Definitions for the word "grind" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To study hard for examination.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
A hard student; a dig.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v.
(past and past part. Ground) 1 reduce to small particles or powder by crushing. 2 a sharpen or smooth by friction. B rub or rub together gratingly. 3 (often foll. By down) oppress; harass with exactions. 4 a (often foll. By away) work or study hard. B (foll. By out) produce with effort. n. 1 act or instance of grinding. 2 colloq. Hard dull work (the daily grind). 3 size of ground particles. grind to a halt stop laboriously.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
14. slang
“to take a GRIND,” _i.e._, a walk, or constitutional. The daily
grind is a term representing employment containing much routine. At
Oxford college sports are called sometimes the GRIND.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
15. slang
to work up for an examination, to cram by oneself, or with a
private tutor.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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