Grind vs Ruminate - What's the difference?
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To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
To shape with the force of friction.
(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
(sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
To oppress, hold down or weaken.
(slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
(slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
(video games) To repeat a task in order to gain levels or items.
To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
To instill through repetitive teaching.
(slang, Hawaii) To eat.
(slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
A tedious task.
A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
(archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.
(subgenre of heavy metal)
To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
To meditate or reflect.
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
(botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
As verbs the difference between grind and ruminate
is that grind is to reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion while ruminate is to chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.As a noun grind
is the act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.As an adjective ruminate is
having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.grind
English
(wikipedia grind)Verb
(see usage notes below )- grind a lens
- grind an axe
- This corn grinds well.
- Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
- Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
- Eh, brah, let's go grind .
- (Farrar)
Usage notes
* In the sports and video game senses, the past participle and past tense form grinded is often used instead of the irregular form ground. * Historically, there also existed a past participle form grounden, but it is now archaic or obsolete. * When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form grinded is almost always used.Derived terms
* bump and grind * have an axe to grindNoun
(en noun)- This bag contains espresso grind .
- This homework is a grind .
ruminate
English
Verb
(ruminat)- A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
- I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
- What I know / Is ruminated , plotted, and set down.
- Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.
Synonyms
* See also * OrDerived terms
* ruminatorSee also
* chew the cudAdjective
(-)- a ruminate endosperm
