Grind

Verb

 * 1) To make smaller by breaking with a device.
 * 2) To rotate the hips suggestively.
 * 3)  To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
 * 4)  To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
 * 5)  To repeat a task in a MMORPG or role-playing video game in order to gain levels or items.
 * 6)  To eat.
 * Eh, brah, let's go grind.

Noun

 * 1) A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
 * This bag contains espresso grind.
 * 1) A tedious task.
 * This homework is a grind.
 * 1) A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.

Verbs for Grind
abhor—; avoid—; coach—; detest—; en¬force—; labor on—; necessitate—; perform at—; plod at—; reduce to—; toil away at—; —crushes; —exacts; —harasses; —prepares; —oppresses; —sharpens; —torments; ——wearies; —wears down.

Synonyms for Grind
crush, oppress, harass, tire, worry, annoy, afflict, tyrannize, domineer, bully, inflict, dominate, override, overpower, trample, coerce, overcome, burden, overwhelm, abrade, polish, whet, grate, reduce, pulverize, sharpen, masticate.

Antonyms for Grind
lighten, relieve, help, succor, encourage, comfort, solace, assist, alleviate, diminish, mitigate, assuage, ameliorate, allay, soften, soothe, mollify, console, cheer, enliven, inspirit, refresh, roughen, blunt, dull.

Derived terms

 * bump and grind
 * have an axe to grind

Thesaurus
ablate, abrade, abrase, aculeate, acuminate, afflict, agonize, ail, application, atomize, badger, barb, bark, beast of burden, beat, beat down, beaten path, belch, bibliolater, bibliolatrist, bibliomane, bibliomaniac, bibliophage, bibliophile, bibliophilist, bite, blare, blat, bone, boning, booklover, bookworm, brainwork, bray, break, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, brecciate, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bureaucracy, bureaucratism, burn, burr, buzz, cackle, castrate, caw, chafe, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chinoiserie, chirr, chomp, chore, churn out, clamp down on, clang, clangor, clank, clash, coerce, comminute, compel, con, conning, contemplate, contemplation, contriturate, convulse, cow, cram, cramming, crash, craunch, croak, crucify, crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, cuspidate, cut, cut to pieces, daily grind, daunt, demolish, despotize, diffuse, dig, dirty work, disintegrate, disperse, disrupt, distress, domineer, domineer over, donkeywork, drill, drudge, drudgery, edge, elucubrate, emery, employment, engrossment, enslave, erase, erode, examine, excruciate, exercise, exertion, extensive study, fag, failing student, fatigue, fester, file, fission, flour, fragment, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, galley slave, generate, give pain, gnash, gnaw, gnaw away, go over, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, graze, greasy grind, grind down, grind to powder, grinding, gripe, grit, groan, groove, growl, grub, grumble, gum, hack, hammer, hammer away, handiwork, handwork, harass, harrow, harry, headwork, hector, henpeck, hone, hound, hurt, ill-treat, industry, inflame, inflict pain, inspection, intimidate, irritate, jangle, jar, jog trot, keep down, keep under, kill by inches, labor, lacerate, levigate, lick, lick of work, lord it over, lucubrate, lucubration, make mincemeat of, maltreat, manual labor, martyr, martyrize, mash, masticate, mental labor, mill, mince, moil, mouth, muck, mugger, mumble, munch, nibble, nip, oilstone, oppress, overachiever, overawe, overbear, overmaster, override, pace, pain, peg, peg away, persecute, perusal, peruse, pestle, philobiblist, pierce, pinch, plague, plod, plodder, plug, plug along, plug away, plugging, plunge into, point, polish, pore over, pound, pound away, powder, practice, press heavy on, prick, produce, prolong the agony, pulverize, pumice, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, rat race, raze, read, reading, red tape, red-tapeism, reduce to powder, regard studiously, repress, reset, restudy, restudying, review, ride over, ride roughshod over, rote, round, routine, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, ruminate, run, rut, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scatter, scour, scranch, scrape, scratch, scrub, scrunch, scuff, scut work, set, shard, sharpen, shatter, shiver, shred, skin, slave, slavery, slog, slogger, smash, smash up, smooth, snarl, snore, spadework, spiculate, splinter, spur, squash, squirrel cage, squish, stab, sting, strap, stroke, stroke of work, strop, study, studying, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, sweat, swot, swotter, swotting, taper, task, terrorize, tiresome work, toil, torment, torture, track, trample down, trample upon, travail, tread down, tread upon, treadmill, triturate, turn out, twang, tweak, twist, tyrannize, tyrannize over, underachiever, unman, vet, wade through, walk all over, walk over, wear, wear away, wear down, weigh heavy on, well-worn groove, whet, wide reading, work, work away, workhorse, wound, wring

