GRIND definition: 1. to make something into small pieces or a powder by pressing between hard surfaces: 2. to rub…. Learn more.

1. to reduce or be reduced to small particles by pounding or abrading: to grind corn; to grind flour. 2. (tr) to smooth, sharpen, or polish by friction or abrasion: to grind a knife.

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

When you grind something, you mill or crush it into smaller pieces, the way you grind pepper or grind a grain into flour. Two things that rub up against each other also grind together, which is what your teeth do if you grind them in your sleep.

GRIND meaning: 1. to make something into small pieces or a powder by pressing between hard surfaces: 2. to rub…. Learn more.

grind verb [T] (MAKE INTO POWDER) Add to word list to keep rubbing something between two rough, hard surfaces until it becomes a powder: to grind coffee

If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface. It was beyond my ability to grind a blade this broad.

Definition of grind verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Without more money, work on the project will soon grind to a halt. [= stop] The project came to a grinding halt.