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munch
English
Etymology
From Middle English monchen, a variant of mocchen, mucchen ("to munch (food); chew audibly"; > Modern English dialectal mouch), probably imitative in origin (compare crunch). Compare also Old French mangier, mengier (“to bite; eat”), of similar sound and meaning.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Verb
munch (third-person singular simple present munches, present participle munching, simple past and past participle munched)
- To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed — often used with on.
- To eat vigorously or with excitement.
Derived terms
- muncher
- munchy
Translations
Noun
munch (plural munches)
- A location or restaurant where good eating can be expected.
- Sally is having a breakfast munch at her place!
- (colloquial) An act of eating.
- We had a good munch at the chippy.
- (uncountable, slang) Food.
- (BDSM) A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant. See Munch (BDSM).
- 1996, "peh^ - the prat with the hat", What is a "Munch"? (on newsgroup alt.sex.femdom)
- And thanks to the stunning paxie for getting it all together and creating the best munch ever in the history of munches. :)
- 2000, "Anton", BDSM parties and munches (on newsgroup alt.sadistic)
- does anyone know any BDSM parties and munches, in greece???
- 1996, "peh^ - the prat with the hat", What is a "Munch"? (on newsgroup alt.sex.femdom)
Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
- muench, munnech
Etymology
From Middle High German manec, from Old High German manag. Cognate with German manch, Dutch menig, English many.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mun?/
Pronoun
munch
- many
Declension
Derived terms
- munchmol
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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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