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# grind

verb (grind, grinds, ground, grinding); noun (the grind)

«grind» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To crush something into tiny pieces or powder, like grinding wheat into flour or coffee beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#m1)
2. To make something sharp or smooth by rubbing it on a hard surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#m2)
3. To rub things together hard and noisily: «grind your teeth». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#m3)
4. (noun, informal) Hard, boring work that goes on and on: «the daily grind». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#m4)
5. «grind to a halt» means slowly stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#m5)

### In the lessons

In history and science, mills ground grain into flour; teeth grind food. In health, grinding your teeth at night can harm them. In everyday talk, «back to the grind» means back to work. Phrases: «grind to a halt», «grind your teeth», «the daily grind».

### Examples

- The mill grinds wheat into flour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#x1)
- Pepper is ground in a pepper mill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#x2)
- Some people grind their teeth in their sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#x3)
- The traffic ground to a halt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#x4)
- Our back teeth grind our food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#x5)
- He ground the knife on a stone to sharpen it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#x6)
- After the holidays, it's back to the grind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#x7)
- And the Goblin put the tongue on the coffee-mill, and how it began to grind! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/#x8)

### Note

Irregular past: grind – ground – ground. «Ground» is also a noun (the earth under your feet) — two different words. Don't confuse «grind» with «grin» (smile).

## In Jewish tradition

The rabbis read Isaiah's words as a charge against leaders who treat the poor harshly. Grinding at the mill is also a picture of lowly work given to a captive, as with Babylon. In the primary lessons: In history and science, mills ground grain into flour; teeth grind food. In health, grinding your teeth at night can harm them. In everyday talk, «back to the grind» means back to work. Phrases: «grind to a halt», «grind your teeth», «the daily grind».

### Examples

- Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. (Writings JOB.31.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grind/#x1)
- Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers. (Prophets ISA.47.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grind/#x2)
- What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts. (Prophets ISA.3.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grind/#x3)

### Note

Irregular past: grind – ground – ground. «Ground» is also a noun (the earth under your feet) — two different words. Don't confuse «grind» with «grin» (smile).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grind» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grind/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grind» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grind.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «grind» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grind/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grind» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/grind.html) on Mova free.