Etymology
From grindan, cognate with Dutch grind 'gravel, shingel'.

Verb

 * Arabic: طحن
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 磨碎,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, vermalen, verpulveren
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: დაფქვა
 * German:, zermahlen
 * Greek: αλέθω
 * Hungarian:, , morzsol,
 * Greek: αλέθω
 * Hungarian:, , morzsol,
 * Hungarian:, , morzsol,


 * Japanese: 挽く
 * Norwegian:, , , kverne
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: moer
 * Romanian:, pisa
 * Russian: молоть, толочь
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak: mlieť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: mala
 * Thai: บด
 * Turkish: öğütmek
 * !Xóõ:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, hetkuttaa


 * Portuguese: rebolar


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 研磨
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: köszörül,
 * Japanese: 磨ぐ
 * Norwegian:, skrape
 * Polish: ścierać
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: bilemek


 * German: grinden


 * : mala
 * : moldre
 * : tu
 * : moudre; broyer
 * : पीसना
 * : moudre; broyer
 * : पीसना


 * : menggiling, mengasah, membubut, menggeretakkan
 * : moer triturar (1)
 * : ? rebolar (2)
 * : moer triturar (1)
 * : ? rebolar (2)
 * : ? rebolar (2)

Noun

 * Greek: άλεσμα


 * Dutch:


 * Spanish:

Etymology 1
Germanic, presumably from a hypothetic Middle Dutch form grinde, cognate with Anglo-saxon grindan (hence to grind, see above)

Alternative forms

 * grinde, grinte (obsolete)
 * grint

Noun

 * 1)  The materials gravel, shingle

Derived terms

 * grinden (verb)
 * grindig (adjective)
 * etc.

Etymology 2
Germanic, perhaps from the above root as a crusty rash

Alternative forms

 * grinde

Noun

 * 1)   The diseases scabies (human), mange (canine)

Synonyms

 * schurft

Derived terms

 * grindig (adjective)

Anagrams

 * dring

Noun
grind


 * 1) A framework
 * 2) A grille

Etymology 2
The term is a Faroese invention. A school of pilot whales reminds of a framework (see grind above) in the sea, by swimming very close to each other. The Faroese term was loaned in many other languages; compare German Grindwal, Danish grindehval or Dutch griend. More likely the word is related to the English word ground and refers to the whales frequently being grounded or easily driven onto ground.

Noun
grind


 * 1) A school of grindahvalur (pilot whales)
 * 2) The tvøst (meat) and spik (blubber) of the pilot whales
 * 3) The act of pilot whaling, grindadráp
 * 4)  An unexpected meal

Noun

 * 1) lattice, grid, grille
 * 2) framework

Noun

 * 1) pilot whale

Etymology
From grind:

Noun
(Bokmål) (Nynorsk)


 * 1) A hinged gate across road or path where it is intersected by a fence.
 * 2) A framework
 * 3) A grille

Derived terms

 * beingrind
 * grindgjerde
 * grindhval
 * grindsag
 * grindstolpe
 * grindverk
 * grindveving
 * grindåpner
 * husgrind
 * lekegrind
 * takgrind

Noun

 * 1) A gate; door-like structure outside a building
 * 2)  A gate, logical pathway