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grind
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan, (cognate with Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), from Proto-Germanic *grindan?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?rend?- (“crushing”). Compare Saterland Frisian griene (“to grind; mill”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???a?nd/,
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Verb
grind (third-person singular simple present grinds, present participle grinding, simple past and past participle ground or grinded) (see usage notes below)
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- (video games, intransitive) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (computing, dated) To automatically format and indent code.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Farrar to this entry?)
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
Usage notes
- In the sports and video game senses, the past participle and past tense form grinded is often used instead of the irregular form ground.
- Historically, there also existed a past participle form grounden, but it is now archaic or obsolete.
- When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form grinded is almost always used.
Conjugation
- Strong conjugation
- Weak conjugation
Derived terms
- bump and grind
- grind down
- have an axe to grind
Translations
Noun
grind (countable and uncountable, plural grinds)
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A tedious and laborious task.
- Synonym: chore
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (archaic, slang) One who studies hard.
- Synonym: swot
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- (slang) Hustle. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Faroese grind (“pilot-whale meat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
grind (plural grinds)
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
Synonyms
- grindadráp
Anagrams
- D-ring, dring
Albanian
Etymology
Either a nasal variant of grij or gërdhij, from Proto-Indo-European *g?rend?- (compare English grind, Lithuanian gréndžiu (“to scrape, scratch”). Same sense development as with grih.
Verb
grind (first-person singular past tense grinda, participle grindur)
- to brawl, to fight, to wrangle over
Related terms
- grij
- gërryej
- gërdhij
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?nt/
- Hyphenation: grind
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch grint, grinde, from Old Dutch *grinda, from Proto-Germanic *grind? (“sand, pebbles”).
Alternative forms
- grinde, grinte (obsolete)
- grint
Noun
grind n (uncountable)
- (geology) The materials gravel, shingle or pebbles.
Derived terms
- grindbed
- grindbeton
- grinden
- grindig
- grindpad
- grindweg
Descendants
- Afrikaans: grint
Etymology 2
Germanic, perhaps from the above root as a crusty rash
Alternative forms
- grinde
Noun
grind n (uncountable)
- (archaic, pathology) The diseases scabies (human), mange (canine)
Synonyms
- schurft m
Derived terms
- grindig (adjective)
Anagrams
- dring
Faroese
Etymology 1
From Old Norse grind (“gate”)
Pronunciation
Noun
grind f (genitive singular grindar, plural grindir)
- A framework
- A grille
Declension
Etymology 2
The term is a Faroese invention. A school of pilot whales reminds of a framework (see grind above) in the sea, by swimming very close to each other. The Faroese term was loaned in many other languages; compare German Grindwal, Danish grindehval or Dutch griend.More likely the word is related to the English word ground and refers to the whales frequently being grounded or easily driven onto ground.
Noun
grind f (genitive singular grindar, plural grindir)
- A school of grindahvalur (pilot whales)
- The tvøst (meat) and spik (blubber) of the pilot whales
- The act of pilot whaling, grindadráp
- (figuratively) An unexpected meal
Declension
Descendants
- Belarusian: ??????? (hrýnda)
- ? Danish: grindehval
- Dutch: griend
- German: Grindwal
- Icelandic: grind
- Russian: ??????? (grínda)
- Ukrainian: ??????? (hrýnda)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kr?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Old Norse grind
Noun
grind f (genitive singular grindar, nominative plural grindur)
- lattice, grid, grille
- framework
- (order theory) lattice
Declension
Etymology 2
From Faroese grind.
Noun
grind f (genitive singular grindar, nominative plural grindur)
- pilot whale
Declension
Synonyms
- (pilot whale): grindahvalur, marsvín
Anagrams
- girnd
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse grind
Noun
grind f or m (definite singular grinda or grinden, indefinite plural grinder, definite plural grindene)
- A hinged gate across a road or path where it is intersected by a fence.
- A framework
- A grille
Derived terms
References
- “grind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “grind” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse grind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?nd/, /?r?n?/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
grind f (definite singular grinda, indefinite plural grinder, definite plural grindene)
- A hinged gate across a road or path where it is intersected by a fence.
- A framework
- A grille
Inflection
Derived terms
- leikegrind
- takgrind
- trappegrind
References
- “grind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grindiz.
Noun
grind f (genitive grindar, plural grindr)
- a gate made of spars or bars
- haven, dock
- storehouses
Declension
Descendants
References
- grind in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish grind, from Old Norse grind, from Proto-Germanic *grindiz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?rend?-.
Noun
grind c
- A gate; door-like structure outside a building
- (computing) A gate, logical pathway
Declension
Anagrams
- ringd
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clack
English
Etymology
From Middle English clacken, clakken, claken, from Old English *clacian (“to slap, clap, clack”), from Proto-Germanic *klak?n? (“to clap, chirp”). Cognate with Scots clake, claik (“to utter cries", also "to bedaub, sully with a sticky substance”), Dutch klakken (“to clack, crack”), Low German klakken (“to slap on, daub”), Norwegian klakke (“to clack, strike, knock”), Icelandic klaka (“to twitter, chatter, wrangle, dispute”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klæk/
Noun
clack (plural clacks)
- An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
- Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
- Chatter; prattle.
- whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack
- (colloquial) The tongue.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
clack (third-person singular simple present clacks, present participle clacking, simple past and past participle clacked)
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)
- (Britain) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
- Dated form of cluck.
- 1934, Gladys Bagg Taber, Late Climbs the Sun (page 30)
- Only the chickens clacked at the Saturday quiet and fat mouse-minded cats licked whiskers on the empty steps.
- 1964, Frances Margaret Cheadle McGuire, Gardens of Italy (page 57)
- We drive on between meadows of mown grass, through a pergola of vines, and so to an orchard of peaches, apples, and pears and a hen colony housed in neat modern cottages, the chickens clacking and scratching away […]
- 1934, Gladys Bagg Taber, Late Climbs the Sun (page 30)
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