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grind (v. intr.)
1.make a high-pitched, screeching noise"The door creaked when I opened it slowly" "My car engine makes a whining noise"
grind (v. trans.)
1.break into small pieces"The car crushed the toy"
2.reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading"grind the spices in a mortar" "mash the garlic"
grind (n.)
1.a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape"they fell into a conversational rut"
2.the act of grinding to a powder or dust
3.hard monotonous routine work
4.an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
5.the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground"a coarse grind of coffee"
6.(informal;U.S.A.)one who works strenuously
grind (v.)
1.make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together"grate one's teeth in anger"
2.press or grind with a crushing noise
3.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
4.work hard"She was digging away at her math homework" "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
5.shape or form by grinding"grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
6.created by grinding"grind designs into the glass bowl"
7.grind together, of teeth
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Merriam Webster
GrindGrind (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ground (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. Grist.]
1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
Take the millstones, and grind meal. Is. xivii. 2.
2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.
3. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
To grind the subject or defraud the prince. Dryden.
4. To study hard for examination; -- commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies. [College Slang]
GrindGrind (?), v. i.
1. To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
Send thee
Into the common prison, there to grind. Milton.
2. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
3. To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
4. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
5. To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. Farrar.
GrindGrind, n.
1. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
2. Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. [Colloq.] T. Hughes.
3. A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk. [College Slang]
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grind (n.)
donkeywork, donkey-work, drudgery, dweeb, fag, grinding, groove, humdrum, labour, mill, nerd, plodding, pulverisation, pulverization, routine, rut, slog, swot, toil, wonk
grind (n.) (informal;U.S.A.)
hard worker, swot, toiler, slogger (informal)
grind (v.)
abrade, beaver away, beep, bray, comminute, cram, cranch, craunch, creak, crunch, crush, dig, drudge, fag, file, gnash, grate, hone, labor, labour, moil, pound, powder, pulverise, pulverize, scrape, screech, sharpen, squeak, strop, swot up, toil, travail, triturate, whet, mug up (colloquial, British), plug away (colloquial), slog (spéc. anglais britannique), swot (colloquial, British)
See also
grind (n.)
↘ do as usual ↗ beaver away, dig, drudge, fag, labor, labour, moil, mug up, plug away, powder, powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize, slog, swot, toil, travail
grind (v. intr.)
↘ grating, gravelly, grinding, rasping, raspy, rough, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scratchy, squeaker
grind (v. trans.)
↘ crushing, grinder, grinding, quelling, sharpener, sharpening, stifling, suppression
grind (v.)
↘ gnashing one's teeth, grinding one's teeth, hard worker, slogger, swot, toiler
⇨ grind away • grind down • grind one's teeth • grind organ • grind out • grind to a halt • grind up
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grind (n.)
routine[ClasseHyper.]
traditionalism; traditionality; conservatism; conservativism[Classe]
modus operandi, routine[Hyper.]
grind (n.) [informal , U.S.A.]
grind (n.)
action de réduire en particules (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
grind (n.)
work; labor; labour; job; task; chore[Classe]
work[Classe]
produit effectif d'un travail (fr)[Classe]
variété, sorte de travail (fr)[Classe]
(weariness; boredom; ennui; tedium)[Caract.]
(much)[Caract.]
grind (n.)
dabbler; amateur; hobbyist[Classe]
commoner; coed; student[Classe]
grind (n.)
degree, grade, level, pitch[Hyper.]
grind (v.)
break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize[Hyper.]
grind, grinding, mill, pulverisation, pulverization - grinding[Dérivé]
rub[Domaine]
grind (v.)
press[Hyper.]
grind (v.)
grind (v.)
travailler durement (fr)[Classe]
(awkward; difficult; hard; stiff; tough; heavy; uphill), (difficulty)[termes liés]
labor, labour, toil - donkeywork, donkey-work, drudgery, fag, grind, labour, plodding, slog, toil - effort, elbow grease, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, sweat, travail - enterprise, labor, project, task, undertaking - drudge, galley slave, navvy, peon - drudge, hack, hacker - jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer, manual worker - dweeb, grind, nerd, swot, wonk - grind, hard worker, slogger, swot, toiler[Dérivé]
grind (v.)
