Grinde vs. Grind — What's the Difference?

Obsolete spelling of grind

A blade's grind is its cross-sectional shape in a plane normal to the edge. Grind differs from blade profile, which is the blade's cross-sectional shape in the plane containing the blade's edge and the centre contour of the blade's back (meaning the shape of the blade when viewed from the side, i.e.

Reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it

Rub or cause to rub together gratingly

(of a dancer) gyrate the hips erotically

A crushing or grating sound or motion

Hard dull work

A dancer's erotic gyration of the hips

To reduce to small bits or crush to a fine powder

To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction

To rub (two surfaces) together harshly; gnash

To bear down on harshly; crush

To oppress or weaken gradually or persistently

To operate by turning a crank

To instill or teach by persistent repetition

To perform the operation of grinding something.

To become crushed, pulverized, or powdered by friction

To move with noisy friction; grate

Past tense and past participle grind·ed(grīndĭd) To ride a skateboard, a snowboard, or skis over a grind rail or narrow surface, often with the board or skis at right angles to the direction of movement.

(Informal) To devote oneself to study or work

Past tense and past participle grind·ed(grīndĭd) Slang To rotate the pelvis erotically, as while dancing or performing a striptease.

The act of grinding.

A crunching or grinding noise.

A specific grade or degree of pulverization, as of coffee beans

Bits of ground coffee; grounds.

(Informal) A laborious task, routine, or study

(Informal) A student who works or studies excessively.

(Slang) An erotic rotation of the pelvis.

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

(transitive) To shape with the force of friction.

(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

(intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.

(transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.

To rotate the hips erotically.

(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.

(transitive) To operate by turning a crank.

To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.

To automatically format and indent code.

To instill through repetitive teaching.

To eat.

To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.

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.

A tedious and laborious task.

A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.

One who studies hard.

Clipping of grindcore

(slang) Hustle; hard work. en

A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

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.

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.

To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

To study hard for examination; - commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies.

To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.

A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk.

An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Hard monotonous routine work

The act of grinding to a powder or dust

Press or grind with a crunching noise

Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;

Work hard;

Dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced