grind

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬 and , 🇨🇬.

Verb
(see usage notes below)


 * 1)  To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
 * 2)  To shape with the force of friction.
 * 3)  To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
 * 4)  To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
 * 5) To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
 * 6)  To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
 * 7)  To oppress, hold down or weaken.
 * 8)  To rotate the hips erotically.
 * 9)  To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
 * 10)  To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
 * 11)  To operate by turning a crank.
 * 12) To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
 * 13)  To automatically format and indent code.
 * 14)  To eat.
 * 15) To instill through repetitive teaching.
 * 16)  To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
 * 17)  To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
 * 1)  To operate by turning a crank.
 * 2) To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
 * 3)  To automatically format and indent code.
 * 4)  To eat.
 * 5) To instill through repetitive teaching.
 * 6)  To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
 * 7)  To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
 * 1) To instill through repetitive teaching.
 * 2)  To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
 * 3)  To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
 * 1)  To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
 * 1)  To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
 * 1)  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 is often used instead of the irregular form.
 * Historically, there also existed a past participle form, but it is now archaic or obsolete.
 * When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form is almost always used.

Conjugation

 * Strong conjugation (all other senses)


 * Weak conjugation (sports, video games, dance move)

Translations

 * Aklanon: galing
 * Arabic: طَحَنَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: طحن
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: matsin, chisedz
 * Assamese: পিহা, গুৰি কৰা
 * Belarusian: мало́ць, таўчы́
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:, , , , ,
 * Chechen: ахьа
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏙᎠ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dalmatian: macnur
 * Danish: raspe,, ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: masanâ, muldurâ
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: დაფქვა
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽, 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀλέω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , porrá tör/zúz
 * Ilocano: giling
 * Ingrian: jauhaa, jauhoa
 * Irish: meil
 * Isnag: xiling
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 빻다,
 * Latgalian: malt
 * Latin: molō
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: malti
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: mahlen
 * Luxembourgish: muelen
 * Macedonian: меле
 * Malay:
 * Mansaka: giling
 * Maori: whakanehu, kuoro
 * Mòcheno: moln
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: moudre
 * Norwegian:, , , kverne
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: млѣти
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: allpayachiy, kutay
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: moler
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: molere
 * Scots: pran
 * Scottish Gaelic: meil
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: млети
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: mlieť
 * Slovene: mleti
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: mlaś
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: wālts-
 * Turkish:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎉𐎈𐎐
 * Ukrainian: моло́ти, товкти́
 * Venetian: masnar, maxenar, maxnar, maxinar, sgramołare
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: mealle
 * White Hmong: zom
 * ǃXóõ: gǂkxʻàa


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: raspe, skrabe
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Maori: oro, kauoro, kanioro, kuoro, weku
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:, skrape
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: шліфува́ти
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish: jauhautua
 * Maori: whakanehu


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Maori: tetē, nenē


 * Finnish: grindata
 * German: grinden


 * Danish: nedtrykke
 * Finnish:


 * Catalan:, remenar el cul
 * Czech:
 * Danish: vrikke på hofterne
 * Finnish: grindata
 * Italian:, ,
 * Portuguese:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: grindata
 * Portuguese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: grindata
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: ;, grindata
 * Hungarian:


 * Finnish:


 * Danish: fråde, kaste i sig
 * Finnish: skruudata


 * Finnish:, , ; , grindata
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Albanian:
 * Breton:
 * Ewe:
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:,  ,  ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
 * 2) Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
 * 3) A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
 * 4) A tedious and laborious task.
 * 5) A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
 * 6)  One who studies hard.
 * 7)  Hustle; hard work.
 * 1) A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
 * 2)  One who studies hard.
 * 3)  Hustle; hard work.
 * 1)  Hustle; hard work.
 * 1)  Hustle; hard work.
 * 1)  Hustle; hard work.
 * 1)  Hustle; hard work.
 * 1)  Hustle; hard work.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Mahlung, Mahlfeinheit
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Spanish:

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

Etymology
Either a nasal variant of or, from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Same sense development as with.

Verb

 * 1) to brawl, to fight, to wrangle over

Etymology 1
From, , from , from.

Alternative forms

 * , (obsolete)

Noun

 * 1)  gravel, pebbles, shingle

Etymology 2
, perhaps from the above root as a crusty rash.

Noun

 * 1)  The diseases scabies (human), mange (canine)

Derived terms

 * (adjective)

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) A framework
 * 2) A grille

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. More likely the word is related to the English word ground and refers to the whales frequently running aground or easily driven onto ground. Another theory suggests it refers to grinding, scraping or rubbing, in as mating behaviour.On the etymology of Faroese Grind “school of pilot whales” The Faroese term was loaned in many other languages; compare German Grindwal, Danish grindehval or Dutch griend.

Noun

 * 1) A school of grindahvalur (pilot whales)
 * 2) The tvøst (meat) and spik (blubber) of the pilot whales
 * 3) The act of pilot whaling, grindadráp
 * 4)  An unexpected meal

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) lattice, grid, grille
 * 2) framework
 * 3)  lattice

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) pilot whale

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A hinged gate across a road or path where it is intersected by a fence.
 * 2) A framework
 * 3) A grille

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) A hinged gate across a road or path where it is intersected by a fence.
 * 2) A framework
 * 3) A grille

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a gate made of spars or bars
 * 2) haven, dock
 * 3) storehouses

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A gate; door-like structure outside a building
 * 2)  A gate, logical pathway