grind
verb
[ ɡrʌɪnd ]
• reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it.
• "grind some black pepper over the salad"
Similar:
crush,
pound,
pulverize,
mill,
powder,
granulate,
grate,
mince,
shred,
crumble,
pestle,
mash,
smash,
press,
fragment,
kibble,
triturate,
comminute,
levigate,
bray,
• rub or cause to rub together gratingly.
• "mountain ranges developed along fault lines where tectonic plates ground against one another"
• (of a dancer) gyrate the hips erotically.
• "there were sweaty bodies everywhere bumping and grinding to the music"
grind
noun
• a crushing or grating sound or motion.
• "the crunch and grind of bulldozers"
• hard dull work.
• "relief from the daily grind"
Similar:
chore,
slog,
travail,
drudgery,
toil,
hard work,
donkey work,
labour,
slavery,
exertion,
fag,
sweat,
• a dancer's erotic gyration of the hips.
• "a bump and grind"
Origin:
Old English grindan, probably of Germanic origin. Although no cognates are known, it may be distantly related to Latin frendere ‘rub away, gnash’.
