grind /graɪnd/
1. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
synset: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb
2. the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee"
synset: grind
3. hard monotonous routine work
synset: drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork
4. the act of grinding to a powder or dust
synset: grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation
1. press or grind with a crushing noise
synset: crunch, cranch, craunch, grind
2. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
3. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
synset: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
4. dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
synset: grind
5. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
synset: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
6. created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl"
synset: grind
7. shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
synset: grind
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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