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that
     1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
           He told me that the book is a good read.
           I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
     2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
           Be glad that you have enough to eat.
     3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
     4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
           The noise was so loud that she woke up.
           The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
     5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
     6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
           Was John there? — Not that I saw.
           How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
     7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
     8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
     9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
           That book is a good read. This one isn't.
           That battle was in 1450.
           That cat of yours is evil.
     10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
           He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
     11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
           They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
     12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
           The water is so cold! — That it is.
     13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
           The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
           The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
     14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
           the place that = where or to which I went last year
           the last time that = when I went to Europe
     15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
           "The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
     16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
           I'm just not that sick.
           I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
     17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
           Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
     18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
chump
     1. n. (colloquial, pejorative) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
           That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
     2. n. A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
           It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.
     3. n. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
     4. v. dated form of chomp
wouldn't
     1. v. would not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513)
     would
          1. v. As a past-tense form of will.:
          2. v.          (obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
          3. v.          (archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
          4. v.          Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
          5. v.          Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
          6. v.          (archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
          7. v.          Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
          8. v. As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.:
          9. v.          Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.
          10. v.          Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.
          11. v.          (chiefly archaic) Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only".
          12. v.          Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.
          13. v.          Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
                        Would you pass the salt, please?
          14. v.          (chiefly archaic, transitive, or control verb) Might desire; wish (something).
          15. n. Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
     will
          1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
                Do what you will.
          2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
          3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
          4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
          5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
          6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
                Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
          7. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
                Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
          8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
                Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
          9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
                Most creatures have a will to live.
          10. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
          11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
          12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
                He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
          13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
          14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
          15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
                All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
          16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
                He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
     not
          1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
                Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
                Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
          2. adv. To no degree.
                That is not red; it's orange.
          3. conj. And not.
                I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
                He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
          4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
                I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
                Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
          5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
                You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
          6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
know
     1. v. To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
           I know that I’m right and you’re wrong.
           He knew something terrible was going to happen.
     2. v. To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
           Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.
           She knows where I live.
           I knew he was upset, but I didn't understand why.
     3. v. To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
           I know your mother, but I’ve never met your father.
     4. v. To experience.
           Their relationship knew ups and downs.
     5. v. To distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
           to know a person's face or figure
           to know right from wrong
           I wouldn't know one from the other.
     6. v. To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
     7. v. To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
           Let me do it. I know how it works.
           She knows how to swim.
           His mother tongue is Italian, but he also knows French and English.
           She knows chemistry better than anybody else.
           Know your enemy and know yourself.
     8. v. (transitive, archaic, Biblical) To have sexual relations with.
     9. v. (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
           It is vital that he not know.
           She knew of our plan.
           He knows about 19th century politics.
     10. v. (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
           Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.
     11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person).
     12. v. To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
           Do you know "Blueberry Hill"?
     13. n. (rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.
His
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
     2. det. Belonging to him.
     3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
     4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
     5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
           Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
           Sejanus his Fall
     6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
           The decision was his to live with.
     7. pron. alternative spelling of His
     8. n. plural of hi
ass
     1. n. Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
     2. n. (slang) A stupid person.
           That new kid left the cap off the syrup bottle again! What an ass.
     3. n. (vulgar, slang) Buttocks.
     4. n. (vulgar, slang) Sex.
           I’m going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass.
     5. n. (vulgar, slang) Anus.
     6. n. (slang) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
           I feel like ass today. - I am feeling very bad today.
           This room smells like ass. - This room smells very bad.
           What a bunch of ass. - What a bunch of lies/nonsense/disappointment.
     7. n. (vulgar, slang) Used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness.
           That was one big-ass fish!
           That's an expensive-ass car!
     8. n. (vulgar, slang) One's self or person, chiefly their body.
           Get your lazy ass out of bed!
from
     1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
           This wine comes from France.
           I got a letter from my brother.
     2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
           He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
           He left yesterday from Chicago.
           Face away from the wall!
     3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
           20 from 31 leaves 11.
     4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
           An umbrella protects from the sun.
           He knows right from wrong.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
hole
     1. n. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
           There’s a hole in my shoe.  Her stocking has a hole in it.
     2. n.          An opening in a solid.
                   There’s a hole in my bucket.
     3. n. In games.:
     4. n.          (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eight
     5. n.          (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
                   I played 18 holes yesterday.  The second hole today cost me three strokes over par.
     6. n.          (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
                   The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
     7. n.          (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn.
     8. n.          (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
     9. n.          In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
     10. n. (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
     11. n. (figuratively) A weakness, a flaw
           I have found a hole in your argument.
     12. n. (informal) A container or receptacle.
           car hole;  brain hole
     13. n. (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
     14. n. (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
     15. n. (slang anatomy) An orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.
           Just shut your hole!
     16. n. (Ireland, Scotland, particularly in the phrase "get one's hole") Sex, or a sex partner.
           Are you going out to get your hole tonight?
     17. n. (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
     18. n. (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
           His apartment is a hole!
     19. n. (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
           If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
     20. n. (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
     21. v. To make holes in (an object or surface).
           Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.
     22. v. (transitive, by extension) To destroy.
           She completely holed the argument.
     23. v. (intransitive) To go into a hole.
     24. v. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
           Woods holed a standard three foot putt
     25. v. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
           to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
     26. v. simple past tense of hele
     27. adj. obsolete form of whole
           Such was the arrangement of the alphabet over the hole North
             - A grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue
     hele
          1. v. obsolete form of heal
          2. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To hide or conceal; keep secret; cover.
          3. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cover with or in (slates, tiles, etc.); roof.
          4. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To practise concealment; keep a secret; keep silence.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
ground
     1. n. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
     2. n. Terrain.
     3. n. Soil, earth.
           The worm crawls through the ground.
           The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.
     4. n. The bottom of a body of water.
     5. n. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
     6. n. reason, Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
           You will need to show good grounds for your action.
           He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
     7. n. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
     8. n. (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
     9. n. (metaphorical) Hence, by extension, advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
     10. n. plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
           crimson flowers on a white ground
     11. n. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
     12. n. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
           Brussels ground
     13. n. In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
     14. n. (architecture, mostly, in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
           Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
     15. n. A soccer stadium.
           Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
     16. n. (electricity, Canadian, and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
     17. n. (electricity, Canadian, and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
     18. n. (cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (h
     19. n. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
     20. n. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
     21. n. The pit of a theatre.
     22. v. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
     23. v. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
           If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
           Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
           My kids are currently grounded from television.
     24. v. To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
           Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
     25. v. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
           Jim was grounded in maths.
     26. v. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
           Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.
     27. v. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
     28. v. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
           The ship grounded on the bar.
     29. v. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
     30. v. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
     31. v. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
           I ground myself with meditation.
     32. v. simple past tense and past participle of grind
           I ground the coffee up nicely.
     33. adj. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
           ground mustard seed
     34. adj. Processed by grinding.
           lenses of ground glass
     grind
          1. v. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
          2. v. To shape with the force of friction.
                grind a lens
                grind an axe
          3. v. (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
          4. v. To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
                This corn grinds well.
                Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
          5. v. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
          6. v. (sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
          7. v. To oppress, hold down or weaken.
          8. v. (slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
          9. v. (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
          10. v. (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
          11. v. To operate by turning a crank.
                to grind an organ
          12. v. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
          13. v. To instill through repetitive teaching.
                Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
          14. v. (slang) To eat.
                Eh, brah, let's go grind.
          15. v. (slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
          16. n. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
          17. n. Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
          18. n. A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
                This bag contains espresso grind.
          19. n. A tedious and laborious task.
                Synonyms: chore
                This homework is a grind.
          20. n. A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
          21. n. (archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.
          22. n. grindcore, Grindcore (subgenre of heavy metal)
          23. n. A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
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