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1.b> (; ), , ; to grind grain [coffee] [] ; to grind wheat in a mill ; to grind corn into flour , ; to grind small / fine / ; to grind to powder / into dust / i> , / ; to grind colours ; to grind smth. with one's heel / i> ; this wheat grinds well ;
2.b> 1) (; ), ; to grind dry [wet] [] ; to grind a lens ;
2) (); to grind a knife [an axe] [] ;
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3.b> 1) , ; / i> / ; to grind the teeth / ;
2) (on, against) (), ; / i> ;
3) (into) i> () / / ; to grind one's heel into the ground i> / ;
4.b> i> (); to grind a coffee-mill ; to grind a street-organ / a barrel-organ / ;
5.b> (at) .i> , (); (.i> to grind away); to grind away at one's duties ; to grind away at examination subjects ;
6.b> 1) .i> (at) / (); to grind (away) at smth. i> ; to grind (away) at one's English / ; to grind for an exam / ;
2) i> (); i> / ; to grind grammar into smb.'s head i> ; to grind smb. in grammar / ;
7.b> 1) (), ; ; to grind by tyranny i> / ;
2) .i> (), ;
8.b> .i> ..i> ;
to grind downb> 1) (; ); this corn will grind down into a nice white flour ;
2) (); to grind down a knife / i> ;
3) (), ; to be ground down by poverty [taxation] [] ;
to grind inb> (), ;
to grind outb> 1) i> () i> ; he ground out a few words ; to grind out a tune on a hand-organ ;
2) .i> (), ;
3) (), ; to grind out a cigarette / i> ;
to grind upb> (), ;
to have (got) an axe to grindb> .i> axe Ir> ; God's mills grind slow but sure /b> .i> the mills of God grind slowly /b> .i> , ; / .