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Webster 1913 Edition
Grind
Grind
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ground
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grinding
.] 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; – commonly used with
away
; as, to
. grind away at
one’s studies[College Slang]
Grind
,Verb.
I.
1.
To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
Send thee
Into the common prison, there to
Into the common prison, there to
grind
. Milton.
2.
To become ground or pulverized by friction;
as, this corn
. grinds
well3.
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 and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
Farrar.
Grind
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Grind
GRIND
,Verb.
T.
1.
To break and reduce to fine particles or powder by friction; to comminute by attrition; to triturate. Take the millstones and grind meal. Is.16.
We say, to grind meal, but this is an elliptical phrase. The true phrase is, to grind corn to meal.
2.
To break and reduce to small pieces by the teeth.3.
To sharpen by rubbing or friction; to wear off the substance of a metallic instrument, and reduce it to a sharp edge by the friction of a stone; as, to grind an ax or scythe.4.
To make smooth; to polish by friction; as, to grind glass.5.
To rub one against another. Harsh sounds--and the grinding of one stone against another, make a shivering or horror in the body and set the teeth on edge.
6.
To oppress by severe exactions; to afflict cruelly; to harass; as, to grind the faces of the poor Is.3.7.
To crush in pieces; to ruin. Matt.21.8.
To grate; as grinding pains.GRIND
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be moved or rubbed together, as in the operation of grinding; as the grinding jaws.2.
To be ground or pulverized by friction. Corn will not grind well before it is dry.
3.
To be polished and made smooth by friction. Glass grinds smooth.4.
To be sharpened by grinding. Steel grinds to a fine edge.