grind

From Middle English grinden, from Old English grindan, (cognate with Dutch grinden (obsolete, "to grind") grind (“gravel, shingle”), from Proto-Germanic *grindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (“crushing”). Compare Saterland Frisian griene (“to grind; mill”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹaɪnd/,

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• Rhymes: -aɪnd

grind (third-person singular simple present grinds, present participle grinding, simple past and past participle ground or grinded) (see usage notes below)

1. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
2. To shape with the force of friction.

   grind a lens

   grind an axe

3. (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
4. To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

   This corn grinds well.

   Steel grinds to a sharp edge.

5. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
6. (sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
7. To oppress, hold down or weaken.
8. (slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
9. (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
10. (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
11. To operate by turning a crank.

    to grind an organ

12. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
13. To instill through repetitive teaching.

    Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.

14. (slang, Hawaii) To eat.

    Eh, brah, let's go grind.

15. (slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Farrar to this entry?)

• In the sports and video game senses, the past participle and past tense form grinded is often used instead of the irregular form ground.
• Historically, there also existed a past participle form grounden, but it is now archaic or obsolete.
• When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form grinded is almost always used.

Strong conjugation

Weak conjugation

• bump and grind
• grind down
• have an axe to grind

grind (countable and uncountable, plural grinds)

1. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
2. Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
3. A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.

   This bag contains espresso grind.

4. A tedious and laborious task.

   Synonym: chore

   This homework is a grind.

5. A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
6. (archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.
   • 1911, Sunset (volume 27, page 440)

     […] I suppose I don't know much about books, compared with you—”
     “Oh, I was never much of a grind,” the other cut in hastily.

7. (uncountable) Grindcore (subgenre of heavy metal)
8. (slang) hustle (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪnd/
• Rhymes: -ɪnd

grind (plural grinds)

1. A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

• grindadráp

• D-ring, dring

Possibly a nasal variant of gërdhij, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (compare English grind, Lithuanian gréndžiu (“to scrape, scratch”).

grind (first-person singular past tense grinda, participle grindur)

1. to brawl, to fight, to wrangle over

• grij
• gërryej
• gërdhij

• Rhymes: -ɪnt

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From Middle Dutch grint, grinde, from Old Dutch *grinda, from Proto-Germanic *grindō (“sand, pebbles”).

• grinde, grinte (obsolete)
• grint

grind n (uncountable)

1. (geology) The materials gravel, shingle

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

Germanic, perhaps from the above root as a crusty rash

• grinde

grind n (uncountable)

1. (archaic, pathology) The diseases scabies (human), mange (canine)

• schurft m

• grindig (adjective)

• dring

From Old Norse grind (“grind”)

grind f (genitive singular grindar, plural grindir)

1. A framework
2. A grille

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.

grind f (genitive singular grindar, plural grindir)

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. (figuratively) An unexpected meal

• Danish: grindehval
• Dutch: griend
• German: Grindwal
• Russian: гри́нда (grínda)
• Ukrainian: гри́нда (hrýnda)

• IPA^(key): /krɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

grind f (genitive singular grindar, nominative plural grindur)

1. lattice, grid, grille
2. framework
3. (order theory) lattice

From Faroese grind.

grind f (genitive singular grindar, nominative plural grindur)

1. pilot whale

• (pilot whale): grindahvalur, marsvín

• girnd

From Old Norse grind

grind f or m (definite singular grinda or grinden, indefinite plural grinder, definite plural grindene)

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

• “grind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “grind” in The Ordnett Dictionary

From Old Norse grind

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɪnd/, /ɡrɪnː/

grind f (definite singular grinda, indefinite plural grinder, definite plural grindene)

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

• leikegrind
• takgrind
• trappegrind

• “grind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish grind, from Old Norse grind, from Proto-Germanic *grindiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ-.

grind c

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