grind

(grīnd)

v. ground (ground), grind·ing, grinds

v.tr.

a. To reduce to small bits or crush to a fine powder: grind wheat into flour; grind coffee beans.

b. To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction: grind scissors to a fine edge; grind lenses for eyeglasses.

2. To rub (two surfaces) together harshly; gnash: grind one's teeth.

3. To bear down on harshly; crush: The team's spirit was ground down by harsh losses.

4. To oppress or weaken gradually or persistently: "Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law" (Oliver Goldsmith).

5. To operate by turning a crank: ground a hurdy-gurdy.

6. To instill or teach by persistent repetition: ground the truth into their heads.

v.intr.

1. To perform the operation of grinding something.

2. To become crushed, pulverized, or powdered by friction: Those coffee beans ground easily.

a. To move with noisy friction; grate: a train grinding along rusty rails.

b. To ride a skateboard, a snowboard, or skis over a grind rail or narrow surface, often with the board or skis at right angles to the direction of movement.

4. Informal To devote oneself to study or work: grinding for a test; grinding away at housework.

5. Slang To rotate the pelvis erotically, as while dancing or performing a striptease.

1. The act of grinding.

2. A crunching or grinding noise.

a. A specific grade or degree of pulverization, as of coffee beans: drip grind.

b. Bits of ground coffee; grounds.

4. Informal A laborious task, routine, or study: the daily grind.

5. Informal A student who works or studies excessively.

6. Slang An erotic rotation of the pelvis.

Phrasal Verb:

grind out

To produce mechanically or without inspiration: a hack writer who grinds out one potboiler after another.

Idiom:

grind it out

To make a persistent effort in doing something that is difficult; work at something persistently.

[Middle English grinden, from Old English grindan; see ghrendh- in Indo-European roots.]

grind′ing·ly adv.

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Translations

in modo logorante

grindingly

[ˈgraɪndɪŋlɪ] ADV a grindingly familiar routine → una rutina tremendamente monótona
grindingly poor → pobrísimo

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grindingly

[ˈgraɪndɪŋli] adv [hard, poor] → terriblement

grindingly

adv → erdrückend; grindingly hard work → zermürbende Knochenarbeit; grindingly slow → zermürbend langsam

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