grind
noun
1. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
Similar word(s): dweeb, nerd, swot, wonk
Definition categories: person, assimilator, learner, scholar
2. the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- a coarse grind of coffee
Definition categories: attribute, degree, grade, level
3. hard monotonous routine work
Similar word(s): donkeywork, drudgery, plodding
Definition categories: act, labor, labour, toil
4. the act of grinding to a powder or dust
Similar word(s): mill, pulverization
Definition categories: act, compaction, crunch, crush
Sentences with grind as a noun:
- This bag contains espresso grind.
- This homework is a grind.
verb
1. press or grind with a crushing noise
Similar word(s): cranch, craunch, crunch
Definition categories: contact, press
2. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
Similar word(s): grate
Definition categories: contact, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
3. work hard
Similar word(s): dig, drudge, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail
Definition categories: social, work
4. 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
Definition categories: motion, dance
5. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- grind the spices in a mortar
Similar word(s): bray, comminute, crunch, mash
Definition categories: change, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
6. created by grinding
- grind designs into the glass bowl
Definition categories: creation, create, make
7. shape or form by grinding
- grind lenses for glasses and cameras
Definition categories: creation, forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
Sentences with grind as a verb:
- grind a lens
- grind an axe
- This corn grinds well.
- Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
- Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
- Eh, brah, let's go grind.