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Definition of grind noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grind

noun
 
/ɡraɪnd/
 
/ɡraɪnd/
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    boring activity

  1. [singular] (informal) an activity that is boring or makes you tired and takes a lot of time
    • the daily grind of family life
    • It's a long grind to the top of that particular profession.
    2.

    of machines

  2. [singular] the unpleasant noise made by machines

    3. swot

  3. (US English)
    (British English swot)
    [countable] (informal, disapproving) a person who spends too much time studying
    4. Word OriginOld English grindan, probably of Germanic origin. Although no cognates are known, it may be distantly related to Latin frendere ‘rub away, gnash’.
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