1 to crush into powder or small pieces: “This machine grinds coffee.”
(ver)malen

2 to rub together, usually producing an unpleasant noise: “He grinds his teeth.”
knarsen

3 to rub into or against something else: “He ground his heel into the earth.”
schuren, wrijven
boring hard work: “Learning vocabulary is a bit of a grind.”
vermoeiend karwei, hele kluif

'grinder (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

a person or machine that grinds: “a coffee-grinder.”
maler; molen

'grinding (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

1 with a sound of grinding: “The train came to a grinding stop.”
knarsend

2 severe: “grinding poverty.”
nijpend

'grindstone (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

a wheel-shaped stone against which knives are sharpened as it turns.
slijpsteen, wetsteen

grind down

to crush: “She was ground down by poverty.”
onderdrukken, uitmergelen

grind up

to grind into powder or small pieces: “This machine grinds up rocks.”
(ver)malen

keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone

to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping.
afbeulen


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to grind	erafslijpen (ww.) ; wetten (ww.) ; verpulveren (ww.) ; vermalen (ww.) ; slijpen (ww.) ; schuren (ww.) ; scherpen (ww.) ; matteren (ww.) ; malen (ww.) ; fijnmalen (ww.) ; afslijpen (ww.) ; aanzetten (ww.)
grind	knarsen ; stampen ; slijpen in de zin van schuren ; slijpen ; schuren in de zin van slijpen ; piepen ; malen ; kwellen

Bronnen: interglot; Wikipedia; Vlietstra; Wakefield genealogy pages; Download IATE, European Union, 2017.; Autowoordenboek




EN: chop into pieces
EN: chop up
EN: crush
EN: macerate
EN: mash
EN: pound
EN: pulp
EN: sharpen

EN: will not grind NL: kun je niet malen
EN: grind the faces of the poor NL: de armen uitmergelen
EN: ground glass NL: matglas
EN: grind to a halt NL: knarsend tot stilstand komen