grind down

Frequency: 6.56.2 per million words

to reduce something to a powder or small particles by grinding

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Examples (10)

  • You should grind the seeds down to a fine powder.
  • The machine will grind the rocks down into gravel.
  • She used a mortar and pestle to grind down the herbs.
  • We need to grind the coffee beans down before brewing.
  • The industrial crusher grinds down large debris.
  • He carefully ground the chalk down to use as pigment.
  • It is difficult to grind down such hard material by hand.
  • They ground the corn down into meal for the bread.
  • The process involves grinding down the plastic waste for recycling.
  • Please grind these peppercorns down into a coarse dust.