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grind·er

(grīn′dər)

1. One that grinds, especially:

a. One who sharpens cutting edges.

b. A mechanical device that grinds: a meat grinder.

2. A molar.

3. grinders Informal The teeth.

4. See submarine sandwich.

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grinder

(ˈɡraɪndə)

1. (Tools) a person who grinds, esp one who grinds cutting tools

2. (Tools) a machine for grinding

3. (Dentistry) a molar tooth

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

grind•er

(ˈgraɪn dər)

n.

1. a person or thing that grinds.

2. a kitchen device or appliance for grinding food.

3. a sharpener of tools.

a. a molar tooth.

b. grinders, Slang. the teeth.

5. Chiefly New Eng. and Inland North. hero sandwich.

[1350–1400]

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Noun	1.	grinder - a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
	2.	grinder - grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars molar tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense wisdom tooth - any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21)
	3.	grinder - machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing milling machinery, mill cider mill - mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider coffee grinder, coffee mill - a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans flour mill - a mill for grinding grain into flour gristmill - a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain) machinery - machines or machine systems collectively meat grinder - a mill for grinding meat pepper grinder, pepper mill - a mill for grinding pepper quern - a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand spicemill - a mill for grinding spices treadwheel, tread-wheel, treadmill - a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps water mill - a mill powered by a water wheel windmill - a mill that is powered by the wind
	4.	grinder - a machine tool that polishes metal emery wheel, grinding wheel - a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding machine tool - a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials

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grinder

[ˈgraɪndəʳ] N

1. (= machine) (for coffee) → molinillo m (US) (for meat) → picadora f de carne

2. (for sharpening) → afiladora f

3. (= person) → molendero/a m/f (Tech) → amolador m
see also organ-grinder

4. grinders (= teeth) → muelas fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

grind

(graind) – past tense, past participle ground (graund) – verb

1. to crush into powder or small pieces. This machine grinds coffee.moler, triturar, picar

2. to rub together, usually producing an unpleasant noise. He grinds his teeth. hacer rechinar, moler

3. to rub into or against something else. He ground his heel into the earth.oprimir, clavar

noun

boring hard work. Learning vocabulary is a bit of a grind.trabajo pesado

ˈgrinder noun

a person or machine that grinds. a coffee-grinder.molendero; afilador; moledora

ˈgrinding adjective

1. with a sound of grinding. The train came to a grinding stop.rechinante, chirriante

2. severe. grinding poverty.absoluto

ˈgrindstone noun

a wheel-shaped stone against which knives are sharpened as it turns. muela; piedra de afilar

grind down

to crush. She was ground down by poverty. oprimir, aplastar; destruir

grind up

to grind into powder or small pieces. This machine grinds up rocks.pulverizar, hacer polvo, triturar

keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone

to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping. batir el yunque, trabajar sin levantar cabeza

grinder

n. [dental] molar, pop. muela; pulverizador.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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As I was looking at the grinder, certain thoughts entered my head and I stood wrapped in a reverie.

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"I say four, if not five," answered Don Quixote, "for never in my life have I had tooth or grinder drawn, nor has any fallen out or been destroyed by any decay or rheum."

Feeling himself so smitten, he imagined himself slain or badly wounded for certain, and recollecting his liquor he drew out his flask, and putting it to his mouth began to pour the contents into his stomach; but ere he had succeeded in swallowing what seemed to him enough, there came another almond which struck him on the hand and on the flask so fairly that it smashed it to pieces, knocking three or four teeth and grinders out of his mouth in its course, and sorely crushing two fingers of his hand.

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Children came running with their mothers' scissors, or the carving-knife, or the paternal razor, or anything else that lacked an edge (except, indeed, poor Clifford's wits), that the grinder might apply the article to his magic wheel, and give it back as good as new.

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I know it is my duty to "pray for them that despitefully use me;" and therefore, hard as it is, I shall still try to pray for these fumigating, maccaroni-stuffing organ- grinders.

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Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive.

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To a late hour in the night the sound of the grinding was protracted; for the mills were few in number compared with the grinders, and the weary and feeble ones were driven back by the strong, and came on last in their turn.

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