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Definition of grind : 1. A hard student; a dig.
2. Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.
3. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
4. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
5. To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
6. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
7. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
8. To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
9. To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
10. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
11. To study hard for examination.
12. To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

Synonyms:

manufacturing plant, crush, mash, churn, drive, comprehend, crunch, fragment, carve, scratch, munch, care, butterfly, jade, break up, grasp, powder, butchery, grinder, lockstep, philander, drudgery, toiler, excavate, beat, dally, dink, sweat, fire, scrunch, bake, go, pattern, hee-haw, jab, prod, shatter, dedication, dig, fag, engagement, bone, geek, trample, outwear, heavy lifting, comminute, compass, work, weenie, dig out, weary, fall apart, fatigue, chat up, treadmill, hollow, stab, tire out, rote, buff, bray, butcher, mill, plodding, grok, groove, labour, bookworm, swot, scraunch, blanch, rankle, chill, grub, slavery, moil, granulate, slave, squeeze, strain, wonk, over, nip, coquette, creak, compress, nerd, fag out, cut out, wear upon, delve, undertaking, boil, savvy, idle, manufactory, labor, squelch, coquet, craunch, help, pursuit, drill, poke, romance, flirt, travail, get the picture, crackle, effort, factory, depress, triturate, disintegrate, gnash, milling machinery, tyrannize, roil, butter, pulverisation, wear out, smash, wear down, challenge, crumble, press, eat into, blend, dweeb, splinter, donkeywork, burn up, cut into, push, drudge, slog, dork, toil, squash, jar, knead, plod, cycle, apprehend, break, pulverization, dig up, exertion, scranch, rut, tug, pulverize, turn over, flood, backfire, run, tire, cranch, cram

rasp, resist, abrade, chafe, harass, aggravate, irritate, grate, disturb, scrape, fret, scrub, wear, rub

gloss, slick, burnish, level, plane, flatten, smooth, glaze, silken, polish, sand, even

Usage examples:

• It would have spoiled you and sent you back just like every other young lady the schools grind out." - "Brand Blotters", William MacLeod Raine.
• He came, and began to mow: he swung the scythe once, and a second time, and it grew dull and would not cut,- it was necessary to grind it. - "Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales", Leo Tolstoy.
• That man can lift you out of the grind. - "The Portion of Labor", Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.