grind

grind
grind [{{t}}graɪnd] (pt & pp ground [{{t}}graʊnd])
1 noun
(a) {{}}familiar{{}} (monotonous work) corvée f;
the daily grind le train-train quotidien;
what a grind! quelle corvée!, quelle barbe!
(b) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (hard worker) bûcheur(euse) m,f, bosseur(euse) m,f
(c) {{}}familiar{{}} (when dancing) déhanchement m
(d) (sound) grincement m, crissement m
(e) {{}}Irish{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}School{{}} (private tutor) prof mf particulier(ère); (class) cours m particulier
2 transitive verb
(a) (coffee, corn, pepper) moudre; (stones) concasser; {{}}American{{}} (meat) hacher; (into powder) pulvériser, réduire en poudre; (crush) broyer, écraser;
he ground his feet into the sand il a enfoncé ses pieds dans le sable;
to grind sth under one's heel écraser qch avec le talon;
{{}}figurative{{}} to grind the faces of the poor opprimer les pauvres
(b) (rub together) écraser l'un contre l'autre;
to grind one's teeth grincer des dents;
to grind sth between one's teeth broyer qch entre ses dents;
{{}}Cars{{}} to grind the gears faire grincer les vitesses
(c) (polish → lenses) polir; (→ glass) dépolir; (→ stones) polir, égriser; (sharpen → knife) aiguiser ou affûter (à la meule)
(d) (turn handle) tourner;
to grind a pepper mill tourner un moulin à poivre;
to grind a barrel-organ tourner la manivelle de ou jouer de l'orgue de Barbarie
(e) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (irritate) taper sur les nerfs à
3 intransitive verb
(a) (crush)
this barley grinds well cet orge est facile à moudre;
this pepper mill doesn't grind very well ce moulin à poivre ne moud pas très bien
(b) (noisily) grincer; (wheels) grincer, crisser; (gears) craquer;
to grind to a halt or to a standstill (machine, vehicle) s'arrêter ou s'immobiliser en grinçant; {{}}figurative{{}} (company, production) s'arrêter net; {{}}figurative{{}} (economy) se retrouver paralysé;
{{}}figurative{{}} the whole country ground to a halt or standstill during the General Strike le pays a été complètement paralysé pendant la grève générale
(c) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (work hard) bûcher ou bosser (dur)
(d) {{}}vulgar{{}} (copulate) baiser
grind away intransitive verb
{{}}familiar{{}} progresser laborieusement ;
I've been grinding away at this essay all weekend j'ai bûché sur cette dissertation tout le week-end
grind down
1 separable transitive verb
(a) (pulverize) pulvériser, réduire en poudre
(b) (lens) meuler
(c) {{}}figurative{{}} (oppress) opprimer, écraser;
don't let your job grind you down ne te laisse pas abattre par ton boulot;
the people were ground down by years of poverty la population était écrasée par des années de misère
2 intransitive verb
(substance) it grinds down easily c'est facile à moudre
grind in separable transitive verb
to grind in a valve roder une soupape
grind on intransitive verb
{{}}familiar{{}} (speaker) parler à n'en plus finir ; (lecture, speech, week) traîner en longueur ;
the accordion music ground on in the background en fond sonore on entendait l'accordéon, interminable et monotone
grind out separable transitive verb
(a) (cigarette) écraser
(b) {{}}figurative{{}} (produce mechanically)
he was grinding out a tune on the barrel-organ il jouait un air sur l'orgue de Barbarie;
{{}}familiar{{}} she's just ground out another blockbuster elle vient de pondre un nouveau best-seller
grind up separable transitive verb
pulvériser;
to grind sth up into powder réduire qch en poudre

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