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   Grind , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ground ; p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind.  Cf. Grist.]
   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.
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   Take the millstones, and grind meal.
   Is. xivii. 2.
   
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   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.
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   To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
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   To grind the subject or defraud the prince.
   Dryden.
   
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   To study hard for examination; -- commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies. [College Slang]
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   Grind , v. i.
   To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
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   Send thee
   Into the common prison, there to grind.
   Milton.
   
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   To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
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   To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
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   To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
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   To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. Farrar.
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   Grind, n.
   The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
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   Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. [Colloq.]
   T. Hughes.
   
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   A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk. [College Slang]
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