grind¹ /grīnd/

1. To reduce to powder or small particles by friction or crushing
2. To wear down, sharpen, smooth or roughen by friction
3. To rub together harshly
4. To force (in, into; lit and figurative)
5. (with out) to produce by great effort, or by working a crank
6. (with down) to oppress or harass
7. To work by a crank

1. To be moved or rubbed together
2. To jar or grate
3. (with on or away) to continue (to work, etc) relentlessly and doggedly, esp at something tedious
4. To read or study hard
5. (with on) to drone or harp on (informal)
6. (of a dancer) to circle the hips erotically (informal)

1. The act, sound or jar of grinding
2. The specific fineness of particles in a ground powder, esp coffee
3. Drudgery, a hard, tedious task
4. Laborious study for an examination, etc
5. A bore, bother (informal)
6. A student who gives all his or her time to study (US)
7. Private tuition (Irish)
8. In dancing, an erotic circling movement of the hips (informal)

grindˈer noun

1. Someone who, or that which, grinds
2. A tooth that grinds food
3. A coach or crammer of students for examination
4. A hard-working student or dogged worker

grindˈery noun

1. A place where knives, etc are ground
2. Shoemakers' materials

grindˈing noun

1. An act or process of the verb to grind
2. The act of reducing to powder

1. For grinding
2. Wearing down
3. Very severe
4. Extortionate
5. (of sound) harsh
6. Giving a harsh sound

grindˈingly adverb

groundˈen adjective (archaic)

Sharpened

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