hard monotonous routine work
"The daily commute and endless paperwork felt like a grind that drained all my energy."
the act of grinding to a powder or dust
"The ancient millers used heavy stones to grind grain into fine flour for bread making."
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
"The villagers gathered at dawn to participate in the annual grind, where they would herd a pilot whale onto the beach and butcher it together according to age-old traditions."
A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
In plain English: Grind is hard, repetitive work that you do over and over again to get something done.
"The daily grind at his office job left him feeling exhausted by sunset."
Usage: Use "grind" as a noun primarily for the mechanical action of crushing materials rather than the specific Faroese whale hunt, which is often capitalized or clarified contextually. Avoid confusing this term with similar-sounding words like "ground," which refers to the resulting powder itself.
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
"At the crowded club, couples pressed close together and began to grind as they slowly rotated their hips."
To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
"He used a mortar and pestle to grind the peppercorns into a fine powder."
In plain English: To grind means to work hard and repeatedly at something until you get it done.
"The student had to grind late into the night to finish her homework before dawn."
The word "grind" comes from Old English grindan, meaning to crush or pulverize. It is related to other Germanic words for grinding as well as the Albanian verb for fighting.