grind

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To crush something into small pieces or powder.

   Grind the coffee beans before you make the coffee.

2. 2
   verb

   To sharpen or shape something by rubbing it against a hard surface.

   The blacksmith ground the blade until it was razor-sharp.

3. 3
   noun

   Hard, boring, and tiring work or routine.

   The daily grind of commuting left her exhausted.

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”).

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