grind (v.)
create, make[Hyper.]
grind (v.)
poke[Similaire]
grind (v. intr.)
produire un bruit (fr)[Classe]
produire un son aigu (fr)[Classe]
(tooth), (denture; set of teeth; dentition)[termes liés]
grind (v. tr.) [colloquial , American]
grind (v. tr.)
réduire en fines particules (fr)[Classe]
flatten; shatter; mash; crush; squash; bang up; smash up; smash[ClasseHyper.]
fabrique de la farine (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
grind (v. tr.)
aiguiser (fr)[Classe]
(faire) devenir autre une propriété (fr)[Classe...]
aigu et/ou pointu (fr)[Caract.]
grind (v. tr.)
réduire en fines particules (fr)[Classe]
fabrique de la farine (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
Wikipedia
The grind of a blade refers to the shape of the cross-section of the blade. It is distinct from the type of blade (e.g., clip point or drop point knife, sabre or cutlass, axe or chisel, etc.), though different tools and blades may have lent their name to a particular grind.
Grinding involves removing significant portions of metal from the blade and is thus distinct from honing and polishing. It is notably done when first sharpening the blade or when a blade has been significantly damaged or abused (such as breaking a tip, chipping, or extensive corrosion) A well maintained blade will need less frequent grinding than one which is not treated well.
The terms edge angle and included angle can be important when talking about grinding. The edge angle is measured between the surface of an edge and a line running from the point of the cutting edge to the back edge. The included angle is the sum of the edge angles. All other things being equal, the smaller the included angle the sharper the blade and the easier it is to damage the edge.
An appropriate grind will depend upon what the blade is to be used for and the material from which the blade is made. Knife manufacturers may offer the same model of knife with different grinds on the blade and owners of a blade may choose to reshape it as a different grind to obtain different blade properties. A trade off exists between a blade's ability to take an edge and its ability to keep an edge. Various grinds are easier to maintain than others or can provide a better shape over the life of the blade as the blade is worn away by repeated sharpening. In material science terms, harder steels take sharper edges, but are more brittle and hence chip more easily, while softer steels are tougher, and are used for knives such as cleavers which must be tough but do not require a sharp edge. In the range of hardnesses used for knives, the relationship between hardness and toughness is fairly complex and high hardness and high toughness are often possible at the same time.
As a rough guide, Western kitchen knives generally have a double-bevel (approximately 15° on the first bevel and 20–22° on the second), while East Asian kitchen knives are made of harder steel and are ground at 15–18°, being either wedge-shaped (double-ground) or chisel-shaped (single-ground).
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A sharp object works by concentrating forces which creates a high pressure due to the very small area of the edge, but high pressures can nick a thin blade or even cause it to roll over into a rounded tube when it is used against hard materials. An irregular material or angled cut is also likely to apply much more torque to hollow-ground blades due to the "lip" formed on either side of the edge. More blade material can be included directly behind the cutting edge to reinforce it, but during sharpening some proportion of this material must be removed to reshape the edge, making the process more time-consuming. Also, any object being cut must be moved aside to make way for this wider blade section, and any force distributed to the grind surface reduces the pressure applied at the edge.[1]
One way around this dilemma is to use the blade at an angle, which can make a blade's grind seem less steep, much as a switchback makes a trail easier to climb. Using the edge in this way is made easier by introducing a curve in the blade, as seen in sabers, scimitars, and katana, among many others. Some old European swords (most memorably Hrunting) and the Indonesian style of kris have a wavelike shape, with much the same effect in drawing or thrusting cuts.
When speaking of Japanese edged weapons, the term niku (肉 meat ) refers to the grind of the blade: an edge with more niku is more convex and/or steep and therefore tougher, though it seems less sharp. Katana tend to have much more niku than wakizashi. If it is required to measure the angles of cutting edges, it is achieved by using a blade edge protractor ( or goniometer) see CATRA Hobbigoni
It is possible to combine grinds or produce other variations. For example, some blades may be flat ground for much of the blade but be convex ground towards the edge.
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