Synonym: crumble, crush, drudge, edge, file, grate, mash, plod, pulverize, rub, sharpen, smooth, squash, study, whet, work. Similar words: grin, chagrin, rind, bear in mind, grim, grip, grief, grieve. Meaning: [graɪnd] 
n. 1. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively 2. hard monotonous routine work 3. the act of grinding to a powder or dust. v. 1. press or grind with a crunching noise 2. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together 3. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading 4. work hard 5. 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 6. created by grinding 7. shape or form by grinding.
n. 1. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively 2. hard monotonous routine work 3. the act of grinding to a powder or dust. v. 1. press or grind with a crunching noise 2. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together 3. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading 4. work hard 5. 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 6. created by grinding 7. shape or form by grinding. 
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31, She's only doing it out of kindness she's got no particular axe to grind.
32, Environmentalists have no political axe to grind - they just want to save the planet.
33, There are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.
34, You'll get more flavour from the spices if you grind them into a powder.
35, The lenses for giant telescopes are very expensive to grind.
36, As the negotiations grind on, time is passing towards the deadline.
37, She had no axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety.
38, Would you please grind a pound of coffee for me?
39, I need objective advice from someone with no axe to grind.
40, Jack, my knife has hebetated, can you help me to grind it?
41, The teacher works too hard trying to grind useless facts into the children.
42, The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves.
43, Could you grind up some coffee for me?
44, Work feels like such a grind lately.
45, You just grind them out at practice.
46, Grind some black pepper over the salad.
47, The daily grind of meetings and tutorials went on.
48, The Prime Minister is pictured taking a break from the hard grind of political life.
49, With Rufus it did to some extent come back again and all he could do was grind it down and soldier on.
50, You can have the stump removed by hiring some one to grind it out with a machine.
51, Alternatively, chop the nuts very finely[Sentencedict.com ], add the garlic and use a pestle and mortar to grind them down.
52, The native women grind the wheat with heavy stone implements.
53, Westmoreland was wrong to count on his superior firepower to grind us down.
54, The relentless grind of hard labour and ill-health had taken its toll on Booth.
55, The idea is to grind his victims down by boring them to death.
56, And how you grind your ever smiling quean ?
57, Justin:I have an axe to grind with him.
58, Angela: "I have an axe to grind with you."
59, University departments will grind to a halt.
60, The dog immediately began to grind most mournful music.