - grind (Verb)
To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing. - grind (Verb)
To oppress, hold down or weaken. - grind (Verb)
To rotate the hips erotically. - grind (Verb)
To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, sometimes pressed against each other. - grind (Verb)
To repeat a task in order to gain level levels or items. - grind (Verb)
To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank. - grind (Verb)
To instill through repetitive teaching. - grind (Verb)
To eat. - grind (Verb)
To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- grind (v. t.)
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. - grind (v. t.)
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. - grind (v. t.)
To oppress by severe exactions; to harass. - grind (v. t.)
To study hard for examination. - grind (v. i.)
To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones. - grind (v. i.)
To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well. - grind (v. i.)
To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge. - grind (v. i.)
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate. - grind (v. i.)
To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. - grind (n.)
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. - grind (n.)
Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. - grind (n.)
A hard student; a dig.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To break something into small pieces by pressing it flat, or grinding it to powder. -
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Hard monotonous routine work. -
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An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious. -
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To shape or form by grinding.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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grind
grīnd, v.t. to reduce to powder by friction: to wear down or sharpen by rubbing: to rub together: to oppress or harass: to set in motion by a crank.—v.i. to be moved or rubbed together: to drudge at any tedious task: to read hard:—pr.p. grīnd′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. ground.—n. hard or distasteful work: laborious study for a special examination, &c.—ns. Grind′er, he who, or that which, grinds: a double or jaw tooth that grinds food: a coach or crammer of students for examination: a hard student; Grind′ery, a place where knives, &c., are ground, or where they are sold: shoemakers' materials; Grind′ing, act or process of reducing to powder.—p.adj. harassing.—n. Grind′stone, a circular revolving stone for grinding or sharpening tools.—Keep one's nose to the grindstone, to subject one to severe continuous toil or punishment.—Take a grinder (Dickens), to put the left thumb to the nose, and to work a visionary coffee-mill round it with the right—a gesture of contempt. [A.S. grindan.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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grind
A half kink in a hempen cable.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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grind
The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
Wikipedia 
- A grind of a blade is the cross-section of the blade. It also means to finely grate something, like coffee beans. The word also applies to skateboarding; a grind is a trick on a skateboard.
