Словарь синонимов английского языка - grind

(v) 1. pound, powder, pulverize, abrade, crush, granulate, mill, grate, rasp, crumble, kibble, mash, triturate, bray, comminute: The rock was soon ground to a fine powder. 2. sharpen, whet; file, smooth, polish: He is grinding the edge to be razor sharp. 3. gnash, grit, grate: He grinds his teeth when he's angry. 4. Also, grind away. labour, toil, slave (away); study, lucubrate, burn the midnight oil, Colloq cram, Brit swot: George has been grinding away at the same job all his life. Languages came easily, but he had to grind away at the sciences. 5. grind down. weab down or away, crush, oppress, subdue, suppress, tyrannize, persecute, maltreat, ill-treat, harry, harass, hound, hector, plague, badger: Dictators first grind down all opposition, then destroy it. 6. grind out. produce, generate, crank out, churn out, turn out: For 20. years he has been grinding out the daily gossip column. -(n) 7. toil, labour, drudgery, dravail, exertion, task, chore: Working at the checkout counder hour after hour is a terrible grind.