grind
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan, from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
grind (third-person singular simple present grinds, present participle grinding, simple past and past participle ground or grinded) (see usage notes below)
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- grind a lens; grind an axe
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- This corn grinds well.
- Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- 1984, Prince (lyrics and music), “Darling Nikki”, in Purple Rain, performed by Prince and the Revolution:
- She said, "How'd you like to waste some time?" / And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- These enemies give lots of loot when killed, so many players fight them to grind for resources.
- The first level of the game is the best place to grind extra lives.
- 2013, Will Luton, Free-to-Play: Making Money From Games You Give Away, New Riders, →ISBN, page 38:
- Similarly, nearly all massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), such as Dungeons & Dragons Online, feature grind: Players repeat tasks, or often “quests”, to gain in-game currency to spend on weapons or other ancillary items.
- 2015 February 14, Steven Strom, “Evolve Review: Middle of the food chain”, in Ars Technica[1]:
- To extend the variety past that, you'll need to unlock new units in each class, meaning you have to grind through the rather lengthy process of using every one of your class’ weapons and skills significantly across several matches.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- to grind an organ
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (computing, dated) To automatically format and indent code.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- Eh, brah, let's go grind.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- 1862, Frederic W. Farrar, St. Winifred's: or the World of School:
- One evening, during evening work, Charlie was trying hard to do the verses which had been set to his form. […] Wilton, whose conduct had been more impertinent than that of any one else, said to Charlie—
“I say, young Evson, how you are grinding.”
“I have these verses to do,” said Charlie simply.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- 2003, Steven Wunderink, Minding Your Spiritual Business: Life Stories with Life Sense, page 139:
- I need to pontificate on something that really grinds me. So here goes. I am sick and tired of lazy thinkers using the defense of “legislated morality.”
Usage notes edit
- In the sports and video game senses, the past participle and past tense form grinded is often used instead of the irregular form ground.
- Historically, there also existed a past participle form grounden, but it is now archaic or obsolete.
- When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form grinded is almost always used.
Conjugation edit
- Strong conjugation (all other senses)
infinitive | (to) grind | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | grind | ground | |
2nd-person singular | grind, grindest† | ground, groundst†, groundest† | |
3rd-person singular | grinds, grindeth† | ground | |
plural | grind | ||
subjunctive | grind | ground | |
imperative | grind | — | |
participles | grinding | ground, grounden† |
- Weak conjugation (sports, video games, dance move)
infinitive | (to) grind | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | grind | grinded | |
2nd-person singular | |||
3rd-person singular | grinds | ||
plural | grind | ||
subjunctive | grind | grinded | |
imperative | grind | — | |
participles | grinding | grinded |
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Noun edit
grind (countable and uncountable, plural grinds)
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- This bag contains espresso grind.
- A tedious and laborious task.
- Synonym: chore
- This homework is a grind.
- 1961 February, D. Bertram, “The lines to Wetherby and their traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 101:
- Running again in more open agricultural country, the Harrogate line encounters a short downgrade before the stiff uphill grind to Harrogate begins.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (archaic, slang) One who studies hard.
- Synonym: swot
- 1900, “Gifford Arthur Nelson”, in The Naughty-Naughtian, page 118:
- 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.
- 1911, Sunset, volume 27, page 440:
- […] 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.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- (slang) Hustle; hard work. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- I pledge allegiance to the grind. I'm up early as hell tryna get mine.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Faroese grind (“pilot-whale meat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grind (plural grinds)
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Either a nasal variant of grij or gërdhij, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (compare English grind, Lithuanian gréndžiu (“to scrape, scratch”). Same sense development as with grih.
Verb edit
grind (aorist grinda, participle grindur)
Related terms edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch grint, grinde, from Old Dutch *grinda, from Proto-Germanic *grindō (“sand, pebbles”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
grind n (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: grint
Etymology 2 edit
Germanic, perhaps from the above root as a crusty rash.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
grind n (uncountable)
Synonyms edit
- schurft m
Derived terms edit
- grindig (adjective)
Anagrams edit
Faroese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse grind (“gate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grind f (genitive singular grindar, plural grindir)
Declension edit
Declension of grind | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | grind | grindin | grindir | grindirnar |
accusative | grind | grindina | grindir | grindirnar |
dative | grind | grindini | grindum | grindunum |
genitive | grindar | grindarinnar | grinda | grindanna |
Etymology 2 edit
The term is a Faroese invention. A school of pilot whales reminds of a framework (see grind above) in the sea, by swimming very close to each other. More likely the word is related to the English word ground and refers to the whales frequently running aground or easily driven onto ground. Another theory suggests it refers to grinding, scraping or rubbing, in as mating behaviour.On the etymology of Faroese Grind “school of pilot whales” The Faroese term was loaned in many other languages; compare German Grindwal, Danish grindehval or Dutch griend.
Noun edit
grind f (genitive singular grindar, plural grindir)
- A school of grindahvalur (pilot whales)
- The tvøst (meat) and spik (blubber) of the pilot whales
- The act of pilot whaling, grindadráp
- (figuratively) An unexpected meal
Declension edit
Declension of grind | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | grind | grindin | grindir | grindirnar |
accusative | grind | grindina | grindir | grindirnar |
dative | grind | grindini | grindum | grindunum |
genitive | grindar | grindarinnar | grinda | grindanna |
Descendants edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
grind f (genitive singular grindar, nominative plural grindur)
Declension edit
f-s3 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | grind | grindin | grindur | grindurnar |
accusative | grind | grindina | grindur | grindurnar |
dative | grind | grindinni | grindum | grindunum |
genitive | grindar | grindarinnar | grinda | grindanna |
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
grind f (genitive singular grindar, nominative plural grindur)
Declension edit
f-s3 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | grind | grindin | grindur | grindurnar |
accusative | grind | grindina | grindur | grindurnar |
dative | grind | grindinni | grindum | grindunum |
genitive | grindar | grindarinnar | grinda | grindanna |
Synonyms edit
- (pilot whale): grindahvalur, marsvín
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
grind f or m (definite singular grinda or grinden, indefinite plural grinder, definite plural grindene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Norse grind.
Noun edit
grind f (definite singular grinda, indefinite plural grinder, definite plural grindene)
Inflection edit
Historical inflection of grind
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
grind m (definite singular grinden, uncountable)
References edit
- “grind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *grindiz.
Noun edit
grind f (genitive grindar, plural grindr)
Declension edit
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | grind | grindin | grindir | grindirnar |
accusative | grind | grindina | grindir | grindirnar |
dative | grind | grindinni | grindum | grindunum |
genitive | grindar | grindarinnar | grinda | grindanna |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “grind”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish grind, from Old Norse grind, from Proto-Germanic *grindiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ-.
Noun edit
grind c
Declension edit
Declension of grind | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | grind | grinden | grindar | grindarna |
Genitive | grinds | grindens | grindars | grindarnas |