grind
/ˈɡɹaɪnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.94 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
Example Sentences
- "grind a lens; grind an axe"
- "This corn grinds well."
- "Steel grinds to a sharp edge."
- "She said, "How'd you like to waste some time?" / And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind"
- "She wanted to grind herself against him, wanted to moan, loud and free, wanted to take his hand and make him touch her more firmly."
- "He ground against her until he was muttering curses, his kiss rougher than before."
Etymology
From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan (“to grind”), from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to crush, grind”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), West Frisian grintsje (“to crush, punish”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: grynden, grindan, *grindan, *grindaną, grind
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music.
Inflected Forms
grinds (present, singular)
grinding (participle, present)
ground (participle, past)
ground (past)
grinded (participle, past)
grinded (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
ground (first person, past)
grindest (archaic, present)
ground (past, second person)
groundst (archaic, past)