grindverb [ T ]
uk/ɡraɪnd/us/ɡraɪnd/ground, groundgrind verb [ T ] (MAKE SMALLER)
to make something into small pieces or a powder by pressing between hard surfaces:
to grind coffee
Shall I grind a little black pepper over your salad?
They grind the grain into flour (= make flour by crushing grain) between two large stones.
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Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compress
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- crush
- depress
- firm
- gnash your teeth idiom
- ground
- mill
- pack
- pinch
- pound
- pulp
- pulverize
- scrunch
- shut
- shut sth in sth
- squeeze
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grind verb [ T ] (RUB)
to rub something against a hard surface, in order to make it sharper or smoother:
She has a set of chef's knives that she grinds every week.
He ground down the sharp metal edges to make them smooth.
The car engine was making a strange grinding noise.
See also
grindstone
grind your teeth
to make a noise by rubbing your teeth together:
She grinds her teeth in her sleep.
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Scratching and rubbing
- abrade
- abrasion
- buff
- chafe
- erode
- grate
- graze
- rasp
- rub
- rub sth/sb down
- rubdown
- scour
- scour sth out
- scratch
- smooth
- tickle
- towel
- wear
- wear (sth) away
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Dentistry
Squeezing and grinding
Idiom(s)
grind the faces of the poor
grind to a halt/standstill
Phrasal verb(s)
grind sb down
grind sth into sth
grind sth out
grindnoun [ S ]
uk/ɡraɪnd/us/ɡraɪnd/informalgrind noun [ S ] (ACTIVITY)
a difficult or boring activity that needs a lot of effort:
Having to type up my handwritten work was a real grind.
The daily grind of taking care of three children was wearing her down.
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Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
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grind noun [ S ] (PERSON)
US disapproving a boring person who studies all the time and does nothing else
grind noun [ S ] (COFFEE)
the size of coffee grounds (= grains):
Use the correct grind for your coffee brewer.
a coarse grind of coffee