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True or false? British English and American English are only different when it comes to slang words.
Origin of grind
First recorded before 950; Middle English grinden, Old English grindan; akin to Gothic grinda-, Latin frendere “to gnash the teeth; complain”
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British Dictionary definitions for grind
grind
/ (ɡraɪnd) /
verb grinds, grinding or ground
noun
Derived forms of grind
grindingly, adverbWord Origin for grind
Old English grindan; related to Latin frendere, Lithuanian gréndu I rub, Low German grand sand
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