Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grind"
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}.)
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) 1.7 (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: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: {mash},
{crunch}, {bray}, {comminute}]
4: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: {labor}, {labour},
{toil}, {fag}, {travail}, {drudge}, {dig}, {moil}]
5: dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way
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