Search Result:grind
KK Pronunciation
〔 graInd 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ɡraind 〕
Overview of noun grind
The noun grind has 4 senses
- swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb -- (an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious)
- grind -- (the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee")
- drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork -- (hard monotonous routine work)
- grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation -- (the act of grinding to a powder or dust)
Overview of verb grind
The verb grind has 7 senses
- crunch, cranch, craunch, grind -- (press or grind with a crushing noise)
- grate, grind -- (make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger")
- labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil -- (work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long")
- 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)
- grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute -- (reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic")
- grind -- (created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl")
- grind -- (shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras")