GRIND Copy link • GRINDIn a mill, molere (e.g., hordeum in subtilem farinam): commolere: mola comminuere, frangere: mola terere (to reduce to small pieces, to crush in a mill). [Vid: also, To CRUSH.] To sharpen, cote acuere or exacuere (with a whetstone): tornare (with lathe or grindstone; e.g., glass, vitrum). To harass, Vid: To grind the teeth, dentibus stridere (of a sick person, Cels.; dentibus frendere = to gnash the teeth).