grind
grind
/ɡraɪnd/
food/flour/coffee
1 transitive grind something (down/up) | grind something (to/into something) to break or press something into very small pieces between two hard surfaces or using a special machine to grind coffee/corn
The animal has teeth that grind its food into a pulp.
The cement need not be finely ground.
The coffee is ground to a fine powder.
freshly ground black pepper
machinery for grinding wheat into flour
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freshly ground
2 transitive grind something to produce something such as flour by grinding The flour is ground using traditional methods.
3 (North American English) (also mince British and North American English) transitive grind something to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces using a special machine (called a mincer) make sharp/smooth
4 transitive grind something to make something sharp or smooth by rubbing it against a hard surface a special stone for grinding knives
press into surface
5 transitive to press or rub something into a surface grind something into something He ground his cigarette into the ashtray.
grind something in The dirt on her hands was ground in.
rub together
grind (together) Parts of the machine were grinding together noisily.
grind something (together) She grinds her teeth when she is asleep.
He ground the gears on the car.
machine
7 transitive grind something to turn the handle of a machine that grinds something to grind a pepper mill
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Word Origin
Old English grindan, probably of Germanic origin. Although no cognates are known, it may be distantly related to Latin frendere ‘rub away, gnash’.