grind
碾磨,碾压,磨削,碾碎
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Definitions
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ground or grind·ed; grind·ing.
- : to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- : to reduce to fine particles, as by pounding or crushing; bray, triturate, or pulverize.
- : to oppress, torment, or crush: to grind the poor.
- : to rub harshly or gratingly; grate together; grit:to grind one's teeth.
- : to operate by turning a crank: to grind a hand organ.
- : to produce by crushing or abrasion: to grind flour.
- : Slang. to annoy; irritate; irk: It really grinds me when he's late.
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ground or grind·ed; grind·ing.
- : to perform the operation of reducing to fine particles.
- : to rub harshly; grate.
Phrases
- grind to a halt
- ax to grind
- mills of the gods grind slowly
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
This can be super helpful for fine tuning your grind for espresso machines.
The grind tray snaps out and lets you dump or repurpose excess or spilled coffee.
The Toddy requires 12 ounces of grinds and seven cups of water.
You can see it in the dives on the ground, the exhaustion, the grind.
Use a broad angle and grind for wood processing or other brute-force tasks and a narrow edge and concave grind for meat processing or other slicing duties.
It was promoted on what might be called not-quite-mainstream or, indeed, axe-to-grind media.
But what if this war does eventually involve ground troops, and what if it does just grind on for years?
The daily grind of child-rearing and the stress of sharing responsibility seem to be a big part of it.
Those who propagate it are considered paranoids or activists with an axe to grind.
And I think it will slowly grind you down until you have the utmost respect for it, which I now have.
Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.
The poorest people reduce it to powder by manual labour, in the same way as they corn preparatory to baking it into cakes.