Grind, n. 1. The
act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
2. Any severe continuous work or occupation;
esp., hard and uninteresting study. [Colloq.] T.
Hughes.
3. A hard student; a dig. [College
Slang]
Grind (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Ground (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Grinding.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L.
frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. Grist.]
1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a
mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as
by the action of millstones.
Take the millstones, and grind
meal.
Is. xivii. 2.
2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by
friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or
drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.
3. To oppress by severe exactions; to
harass.
To grind the subject or defraud the
prince.
Dryden.
4. To study hard for examination.
[College Slang]
Grind (?), v. i. 1.
To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the
millstones.
Send thee
Into the common prison, there to grind.
Milton.
2. To become ground or pulverized by
friction; as, this corn grinds well.
3. To become polished or sharpened by
friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a
sharp edge.
4. To move with much difficulty or friction;
to grate.
5. To perform hard and distasteful service;
to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
Farrar.