grind

noun

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verb

reduce to smaller pieces by crushing
idiomatic: grind to a [stop or halt]
move with difficulty
emit grinding sound

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪnd/ / /ˈɡɹaɪnd/

noun

Etymology: From Faroese grind (“pilot-whale meat”).

A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

verb

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”).

To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
To shape with the force of friction.
“grind a lens; grind an axe”
To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
“This corn grinds well.”
“Steel grinds to a sharp edge.”
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
To oppress, hold down or weaken.
To rotate the hips erotically.
“She said, "How'd you like to waste some time?" / And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind”
To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
“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.”
To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
“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.”
To operate by turning a crank.
“to grind an organ”
To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
To automatically format and indent code.
To eat.
“Eh, brah, let's go grind.”
To instill through repetitive teaching.
“Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.”
To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
“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.”
To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
“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.””