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grinden.

to grind

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡrɑi̯ndə(n)/
  1. to grind

  2. to grind (dance closely in a sexy way)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English grind.

verb
  1. to grind

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch grinden, from Old Dutch *grindan, from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną.

verb/ˈɣrɪndə(n)/
  1. to cover with gravel

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From grind (“gravel”) + -en.

verb
  1. to grin

    intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Probably a byform of (now also obsolete) grinnen. Alternatively it has been explained from etymology 3 through a theoretical intermediate “grind one's teeth”, but this seems far-fetched. The development of the d is easily explained from the inflections grin(d)t, grin(d)de, gegrind.

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