Meaning of Grind | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
2. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
   countable, uncountable
4. A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
   countable, uncountable
5. A tedious and laborious task.
   countable, uncountable
6. A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
   countable, uncountable
7. One who studies hard.
   archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
8. Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
9. Hustle; hard work.
   slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This bag contains espresso grind.”

“This homework is a grind.”

“Running again in more open agricultural country, the Harrogate line encounters a short downgrade before the stiff uphill grind to Harrogate begins.”

“If you are at all bright, don't be a grind. Grinding may make a second-hand genius of you (for all the real things are dead), and if you become a genius you will be sure to smoke dope or swallow laudanum. They all did it.”

“[…] I suppose I don't know much about books, compared with you—” “Oh, I was never much of a grind,” the other cut in hastily.”

“I've been on the grind all week, trying to make ends meet.”

“Everyone has to work, they mourned, and that takes its toll. They weren't glamourising the grind because they knew their effort didn't match the supposed rewards.”

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