- press or grind with a crushing noise
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;
"grate one's teeth in anger"
- work hard;
"She was digging away at her math homework" "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
- 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
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar" "mash the garlic"
- created by grinding;
"grind designs into the glass bowl"
- shape or form by grinding;
"grind lenses for glasses and cameras"