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ub the grime from the old oil lamp.
grind v. 1 pound, powder, pulverize, abrade, crush, granulate, mill,
grate, rasp, crumble, kibble, mash, triturate, bray, comminute:
The rock was soon ground to a fine powder. 2 sharpen, whet;
file, smooth, polish: He is grinding the edge to be razor
sharp. 3 gnash, grit, grate: He grinds his teeth when he's
angry. 4 Also, grind away. labour, toil, slave (away); study,
lucubrate, burn the midnight oil, Colloq cram, Brit swot:
George has been grinding away at the same job all his life.
Languages came easily, but he had to grind away at the sciences.
5 grind down. wear down or away, crush, oppress, subdue,
suppress, tyrannize, persecute, maltreat, ill-treat, harry,
harass, hound, hector, plague, badger: Dictators first grind
down all opposition, then destroy it. 6 grind out. produce,
generate, crank out, churn out, turn out: For 20 years he has
been grinding out the daily gossip column.
--n. 7 toil, labour, drudgery, travail, exertion, task, chore:
Working at the checkout counter hour after hour is a terrible
grind.
grip n. 1 hold, grasp, clutch, handgrip, clasp, hand-clasp: Losing
his grip on the rope, he plummeted into the abyss. 2 control,
command, hold, mastery; authority, influence, power, rule,
domination, sovereignty, tenure, dominion, suzerainty, custody:
Peter is losing his grip on reality. The dictator kept a tight
grip on the people right up to his death. 3 grasp,
understanding, apprehension, comprehension, sense, sensitivity,
feel, feeling, awareness, perception, view, Slang US handle:
Skerry is having trouble getting a grip on what you plan to do.
4 handgrip, valise, (travelling or overnight) bag, case,
satchel, suitcase, Brit holdall, US and Canadian carry-all: I
got off the plane in New York, but my grip went on to Detroit.
5 come or get to grips with. tackle, confront, approach, handle,
meet (head on), undertake, grapple or contend with, cope or deal
with, face: We must come to grips with the problem of
Cassandra.
--v. 6 grasp, clutch, clasp, hold, seize: He gripped the
handle of the revolver more tightly. 7 engross, engage, hold,
fascinate, enthral, entrance, absorb, mesmerize, hypnotize,
spellbind, rivet: Just at the gripping climax, the reel broke