grind
US: /ˈɡɹaɪnd/
UK: /ɡɹˈaɪnd/
UK: /ɡɹˈaɪnd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
grind /graind/
- danh từ
- sự xay, sự tán, sự nghiền
- sự mài
- tiếng nghiến ken két
- (nghĩa bóng) công việc cực nhọc đều đều
- the daily grind: công việc hằng ngày
- cuộc đi bộ để tập luyện
- lớp học rút (để đi thi); lớp luyện thi
- (từ lóng) cuộc đua ngựa nhảy rào
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) học sinh học gạo
- động từ ground
- xay, tán, nghiền
- to grind corn into flour: xay lúa mì thành bột
- mài, giũa
- to grind a knife: mài dao
- to grind diamonds: mài kim cương
- xát, nghiền
- to grind one's teeth [together]: nghiến răng
- the ship grinding on the rocks: tàu sạt vào những tảng đá
- to grind one's heel into the ground: di di gót chân xuống đất
- đàn áp, áp bức, đè nén
- to grind the faces of the poor: áp bức người nghèo
- quay cối xay cà phê
- to grind music out of a hurdy-gurdy: quay đàn vien
- to grind out some verses: nặn ra vài câu thơ
- bắt (ai) làm việc cật lực
- nhồi nhét
- to grind for the exam: học nhồi để thi
- to grind away
- (+ at) làm cật lực, làm tích cực
- học tập cần cù; học gạo
- to grind down
- xay nhỏ, tán nhỏ, nghiền nhỏ, nghiền nát
- hành hạ, áp bức
- to grind in
- (kỹ thuật) mài, nghiền, rà
- to grind out
- đè bẹp, giẫm nát, nghiền nát
- nghiền, nạo ra
- to grind out an oath: nghiến răng lại mà nguyền rủa
- to grind up
- nghiền nhỏ, tán nhỏ
- to grind one's own axe
- theo đuổi mục đích cá nhân
- to have an axe to grind
- có một mục đích cá nhân phải đạt
- xay, tán, nghiền
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb (ground, ground )
food / flour / coffee
1 [VN] ~ sth (down / up)
~ sth (to / into sth) to break or crush sth 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.
See also -
2 [VN] to produce sth such as flour by crushing: The flour is ground using traditional methods.
make sharp / smooth
3 [VN] to make sth sharp or smooth by rubbing it against a hard surface: a special stone for grinding knives
press into surface
4 [VN] ~ sth into sth
~ sth in to press or rub sth into a surface: He ground his cigarette into the ashtray. + The dirt on her hands was ground in.
rub together
5 to rub together, or to make hard objects rub together, often producing an unpleasant noise: [V] Parts of the machine were grinding together noisily. + [VN] She grinds her teeth when she is asleep. + He ground the gears on the car.
machine
6 [VN] to turn the handle of a machine that grinds sth: to grind a pepper mill
Idioms: bring sth to a grinding halt to make sth slow down gradually until it stops completely: Roadworks brought traffic to a grinding halt.
grind to a halt
come to a grinding halt to slow down gradually and then stop completely: Production ground to a halt during the strike. + Her career ground to a halt when the twins were born.
more at AXE n.
Phrasal Verbs: grind sb<->down to treat sb in a cruel or harsh way over a long period of time, so that they become very unhappy: Don't let them grind you down. + Years of oppression had ground the people down.
grind on to continue for a long time, when this is unpleasant: The argument ground on for almost two years.
grind sth<->out to produce sth in large quantities, often sth that is not good or interesting: She grinds out romantic novels at the rate of five a year.
+ noun
boring activity
1 [sing.] (informal) an activity that is tiring or boring and takes a lot of time: the daily grind of family life + It's a long grind to the top of that particular profession.
of machines
2 [sing.] the harsh noise made by machines
swot
3 [C] (AmE, informal) = SWOT
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 pound, powder, pulverize, abrade, crush, granulate, mill, grate, rasp, crumble, kibble, mash, triturate, bray, comminute:
The rock was soon ground to a fine powder.
2 sharpen, whet; file, smooth, polish:
He is grinding the edge to be razor sharp.
3 gnash, grit, grate:
He grinds his teeth when he's angry.
4 Also, grind away. labour, toil, slave (away); study, lucubrate, burn the midnight oil, Colloq cram, Brit swot:
George has been grinding away at the same job all his life. Languages came easily, but he had to grind away at the sciences.
5 grind down. wear down or away, crush, oppress, subdue, suppress, tyrannize, persecute, maltreat, ill-treat, harry, harass, hound, hector, plague, badger:
Dictators first grind down all opposition, then destroy it.
6 grind out. produce, generate, crank out, churn out, turn out:
For 20 years he has been grinding out the daily gossip column.
n.
7 toil, labour, drudgery, travail, exertion, task, chore:
Working at the checkout counter hour after hour is a terrible grind.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
coarsely | finely
The cement need not be finely ground.
| down, up
Grind the seeds down to a powder.
PREP.
into
machinery for grinding wheat into flour
| to
The coffee is ground to a fine powder.
PHRASES
freshly ground
freshly ground black pepper
Concise English dictionary
ground|grinds|grindinggraɪnd
noun
+an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively
+hard monotonous routine work
+the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
+press or grind with a crunching noise
+make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
+reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
+work hard
+dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
+created by grinding
+shape or form by grinding
