grind

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• /ˈɡɹaɪnd/
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From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan (“to grind”), from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to crush, grind”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), West Frisian grintsje (“to crush, punish”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).

From Faroese grind (“pilot-whale meat”).

256 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: grime — grinded but not fully powdered ones
• Khiamniungan Naga: vêi-àh — grinded but not fully powdered ones
• Finnish: jauhatus — a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans
• Finnish: karkeus — a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans
• German: Mahlung — a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans
• German: Mahlfeinheit — a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans
• Greek: άλεσμα (álesma) — a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans
• Italian: macinato — a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans
• Italian: molato — a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans
• Italian: tritato — a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans
• Spanish: molienda — a specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans
• Dutch: karwei — a tedious task
• German: Schinderei — a tedious task
• German: Quälerei — a tedious task
• Italian: sfacchinata — a tedious task
• Italian: faticata — a tedious task
• Russian: гринд (grind) — a tedious task
• Spanish: rutina — a tedious task
• Aklanon: galing — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Albanian: gri — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Arabic: طَحَنَ (ṭaḥana) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Arabic: طحن (ṭaḥan) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Armenian: աղալ (aġal) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Aromanian: matsin — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Aromanian: chisedz — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Assamese: পিহা (piha) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Assamese: গুৰি কৰা (guri kora) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Asturian: moler — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Belarusian: мало́ць (malócʹ) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Belarusian: таўчы́ (tawčý) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Breton: malañ — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Bulgarian: меля (melja) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Bulgarian: смилам (smilam) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Bulgarian: раздробявам (razdrobjavam) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Catalan: esmicolar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Catalan: moldre — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Catalan: picar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Catalan: picolar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Catalan: trinxar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Catalan: triturar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Chechen: ахьа (aḥra) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏙᎠ (asdoa) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨碎 (mósuì) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨 (mó) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Choctaw: fotoli — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Chuvash: авӑр (avăr) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Czech: mlít — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Czech: drtit — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Dalmatian: macnur — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Danish: raspe — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Danish: rive — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Danish: male — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Danish: kværne — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Dutch: malen — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Dutch: vermalen — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Dutch: verpulveren — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Esperanto: mueli — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Finnish: jauhaa — to reduce to smaller pieces
• French: moudre — to reduce to smaller pieces
• French: piler — to reduce to smaller pieces
• West-Frisian: mealle — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Friulian: masanâ — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Friulian: muldurâ — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Galician: moer — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Galician: relar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Georgian: დაფქვა (dapkva) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• German: mahlen — to reduce to smaller pieces
• German: zermahlen — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (malan) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (diswinþjan) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Greek: αλέθω (alétho) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Ancient Greek: ἀλέω (aléō) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Hebrew: טחן (takhán) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Hindi: पीसना (pīsnā) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• White Hmong: zom — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Hungarian: őröl — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Hungarian: darál — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Hungarian: morzsol — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Hungarian: zúz — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Hungarian: porít — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Hungarian: porrá tör/zúz — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Ilocano: giling — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Ingrian: jauhaa — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Ingrian: jauhoa — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Irish: meil — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Isnag: xiling — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Italian: macinare — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Japanese: 挽く (hiku) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Khmer: សង្កិន (sɑɑsɑngkən) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Korean: 빻다 (ppata) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Korean: 갈다 (galda) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Latgalian: malt — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Latin: molō — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Latvian: malt — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Lithuanian: malti — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Low German: mahlen — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Luxembourgish: muelen — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Macedonian: меле (mele) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Malay: kisar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Malay: gesek — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Malay: giling — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Mansaka: giling — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Māori: whakanehu — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Māori: kuoro — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Mòcheno: moln — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Norman: moudre — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Norwegian: raspe — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Norwegian: rive — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Norwegian: male — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Norwegian: kverne — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Occitan: mòler — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Church Slavic: млѣти (mlěti) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Polish: mleć — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Portuguese: moer — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Portuguese: triturar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Quechua: allpayachiy — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Quechua: kutay — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Romanian: măcina — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Romanian: pisa — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Romansh: moler — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Russian: моло́ть (molótʹ) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Russian: толо́чь (tolóčʹ) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Sanskrit: पिनष्टि (pinaṣṭi) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Sardinian: molere — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Scots: pran — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Scottish Gaelic: meil — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Serbo-Croatian: млети — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Serbo-Croatian: mleti — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Slovak: mlieť — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Slovene: mleti — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Lower Sorbian: mlaś — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Spanish: moler — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Spanish: triturar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Swedish: mala — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Tamil: அரை (arai) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Thai: บด (bòt) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Tocharian B: wālts- — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Turkish: öğütmek — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Ugaritic: 𐎉𐎈𐎐 (ṭḥn) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Ukrainian: моло́ти (molóty) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Ukrainian: товкти́ (tovktý) — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Ulwa (Nicaragua): tiknaka — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Venetan: masnar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Venetan: maxenar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Venetan: maxnar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Venetan: maxinar — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Venetan: sgramołare — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Vietnamese: xay — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Vietnamese: nghiền — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Volapük: grainön — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Walloon: moure — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Walloon: broyî — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Welsh: malu — to reduce to smaller pieces
• ǃXóõ: gǂkxʻàa — to reduce to smaller pieces
• Albanian: blu — to shape with the force of friction
• Finnish: hioa — to shape with the force of friction
• German: schleifen — to shape with the force of friction
• Hungarian: köszörül — to shape with the force of friction
• Hungarian: csiszol — to shape with the force of friction
• Portuguese: polir — to shape with the force of friction
• Portuguese: brunir — to shape with the force of friction
• Spanish: bruñir — to shape with the force of friction
• Swedish: slipa — to shape with the force of friction
• Bulgarian: шлифовам (šlifovam) — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Bulgarian: полирам (poliram) — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Catalan: polir — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 研磨 (yánmó) — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Czech: brousit — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Danish: raspe — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Danish: skrabe — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Dutch: schuren — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Finnish: hioa — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• French: meuler — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• German: schleifen — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• German: feilen — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Japanese: 磨ぐ (togu) — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Khmer: រូស (ruuh) — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Māori: oro — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Māori: kauoro — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Māori: kanioro — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Māori: kuoro — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Māori: weku — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Norwegian: raspe — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Norwegian: skrape — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Polish: ścierać — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Portuguese: amolar — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Russian: шлифова́ть (šlifovátʹ) — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Russian: отшлифова́ть (otšlifovátʹ) — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Spanish: pulir — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Swedish: slipa — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Turkish: bilemek — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Ukrainian: шліфува́ти (šlifuváty) — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Vietnamese: mài — to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface
• Finnish: jauhautua — to become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction
• Māori: whakanehu — to become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction
• Swedish: slipas — to become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction
• Finnish: raahautua — to move with much difficulty or friction
• Hungarian: csikorog — to move with much difficulty or friction
• Hungarian: döcög — to move with much difficulty or friction
• Hungarian: súrlódik — to move with much difficulty or friction
• Māori: tetē — to move with much difficulty or friction
• Māori: nenē — to move with much difficulty or friction
• Portuguese: ranger — to move with much difficulty or friction
• Portuguese: rangir — to move with much difficulty or friction
• Finnish: grindata — to slide a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle
• German: grinden — to slide a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle
• Danish: nedtrykke — to oppress, hold down or weaken
• Finnish: sortaa — to oppress, hold down or weaken
• Catalan: culejar — slang: to rotate the hips erotically
• Catalan: remenar el cul — slang: to rotate the hips erotically
• Czech: vrtět — slang: to rotate the hips erotically
• Danish: vrikke på hofterne — slang: to rotate the hips erotically
• Finnish: grindata — slang: to rotate the hips erotically
• Italian: sculettare — slang: to rotate the hips erotically
• Italian: ancheggiare — slang: to rotate the hips erotically
• Italian: dimenarsi — slang: to rotate the hips erotically
• Portuguese: rebolar — slang: to rotate the hips erotically
• Chinese Mandarin: 刷 (shuā) — to repeat a task in video games
• Finnish: grindata — to repeat a task in video games
• Russian: гриндить (grindit') — to repeat a task in video games
• Swedish: nöta — to repeat a task in video games
• Finnish: veivata — to operate by turning a crank
• Finnish: jauhaa — to produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank
• Finnish: hinkata — to produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank
• Finnish: grindata — to produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank
• Hungarian: ont — to produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank
• Finnish: jauhaa — to instill through repetitive teaching
• German: pauken — to instill through repetitive teaching
• German: einbläuen — to instill through repetitive teaching
• Swedish: nöta in — to instill through repetitive teaching
• Albanian: blu — slang: to eat
• Danish: fråde — slang: to eat
• Danish: kaste i sig — slang: to eat
• Finnish: skruudata — slang: to eat
• Finnish: puurtaa — to work or study hard
• Finnish: ahkeroida — to work or study hard
• Finnish: raataa — to work or study hard
• Finnish: paahtaa — to work or study hard
• Finnish: grindata — to work or study hard
• German: sich abrackern — to work or study hard
• German: malochen — to work or study hard
• German: sich abmühen — to work or study hard
• German: schuften — to work or study hard
• Hungarian: magol — to work or study hard
• Portuguese: ralar — to work or study hard
• Russian: зубрить (zubritʹ) — to work or study hard
• Spanish: avanzar — to work or study hard
• Spanish: esforzarse — to work or study hard
• Spanish: pilar — to work or study hard
• Spanish: tragar — to work or study hard
• Spanish: estudiar intensivamente — to work or study hard
• Spanish: empollar — to work or study hard
• Spanish: chancar — to work or study hard
• Swedish: slita — to work or study hard
• Swedish: knega — to work or study hard
• Swedish: knoga — to work or study hard