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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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grind

/ɡrʌɪnd/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɡrʌɪnd/
grind
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> grind

Myanmar meaning

(vt,vi) သွားဖြင့်ကိုက်သည်။ငြီးငွေ့ဖွယ်ကောင်းသည့်စကား။

Full entry

grind / graÇnd / v (pt , pp ground /graƱnd /)

၁။ (က) ~ sth (down/ up) (to/ into sth) ကြိတ်ခြေသည်။ ကြိတ်သည်။ ကြိတ်ဝါးသည်။ grind coffee beans/ corn/ pepper ❍ The elephant grinds (up) its food with/ between its powerful teeth. ❍ grind sth to dust/ to a fine powder.
(ခ) ~ sth (from sth) ကြိတ်သည်။ grind flour (from corn).
၂။ (esp US ) ကြိတ်သည်။ ground beef.
၃။ ~ sth (on/ with sth) သွေးသည်။ grind a knife/ lens.
၄။ ~ sth (together); ~ sth in/ into sth (သွား) ကြိတ်သည်။ ဖိကြိတ်သည်။ He grinds his teeth when he's asleep. ❍ Dirt had become ground into the surface of the table. စားပွဲမျက်နှာပြင်တွင် ဖုန်မှုန့်များ နစ်ဝင်နေသည်။ ❍ grind one's heel into the fragments (ie crush them very hard) ❍ grind stones together.
၅။ ~ (away) ပွတ်သံ၊ ကြိတ်သံမြည်သည်။ grinding brakes ❍ The old engine ground and shuddered. ❍ machines grinding away in the factory.
၆။ (လက်ဖြင့်လှည့်၍) ကြိတ်သည်။ grind a coffee-mill.
n [sing]
၁။ (infml ) ပျင်းမုန်းငြီးငွေ့ဖွယ် အလုပ်။ the daily grind of office work ❍ a long uphill grind in a cycle race ❍ Marking examination papers is a real grind.
၂။ ကြိတ်ခြင်း။
❏ bring sth to a grinding halt [IDM ] အရှိန် သေပြီး တဖြည်းဖြည်း လုံးဝတန့်သွားသည်။ The strike brought industry to a grinding halt.
❏ grind away (at sth) [PHRV ] အပတ်တကုတ် ကြိုးပမ်း သည်။ He's been grinding away at that essay for hours.
❏ grind sb down [PHRV ] ဖိနှိပ်သည်။ ဖိစီးနှိပ်စက်သည်။ people ground down by poverty/ taxation/ tyranny.
❏ grinding adj ရုန်းမထွက်နိုင်သော။ grinding poverty.
❏ grind on [PHRV ] (ပျင်းရိဖွယ်ငြီးငွေ့ဖွယ် ကောင်းအောင် ဆက်လက်) ပြုမူသည်။ The speaker ground on, oblivious of his listeners' boredom. ပရိသတ်က စိတ်မပါသည်ကို ဂရုမထားဘဲ ဆက်လက် လေရှည်နေသည်။
❏ grind sth out [PHRV ] (derog ) (ပျင်းရိငြီးငွေ့ဖွယ် ကောင်းသောအရာကို ဆက်တိုက်) ထုတ်သည်။ The jukebox ground out an incessant stream of pop music. ❍ He grinds out cheap romantic stories at the rate of one a week.
❏ grind to a halt/ standstill; come to a grinding halt [IDM ] တဖြည်းဖြည်းနှင့် လုံးဝ တန့်သွားသည်။ The traffic ground to a halt. ❍ There is so much traffic that the city is grinding to a halt.

More examples
  • The mill was used for grinding corn until the 17th century.
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • She ground a half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray.
  • A truck came grinding up the hill.
  • The sound of grinding gears
Synonyms
crush, pulverize, break up, mill, pound, mince, abrade, afflict, annoy, atomize, attenuate, ball of fire, beat, bray, chop up, chore, comminute, crumble, crumple, cut and dried, diligent, disintegrate, drudgery, file, fireball, garden variety, give an edge to, gnash, go-go, granulate, grate, grinder, grit, groove, grubwork, harass, hard work, hard-working, hold down, hound, hyper, in full swing, industrious, kibble, labor, levigate, moil, on the go, oppress, pace, persecute, pestle, plague, polish, powder, psyched up on, rasp, reduce, roll out, rote, routine, rub, run of the mill, rut, sand, scrape, sharpen, shiver, slog, smooth, sweat, task, tedious job, tedium, tireless, toil, travail, treadmill, triturate, trouble, tyrannize, undeterred, untiring, unwearied, unwearying, usual, vex, weariless, whet, white bread, white-bread, whitebread, workaday
Antonyms
aid, assist, blunt, break, build, comfort, dull, entertainment, free, fun, glide, help, joy, liberate, pastime, please, roughen, soothe
Cross references
crushpulverizebreak upmillpoundminceabradeafflictannoyatomizeattenuateball of firebeatbraychop upchorecomminutecrumblecrumplecut and drieddiligentdisintegratedrudgeryfilefireballgarden varietygive an edge tognash
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