grinder:
(plural: ‘grinders‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ in this word rhymes with the letter ‘g’ in the word “garden”)
oldest method of grinding using grinding stones
a person (or machine) that grinds;
a person on a boat whose job is to power the boat by lowering and raising the sails;
(less commonly) a full-time professional poker (card game) players,
a tool grinder grinding
After dropping out of high school, Jose took a course in lens grinding and eventually, got a job as a grinder in a factory that makes optical and telescope lens.
There are different types of grinders: cutting tool grinders who make precision cutting tools, lens grinders who cut and polish glass and lenses in optical companies and flour grinders who make flour in flour mills.
Lens grinders find good jobs in lens making companies where they work on sophisticated machines to produce the best lens we use in our reading glasses and sun glasses.
Though not very popular, the grinder in a dance is a male partner who grinds in the dance, i.e. who stays close to the partner and moves his body from side to side or up and down in such a way that he’s grinding.
a type of wet grinder (machine)
