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GRIND
- to wear, crush, or sharpen by friction
- to reduce to particles
- to rub together harshly, as the teeth
- to operate by turning a crank
- to wear, smooth, or sharpen by friction [v GRINDED, GRINDING, GRINDS, GROUND] : GRINDINGLY [adv]
- the act or sound of grinding
- grade of fineness
- dreary, uninteresting work
- to produce in a routine or mechanical way
- to extinguish by rubbing the lighted end against a hard surface
- to wear, smooth or sharpen by friction [v GROUND or GRINDED, GROUNDEN, GRINDING, GRINDS]