{"id":279,"date":"2024-10-29T14:58:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T20:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=279"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T22:34:14","slug":"grinding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/grinding\/","title":{"rendered":"keep grinding: 5+ fun, funny, inspirational and delicious examples of grind &#038; ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the most popular application of the word\u00a0 <strong><em>grind<\/em><\/strong> in recent years is as a noun or a verb to indicate <em>hard work.<\/em> like <strong>canelo alvarez<\/strong> <em>grinding<\/em> (training hard) for his fight with<strong> jaime mungu\u00eda<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@overtimeboxing\/video\/7343373281581501742\" data-video-id=\"7343373281581501742\">\n<section><a title=\"@overtimeboxing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@overtimeboxing?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@overtimeboxing<\/a> Canelo in the lab getting ready for his May 4th fight &#x1f440;&#x1f525; @canelo <a title=\"caneloalvarez\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/caneloalvarez?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#caneloalvarez<\/a> <a title=\"caneloalvarez\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/caneloalvarez?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#caneloalvarez<\/a> <a title=\"canelo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/canelo?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#canelo<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - Overtime Boxing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7343373342143073070?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Overtime Boxing<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>or wallace<\/p>\n<div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"631751254996283351\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.76596\" data-width=\"100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/well-back-to-the-grind-back-to-the-grind-wallice-wallice-and-gromit-gromit-gif-631751254996283351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Well Back To The Grind Wallice GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/well+back+to+the+grind-gifs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Well Back To The Grind GIFs<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>or kermit<\/p>\n<div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"19885510\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.80791\" data-width=\"100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/kermit-kermit-the-frog-type-typing-type-writer-gif-19885510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kermit Kermit The Frog GIF<\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/kermit-gifs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kermit GIFs<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nthe original idea of\u00a0 <em>grind<\/em>\u00a0 is<em> to create friction between two solid things<\/em>. like the tendency to constantly bite when nervous (<em>grind<\/em> teeth)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grinding_teeth.jpg\" alt=\"lady grinding her teeth\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>she&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grinding<\/span><\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0her teeth<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>or to dance very closely and rub bodies (<em>grind <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">on<\/span><\/em>)&#8230;<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-283\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grinding-in-the-club.jpg\" alt=\"\u00f1adu grinding on a dude in the club\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>sometimes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grinding<\/span>\u00a0can be fun.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><em><strong>grinding<\/strong> <\/em>can refer to a type of skateboarding trick where the friction is created between an object and the skateboard&#8217;s <em><strong>trucks<\/strong><\/em> (t-shaped metal that secures the wheels).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Skateboard_grind_bikini.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15132\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Skateboard_grind_bikini-286x300.webp\" alt=\"lady grinding a rail--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"204\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Skateboard_grind_bikini-286x300.webp 286w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Skateboard_grind_bikini-976x1024.webp 976w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Skateboard_grind_bikini-768x806.webp 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Skateboard_grind_bikini.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>grinding a rail (NimEuro19 <span class=\"posted-in\">via <span class=\"posted-in-article\">Grind Tricks<\/span><span class=\"posted-in-article\">Skateboarding<\/span><span class=\"posted-in-article\">Skatepark<\/span><span class=\"posted-in-article\">Skateboarding Wiki:About<\/span> <\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15130\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-2.jpg\" alt=\"meme of a senior citizen skateboarding wearing a shirt and tie the text reads work is tough daily grind---vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-2.jpg 225w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-2-84x84.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>laid back means relaxed<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>another way to use <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>grind<\/em><\/span> is to <em>reduce to smaller particles, powder or dust<\/em>.\u00a0meat, pepper and coffee are common products to <em>grind<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ground-beef.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-281\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ground-beef-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"VLUU L100, M100 \/ Samsung L100, M100\" width=\"215\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ground-beef-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ground-beef-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ground-beef.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a tube of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ground<\/span> beef from walmart. (netshark.us)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>when coffee is\u00a0<em>ground<\/em> right before drinking, it is referred to as freshly <em>ground<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-285\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/coffee-grinder.jpg\" alt=\"a coffee grinder\" width=\"243\" height=\"261\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a coffee <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grinder<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/thus-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thus<\/a> this classic joke from contrasting the irregular participle for the verb\u00a0<em>grind;<\/em>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #230a05;\"><em>ground,<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/two-best-plays-super-bowl-xlix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ground<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> the earth&#8217;s surface. <em><strong>grinded<\/strong><\/em> is used as the past tense of <em>grind<\/em> too, but for this joke to work, it&#8217;s gotta be <em>ground &#x1f480;&#x1f480;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"this coffee tastes like mud\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kh1ynzzMtaQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and a couple of <em>grind<\/em> idioms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>on christmas day 2014, gamers hoping to enjoy their gaming-related gifts on-line were <strong><em>denied<\/em><\/strong> (they couldn&#8217;t do it). \u00a0the <strong>playstation network<\/strong> and <strong>xbox live<\/strong>\u00a0were offline as the result of a hack by a group known as <strong>lizard squad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lizard-squad_3149151b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2139\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lizard-squad_3149151b-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"lizard squad grinding\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lizard-squad_3149151b-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lizard-squad_3149151b.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a lizard squad profile picture from twitter<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong>paul\u00a0<\/strong><b>tamburro<\/b>\u00a0at <strong>craveonline.com<\/strong>\u00a0included the incident in a slideshow about the year&#8217;s biggest hacks explaining that the <strong>lizard squad<\/strong>&#8216;s hack&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>saw the online servers for the ps4, xbox one, ps3\u00a0and xbox 360 <em>come grinding to a halt<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>come grinding to a halt<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is an expression that gives the idea of <em>a big piece of machinery coming to a stop while making a horrible, metal on metal sound<\/em>. \u00a0it is usually used when the stop is unwanted, as was the case with the x-box live and playstation networks.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/daily-grind.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2140\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/daily-grind.jpg\" alt=\"daily-grind grinding\" width=\"250\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/daily-grind.jpg 250w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/daily-grind-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">daily grind<\/span> sucks<\/strong>, but most of us would hate to see it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">come grinding to a halt<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>the expression <em><strong>daily grind<\/strong><\/em> indicates a routine that is <em>repetitive &amp; boring<\/em>. the picture above effectively\u00a0illustrates the connection between <em>daily grind<\/em> and <em>come grinding to a halt<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15131\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme-84x84.jpg 84w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>tough means difficult<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>can u think of a\u00a0situation\u00a0that u can\u00a0describe with the expression\u00a0<em>grinding to a halt<\/em>? any doubts about how to use the variations of\u00a0<em>grind? <\/em>post your examples or questions under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.191\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the most popular application of the word\u00a0 grind in recent years is as a noun or a verb to indicate hard work. like canelo alvarez&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[3,5,69,163],"tags":[164,937,8,9,11,10,26,5764,165,873,2775,5765,455,938,939,4090,3488],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/daily-grind-meme.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15136,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/15136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}