Some people like ____ their own coffee; we did that with whole wheat to make flour.

verb

1. To reduce to powder or small fragments by friction (as in a mill or with the teeth)

   "grind the coffee beans"

2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen by friction

   "grind an ax"

3. Oppress, harass

   "tyrants who grind their subjects"

4. To weaken or destroy gradually
5. To press together with a rotating motion

   "grind the teeth"

6. To rub or press harshly

   "ground the cigarette out"

7. To operate or produce by turning a crank

   "grind a hand organ"

8. To perform the operation of grinding
9. To become pulverized, polished, or sharpened by friction
10. To move with difficulty or friction especially so as to make a grating noise

    "gears grinding"

11. Drudge
12. To rotate the hips in an erotic manner

idiom

1. To stop working or moving forward

   "The machinery came to a grinding halt."

verb

1. To produce in a mechanical way

phrasal verb

1. To continue in a slow and steady way

   "The economy continues to grind along."

2. To continue moving down or along (something) in a slow and steady way

   "The traffic was grinding along the highway."

phrasal verb

1. To work or study in a steady, determined way

   "She was grinding away at her studies."

2. To remove (a part of something) by rubbing something rough against it

   "He uses a special tool to grind away the stone."

phrasal verb

1. To make (something hard) smaller and smoother by gradually rubbing off tiny bits

   "The old dog's teeth had been ground down by use."

2. To weaken or destroy (someone or something) gradually

   "Poverty ground her spirit down."

phrasal verb

1. To continue for a long time

idiom

1. To stop working or moving forward

   "The machinery slowly ground to a halt."