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1. past tense, past participle - ground; verb1) (to crush into powder or small pieces: This machine grinds coffee.)2) (to rub together, usually producing an unpleasant noise: He grinds his teeth.)3) (to rub into or against something else: He ground his heel into the earth.)2. noun(boring hard work: Learning vocabulary is a bit of a grind.) slit, rutinearbeid- grinder- grinding
- grindstone
- grind down
- grind up
- keep someone's nose to the grindstone
- keep one's nose to the grindstonearbeide--------male--------slipeIsubst. \/ɡraɪnd\/1) kverning, maling, oppmaling2) ( overført) kverning, mas, ork, slit3) sliping, kvessing4) pugg, pugging, terping, sprenglesing5) pugghest6) (gammeldags, vulgært) knull, ligg, nummer7) ( slang) forførende vrikking på hoftene8) (amer., slang) tørrpinnback to the grind i morgen er det havrelefsa og strieskjorten igjenbump and grind vrikking og rotering av hoftene, det å skyte frem hoftene og gjøre jukkende bevegelserfine grind finmalingthe daily grind den daglige tredemøllen, hverdagsslitetII1) male, formale• grind corn into\/till flour2) slipe, kvesse3) polere, glattslipe, avslipe4) skrape, skrubbe, skure, gnukke, gni5) ( om lirekasse) sveive på, dreie påpresse frem noen vers \/ klemme frem noen vers6) ( hverdagslig) pugge, sprenglese, terpe7) slite, streve8) ( dans) vrikke på hoftene, jukkegrind down finmale slite ut, slite ned undertrykke, plagegrind in slipe tilgrind on male videre på, drøye utgrind one's teeth (together) skjære tennergrind on\/against something skrape mot noe, skrubbe noe, skure noe, slå mot noegrind out spy ut, produseregrind somebody in something eller grind something into someone's head banke noe inn i hodet på noengrind the faces of the poor tyne de fattige, suge ut av de fattige det lille de har, utnytte de fattigegrind to a halt bråstoppe så det hviner i bremsenegrind to pieces knuse, slipe, støtehave an axe to grind ha sine grunner
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have an axe to grind — phrase to have an opinion or aim that influences your decisions and that you want other people to accept or consider an angry young man with an axe to grind Thesaurus: to have an opinion or opinionssynonym Main entry: axe * * * ˌhave an ˈaxe to… … Useful english dictionary
have an axe to grind — ► to have a strong opinion about something that you want other people to accept: »Most shareholders have no ax to grind other than keeping company management honest. Main Entry: ↑axe … Financial and business terms
have an axe to grind — ► have an axe to grind have a private reason for doing something. Main Entry: ↑axe … English terms dictionary
have an axe to grind — If you have an axe to grind, you have personal reasons for becoming involved in something or adopting a particular attitude. It was decided that the best candidate would be selected by a recruitment agency who had no axe to grind within… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
have an axe to grind — verb To have a dispute, resentment, or grudge, sometimes with a disposition to act on that resentment covertly; to have a bias; to take issue with something. There is not the least doubt, Gen. Cary said, that Mr. Cleveland is the most popular man … Wiktionary
have an axe to grind — to have a strong opinion about something, which you are often trying to persuade other people is correct. As a novelist, he has no political axe to grind … New idioms dictionary
have an axe to grind — to have an opinion or aim that influences your decisions and that you want other people to accept or consider an angry young man with an axe to grind … English dictionary
have an axe to grind — есть за что бороться In suggesting the sale of the building he had an axe to grind, because it meant a big commission for him … Idioms and examples
have an axe to grind — have a private reason for doing something. → axe … English new terms dictionary
have an axe to grind — Meaning Have an ulterior motive. Origin Benjamin Franklin wrote that a visitor asked him how his grindstone worked. Franklin sharpened the visitor s axe for him when demonstrating, which is apparently what was intended all along … Meaning and origin of phrases
have an axe to grind — (Slang) have a point of contention, have an issue that one wants to discuss … English contemporary dictionary