grind

grind
1. past tense, past participle - ground; verb
1) (to crush into powder or small pieces: This machine grinds coffee.) moler, triturar, picar
2) (to rub together, usually producing an unpleasant noise: He grinds his teeth.) hacer rechinar, moler
3) (to rub into or against something else: He ground his heel into the earth.) oprimir, clavar

2. noun
(boring hard work: Learning vocabulary is a bit of a grind.) trabajo pesado
- grinding
- grindstone
- grind down
- grind up
- keep someone's nose to the grindstone
- keep one's nose to the grindstone
grind vb moler
grind the coffee fine muele el café fino
El pasado y participio pasado de grind se escribe ground
grind
tr[graɪnd]
transitive verb (pt & pp ground tr[graʊnd] )
1 (mill) moler; (crush) machacar, triturar; (crystals, ore) pulverizar; (lens, mirror) pulir; (knife, blade) afilar
2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (mince - beef) picar
3 (teeth) hacer rechinar
■ she grinds her teeth le rechinan los dientes
4 (press down hard on) incrustar, aplastar; (press in) meter
■ the dirt had been ground into the carpet la suciedad estaba bien metida en la alfombra
intransitive verb
1 (crush) triturarse
2 (make harsh noise) rechinar, chirriar
3 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (swot) empollar, machacar
noun
1 familiar (work) trabajo pesado; (effort) paliza
■ the daily grind la rutina diaria
2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL familiar (swot) empollón,-ona
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to grind the faces of the poor into the dust oprimir a los pobres
to grind to a halt / grind to a standstill (vehicle) detenerse ruidosamente, pararse ruidosamente 2 (production) irse parando poco a poco 3 (negotiations) estancarse, llegar a un punto muerto
to have an axe to grind tener un interés personal
grind ['graɪnd] v, ground ['graʊnd] ; grinding vt
1) crush: moler, machacar, triturar
2) sharpen: afilar
3) polish: pulir, esmerilar (lentes, espejos)
4)
to grind one's teeth : rechinarle los dientes a uno
5)
to grind down oppress: oprimir, agobiar
grind vi
1) : funcionar con dificultad, rechinar
to grind to a halt: pararse poco a poco, llegar a un punto muerto
2) study: estudiar mucho
grind n
: trabajo m pesado
the daily grind: la rutina diaria
grind
n.
• empollón s.m.
• molienda s.f.
• rutina s.f.
v.
(§ p.,p.p.: ground) = afilar v.
• amolar v.
• majar v.
• moler v.
• pulverizar v.
• quebrantar v.

I
1. graɪnd
(past & past p ground) transitive verb
a) \<\<coffee/wheat\>\> moler*; (in mortar) machacar*; \<\<meat\>\> (AmE) moler* or (Esp, RPl) picar*; \<\<crystals/ore\>\> triturar
b) (rub together)

he grinds his teeth in his sleep — le rechinan los dientes cuando duerme

to grind something INTO something: he ground the cigarette end into the carpet — incrustó or aplastó la colilla en la alfombra


2.
vi (move with friction) rechinar, chirriar*

the wheels of bureaucracy grind very slowly — las cosas de palacio van despacio

to grind to a halt o standstill: the truck ground to a halt el camión se detuvo con gran chirrido de frenos; the negotiations have ground to a halt — las negociaciones han llegado a un punto muerto or se han estancado

Phrasal Verbs:

II
noun
a) (drudgery) (colloq) (no pl) trabajo m pesado, paliza f (fam)

the daily grind — el monótono trajín diario

back to the grind! — de vuelta al yugo!

b) (over-conscientious worker) (AmE colloq)

she's the office grind — es la niña aplicada de la oficina (iró)

[ɡraɪnd] (pt, pp ground)
1. VT
1) [+ coffee] moler; [+ corn, flour] moler, machacar; [+ stone] pulverizar; (US) (Culin) [+ meat] picar

to grind sth into or to a powder — reducir algo a polvo, pulverizar algo

to grind sth into the earth — clavar algo en el suelo

to grind one's teeth — rechinar los dientes

2) (=sharpen) [+ knife] amolar, afilar
3) (=polish) [+ gem, lens] esmerilar
2.
VI [machine etc] funcionar con dificultad

to grind against — ludir ruidosamente con

to grind to a halt or standstill — pararse en seco

3.
N * (=dull hard work) trabajo m pesado

the work was such a grind — el trabajo era tan pesado

the daily grind — la rutina diaria

- grind away
* * *

I
1. [graɪnd]
(past & past p ground) transitive verb
a) \<\<coffee/wheat\>\> moler*; (in mortar) machacar*; \<\<meat\>\> (AmE) moler* or (Esp, RPl) picar*; \<\<crystals/ore\>\> triturar
b) (rub together)

he grinds his teeth in his sleep — le rechinan los dientes cuando duerme

to grind something INTO something: he ground the cigarette end into the carpet — incrustó or aplastó la colilla en la alfombra


2.
vi (move with friction) rechinar, chirriar*

the wheels of bureaucracy grind very slowly — las cosas de palacio van despacio

to grind to a halt o standstill: the truck ground to a halt el camión se detuvo con gran chirrido de frenos; the negotiations have ground to a halt — las negociaciones han llegado a un punto muerto or se han estancado

Phrasal Verbs:

II
noun
a) (drudgery) (colloq) (no pl) trabajo m pesado, paliza f (fam)

the daily grind — el monótono trajín diario

back to the grind! — de vuelta al yugo!

b) (over-conscientious worker) (AmE colloq)

she's the office grind — es la niña aplicada de la oficina (iró)


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