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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grind \Grind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ground}; p. pr & vb n. {Grinding}.] [AS. grindan perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf {Grist}.] 1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. Take the millstones, and grind meal. --Is. xivii. 2. 2. To wear down polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc 3. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass. To grind the subject or defraud the prince. --Dryden. 4. To study hard for examination. [College Slang] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grind \Grind\, v. i. 1. To perform the operation of grinding something to turn the millstones. Send thee Into the common prison, there to grind. --Milton. 2. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as this corn grinds well 3. To become polished or sharpened by friction; as glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge. 4. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate. 5. To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. --Farrar. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grind \Grind\, n. 1. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. 2. Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. [Colloq.] --T. Hughes. 3. A hard student; a dig. [College Slang] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grind n 1: a student who studies excessively [syn: {swot}, {nerd}, {wonk}] 2: hard monotonous routine work [syn: {drudgery}, {plodding}, {donkeywork}] 3: the act of grinding [syn: {mill}, {pulverization}, {pulverisation}] v 1: press or grind with a crunching noise [syn: {crunch}, {cranch}, {craunch}] 2: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" [syn: {grate}] 3: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework" [syn: {labor}, {labour}, {toil}, {fag}, {travail}, {drudge}, {dig}, {moil}] 4: dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way 5: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: {mash}, {crunch}, {bray}, {comminute}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: grind vt 1. [MIT and Berkeley; now rare] To prettify hardcopy of code, especially LISP code, by reindenting lines, printing keywords and comments in distinct fonts (if available), etc This usage was associated with the MacLISP community and is now rare {prettyprint} was and is the generic term for such operations. 2. [Unix] To generate the formatted version of a document from the {{nroff}}, {{troff}}, {{TeX}}, or Scribe source. 3. [common] To run seemingly interminably, esp. (but not necessarily) if performing some tedious and inherently useless task. Similar to {crunch} or {grovel}. Grinding has a connotation of using a lot of CPU time, but it is possible to grind a disk, network, etc See also {hog}. 4. To make the whole system slow. "Troff really grinds a PDP-11." 5. `grind grind' excl. Roughly, "Isn't the machine slow today!" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: GRIND GRaphical INterpretive Display. A graphics input language for the {PDP-9}. ["GRIND: A Language and Translator for Computer Graphics", A.P. Conn, Dartmouth June 1969]. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-31) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: grind 1. (MIT and Berkeley) To prettify hardcopy of code, especially LISP code, by reindenting lines, printing keywords and comments in distinct fonts (if available), etc This usage was associated with the MacLISP community and is now rare {prettyprint} was and is the generic term for such operations. 2. (Unix) To generate the formatted version of a document from the {nroff}, {troff}, {TeX}, or Scribe source. 3. To run seemingly interminably, especially (but not necessarily) if performing some tedious and inherently useless task. Similar to {crunch} or {grovel}. Grinding has a connotation of using a lot of CPU time, but it is possible to grind a disk, network, etc See also {hog}. 4. To make the whole system slow. "Troff really grinds a PDP-11." 5. "grind grind" excl. Roughly, "Isn't the machine slow today!" [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-16) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Grind (Ex. 32:20; Deut. 9:21; Judg. 16:21), to crush small (Heb. tahan); to oppress the poor (Isa. 3:5). The hand-mill was early used by the Hebrews (Num. 11:8). It consisted of two stones, the upper (Deut. 24:6; 2 Sam. 11:21) being movable and slightly concave, the lower being stationary. The grinders mentioned Eccl. 12:3 are the teeth. (See {MILL}.)
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