Grind (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ground (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. Grist.]
1.
To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
Take the millstones, and grind meal.
Is. xivii. 2.
2.
To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.
3.
To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
To grind the subject or defraud the prince.
Dryden.
4.
To study hard for examination.
[College Slang]
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Grind (?), v. i.
1.
To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
Send thee
Into the common prison, there to grind.
Milton.
2.
To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
3.
To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
4.
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
5.
To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. Farrar.
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Grind, n.
1.
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
2.
Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.
[Colloq.]
T. Hughes.
3.
A hard student; a dig.
[College Slang]
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