GRIND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of grind in English
grind verb [T]
(MAKE SMALLER )
grind verb [T]
(RUB )
She has a set of chef's knives that she grinds every week .
grind verb [T]
(COMPUTER GAMES )
It can be hard to grind a game without getting bored .
grind noun
(POWDER )
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grind noun
(WORK )
[ C ] US disapproving informal
She's getting grinds.
He can give you maths grinds.
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(Definition of grind from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
grind | American Dictionary
grind verb
(CRUSH )
[ T ] past tense and past participle ground us /ɡrɑʊnd /
grind verb
(RUB )
[ T ] past tense and past participle ground us /ɡrɑʊnd /
[ T ] past tense and past participle ground us /ɡrɑʊnd /
grind noun [U]
(ACTIVITY )
(Definition of grind from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
Examples of grind
grind
The perforated disks were created by reworking a potsherd into a circular form by chipping, drilling, and then grinding the edges to a smooth finish.
Samples from the normal smooth surface of the gneiss boulder show that the surface has been ground and polished during glacial transportation.
The soil was gently ground, passed through a 2-mm sieve and completely mixed prior to being placed in pots.
A p-rule is ground exactly when every atom in it is ground.
Time to stop the little saltmill grinding, before everything else has become bitter.
In cases of the latter sort, the values that ground our attitudes are not truly our own.
The tissue was dried by grinding with anhydrous sodium sulfate and extracted with several volumes of hexane to remove carotenoids, retinols, and retinyl esters.
Where the standards were unclear, gover nment officials faced the dilemma of how to ground the political justification for authoritative direction of private voluntary relationships.
The key to the answer lies in whether it is judged appropriate to ground primal faith on the quadriplegic nature of divine activity.
The remaining part of the body was ground in a small bowl with physiological saline.
Thus, the customers' utilities ground the utilities of the other constraints.
The sides were glowing and going round, grinding out a familiar rumble.
Instead, this analysis aims at characterizing the nature of grinding activities in larger par ts of the city.
Both features favor long, extended grinding strokes instead of the shor t, downward crushing strokes of less intensive grinding.
The latter manos vary considerably, being too small, too large, or too irregularly shaped for grinding large amounts of maize on a daily basis.
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Translations of grind
in Chinese (Traditional)
使變小, 碾碎，磨碎，把…磨成粉, 摩擦…
in Chinese (Simplified)
使变小, 碾碎，磨碎，把…磨成粉, 摩擦…
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moler, afilar…
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moer, amolar, afiar…
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～をすりつぶす, （豆など）をひく, （刃）を研ぐ…
öğütmek, unufak etmek, bilemek…
(ver)malen, knarsen, schuren…
mengisar, mengeritkan, menenyeh-nenyeh…
mahlen, knirschen, bohren…
молоти, терти зі скрипом і скреготом, терти…
молоть, размалывать, точить…
menggiling, mengertakkan, menggosokkan…
nghiền, nén hoặc cọ mạnh, mài…
mielić, ostrzyć, harówka…
macinare, affilare, arrotare…
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