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Results for: "grind"

Translating from English to Norwegian

Translations:

grind — to reduce to smaller pieces
→ male
→ raspe
→ rive
grind — to grind down with an abrasive
→ raspe
→ skrape

More translations:

grind
→ slit, rutinearbeid

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (4)

1. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious;
[syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb]

2. the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground;
- Example: "a coarse grind of coffee"

3. hard monotonous routine work;
[syn: drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork]

4. the act of grinding to a powder or dust;
[syn: grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation]


VERB (7)

1. press or grind with a crushing noise;
[syn: crunch, cranch, craunch, grind]

2. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;
- Example: "grate one's teeth in anger"
[syn: grate, grind]

3. work hard;
- Example: "She was digging away at her math homework"
- Example: "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
[syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]

4. dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers'; legs are interlaced;

5. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
- Example: "grind the spices in a mortar"
- Example: "mash the garlic"
[syn: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute]

6. created by grinding;
- Example: "grind designs into the glass bowl"

7. shape or form by grinding;
- Example: "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"