GRIND (ground)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: ground   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does grind mean? 

• GRIND (noun)
  The noun GRIND has 4 senses:

1. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

2. the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

3. hard monotonous routine work

4. the act of grinding to a powder or dust

  Familiarity information: GRIND used as a noun is uncommon.

• GRIND (verb)
  The verb GRIND has 7 senses:

1. press or grind with a crushing noise

2. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

3. work hard

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

5. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

6. created by grinding

7. shape or form by grinding

  Familiarity information: GRIND used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRIND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dweeb; grind; nerd; swot; wonk

Hypernyms ("grind" is a kind of...):

assimilator; learner; scholar (someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs)

Derivation:

grind (work hard)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

a coarse grind of coffee

Hypernyms ("grind" is a kind of...):

degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Hard monotonous routine work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

donkeywork; drudgery; grind; plodding

Hypernyms ("grind" is a kind of...):

labor; labour; toil (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))

Derivation:

grind (work hard)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of grinding to a powder or dust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grind; mill; pulverisation; pulverization

Hypernyms ("grind" is a kind of...):

compaction; crunch; crush (the act of crushing)

Derivation:

grind (reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading)

grind (make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together)

grind (press or grind with a crushing noise)

• GRIND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they grind    ... he / she / it grinds   
Past simple: grinded    / ground   
Past participle: grinded    / ground   
-ing form: grinding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Press or grind with a crushing noise

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cranch; craunch; crunch; grind

Hypernyms (to "grind" is one way to...):

press (exert pressure or force to or upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Also:

grind down (rule a country as a tyrant)

Derivation:

grind (the act of grinding to a powder or dust)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

grate; grind

Context example:

grate one's teeth in anger

Hypernyms (to "grind" is one way to...):

break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)

"Grind" entails doing...:

rub (move over something with pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grind"):

gnash (grind together, of teeth)

chew; jaw; manducate; masticate (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

grind (the act of grinding to a powder or dust)

grinding (a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Work hard

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

dig; drudge; fag; grind; labor; labour; moil; toil; travail

Context example:

Lexicographers drudge all day long

Hypernyms (to "grind" is one way to...):

do work; work (be employed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

grind (hard monotonous routine work)

grind (an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "grind" is one way to...):

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They grind

Sense 5

Meaning:

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bray; comminute; crunch; grind; mash

Context example:

mash the garlic

Hypernyms (to "grind" is one way to...):

break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grind"):

pulp (reduce to pulp)

pestle (grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar)

mill (grind with a mill)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

grind (the act of grinding to a powder or dust)

grinder (machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing)

grinder (grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars)

grinding (material resulting from the process of grinding)

grinding (the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Created by grinding

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

grind designs into the glass bowl

Hypernyms (to "grind" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Shape or form by grinding

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

grind lenses for glasses and cameras

Hypernyms (to "grind" is one way to...):

forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

We walked very slowly home, Mr. Wickfield, Agnes, and I—Agnes and I admiring the moonlight, and Mr. Wickfield scarcely raising his eyes from the ground.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When broadly neutralizing antibodies and entry-inhibiting drugs bind to HIV, they often stabilize Env in this ground state and thereby prevent the virus from infecting a cell.

(The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes, NIH)

A flatter shape, the researchers noted, would reduce pressure from the wind, just as it would for a person lying on the ground versus standing up.

(Bees Help Researchers Confirm Theory about Maintaining Protective Clumps under Tough Conditions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An involuntary or unconscious clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep.

(Bruxism, NCI Thesaurus)

A wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground, used as an aid while walking.

(Crutch, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of connective tissue composed of chondrocytes and an extracellular matrix, composed of collagen, elastin, and ground substance.

(Cartilage, NCI Thesaurus)

Thornton rapped Hal’s knuckles with the axe-handle, knocking the knife to the ground.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

To uncover this rare black hole trifecta, researchers needed to combine data from telescopes both on the ground and in space.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)

The Kuna make a drink with dried and ground cocoa beans (the seeds of the cocoa tree) along with a little added sweetener.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Van Helsing would, I know, do anything for me for a personal reason, so, no matter on what ground he comes, we must accept his wishes.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)