Betekenis van grind In het Nederlands

• 0 to make something into small pieces or a powder by pressing between hard surfaces:

  • to grind coffee

  • Shall I grind a little black pepper over your salad?

  • They grind the grain into flour (= make flour by crushing grain) between two large stones.

• 1 to rub something against a hard surface, in order to make it sharper or smoother:

  • She has a set of chef's knives that she grinds every week.

  • He ground down the sharp metal edges to make them smooth.

  • The car engine was making a strange grinding noise.

  • She grinds her teeth in her sleep.

• 2 the size of grains in a substance that has been ground, especially coffee:

  • Use the correct grind for your coffee brewer.

  • Cook time will vary from 5–10 minutes for instant grits to around 45 minutes for the coarser grinds.

  • Season with a few grinds of black pepper.

• 3 a difficult or boring activity that needs a lot of effort:

  • Having to type up my handwritten work was a real grind.

  • The daily grind of taking care of three children was wearing her down.

  • She's getting grinds.

  • He can give you maths grinds.

• 4 to crush a substance between hard, moving surfaces into small pieces or a powder:

  • Every morning I go to the kitchen and grind some coffee.

  • Add a teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper.

• 5 to rub an object against a hard surface in order to make it sharper, thinner, or smoother:

  • Laborers grind and shape steel bars into decorative fences.

  • Ursula grinds her teeth at night.

• 6 difficult or unpleasant activity that is tiring or repeated too often:

  • Karen came to the hotel for a rest from the daily grind.

• 7 a difficult or boring activity that needs a lot of effort:

  • He recalls the grind of working his day job and then in a bar at night.

• 8 employment, especially when this consists of boring activities:

  • The recession has driven many would-be-retirees back to the daily grind.

• 9 to stop gradually:

  • Business ground to a standstill during the bad weather.