grind
noun/ɡraɪnd/
/ɡraɪnd/
- [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.
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- [singular] the unpleasant noise made by machines
- (US English) (British English swot)[countable] (informal, disapproving) a person who spends too much time studying
boring activity
of machines
swot
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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