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Grind - translation to English

Hollow grind

grind

rutina
trabajo pesado
oprimir
pulverizar
moler
triturar
desgastar
estudiar con ahínco
to have an axe to grind: tener un interés creado

Grind

Rutina

grinding

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

Grind (film); Grind (movie); Grinding; Grindin; Grind River; Grindin (song)

afilado
rechinar
grinding poverty: miseria absoluta

Definition

grind

(grinds, grinding, ground)

1.

If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder.

Store the peppercorns in an airtight container and grind the pepper as you need it.

...the odor of fresh ground coffee.

VERB: V n, V-ed

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Grind up means the same as grind
.

He makes his own paint, grinding up the pigment with a little oil.

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

2.

If you grind something into a surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements.

'Well,' I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step.

VERB: V n prep

•

If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something.

If you know you're grinding your teeth, particularly at night, see your dentist.

PHRASE: V inflects, V n

3.

If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface.

...a shop where they grind knives...

The tip can be ground to a much sharper edge to cut smoother and faster.

VERB: V n, be V-ed to n

4.

If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily.

Tanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south.

VERB: V adv/prep

5.

The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard.

The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves.

N-SING: oft N of n

6.

If you refer to routine tasks or activities as the grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort. (INFORMAL)

The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service...

N-SING: oft adj N [disapproval]

7.

see also grinding

8.

If a country's economy or something such as a process grinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops.

The peace process has ground to a halt while Israel struggles to form a new government.

PHRASE: V inflects

9.

If a vehicle grinds to a halt, it stops slowly and noisily.

The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.

PHRASE: V inflects

10.

to have an axe to grind: see axe

to come to a grinding halt: see grinding

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Wikipedia

Grind

A blade's grind is its cross-sectional shape in a plane normal to the edge. Grind differs from blade profile, which is the blade's cross-sectional shape in the plane containing the blade's edge and the centre contour of the blade's back (meaning the shape of the blade when viewed from the side, i.e. clip point, spear point, etc.). The grind of a blade should not be confused with the bevel forming the sharpened edge; it more usually describes the overall cross-section of the blade, not inclusive of the beveled cutting edge which is typically of a different, less acute angle as the bevel ground onto the blade to give it a cross-sectional shape. For example, the famous Buck 110 hunting knife has a "hollow ground" blade, with concave blade faces (which aid in slicing through materials), but the cutting edge itself is a simple, flat-ground bevel of lesser angle. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to put a "hollow grind" onto the actual cutting edge of the blade itself, which is a very narrow and small bevel.

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Examples of use of Grind

1. The mills of justice don‘t exactly grind at warp speed, but grind they do.

2. "It was a grind coming down the stretch," Ames said.

3. The wheels of justice grind slowly in democratic countries.

4. That threatened to grind the financial system to a halt.

5. "They‘re still bombarding the area to grind it to dust.