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grind(1) (iou) and tobacco industry (medicine)


grind(1) (iou)



grind noun. ME.
[from the verb.]
gen. The action or an act of grinding. ME.
D. du Maurier The grind of the gate itself, as it scraped the stone beneath and was opened. T. Gunn Dry rough/substance encountered the grind / of my teeth.
Hard monotonous work or study; a dull and laborious task. colloq. M19.
the daily grind colloq. one's usual day's work.
Conan Doyle He..settled down to rest after a life of ceaseless grind.
A walk taken for Exercise; a steeplechase. Univ. slang. M19.
N. Annan The pair of them pounded the last ten miles of the grind back to Cambridge.
Intensive study or tuition for an examination etc.; an instance of this. slang. M19.
A. Higgins He was giving grinds in mathematics to the clergyman's two..sons.
A hard-working student; a swot. US slang. L19.
E. Jong Just because you were a grub and a grind and did well in school.
A ferry. Cambridge Univ. slang. L19.
(An act of) sexual intercourse. slang. L19.
J. Wainwright A grind with a cheap scrubber?
b. The action of rotating the hips or pelvis in a Dance etc. Also in bump and grind. slang. M20.
The size of the particles of a powder or Other ground substance, spec. of ground coffee. E20.
W. H. Ukers A mixture of a very fine with a coarse grind gives the best results in the cup.
Comb.: grind house, grind movie house US slang a cinema showing a continuous programme with no intermissions.

tobacco industry (medicine)


tobacco industry


The aggregate business enterprise of agriculture, manufacture, and distribution related to tobacco and tobacco-derived products.