GRIND DOWN - Translation from English into Bulgarian

in the PONS Dictionary

grind down VB trans

1. grind down (file):

grind down

пиля

2. grind down (mill):

grind down

смилам

3. grind down (wear):

grind down

изхабявам

4. grind down:

grind down (oppress)

потискам

grind down (oppress)

угнетявам

grind down (treat cruelly)

измъчвам

to grind sb down

тормозя нкг

in the PONS Dictionary

I. grind [graɪnd] N inf

1. grind (tiring work):

grind

тежка работа

a real grind

много тежка и неприятна работа

2. grind (boring work):

grind

отегчителна работа

the daily grind

сивото ежедневие

II. grind <ground, ground> [graɪnd] VB trans

1. grind:

grind (crush)

стривам

grind (mill)

смилам

to grind sth (in)to flour/a powder

смилам нщ на брашно/прах

2. grind Am, Aus (chop finely):

grind meat

смилам

grind meat

правя на кайма

3. grind (press firmly and twist):

to grind a cigarette into an ashtray

смачквам цигара в пепелник

4. grind (sharpen):

grind

точа

Phrases:

to grind the faces of the poor

експлоатирам бедните

down¹ [daʊn] N

down (feathers)

пух m

down (feathers)

перушина f

down (hairs)

косъмчета nt мн

down on body

мъх m

down on face

брада f

I. down² [daʊn] ADV

1. down (movement):

down

надолу

to fall down

падам

to lie down

лягам

2. down (from another point):

to go down to Brighton/the sea

отивам в Брайтън/на морето

down South

на юг

3. down (less volume or intensity):

to be worn down

изхабен съм

the wind died down

вятърът утихна

the sun is down

слънцето залязва

the fire is burning down

огънят гасне

the tyres are down

гумите са спаднали

the price is down

цената падна

4. down (temporal):

from 1900 down to the present

от 1900 година до днес

down through the ages

през вековете

5. down (in writing):

to write/get sth down

записвам нщ

Phrases:

to be down in the mouth

чувствам се нещастен

to be down in the mouth

умърлушен съм

to make a down payment

давам капаро

to be down on sb

нахвърлям се върху нкг

to be down on sb

имам зъб на нкг

down with the dictator!

долу диктатора!

II. down² [daʊn] PREP

1. down (lower):

to go down the stairs

слизам по стълбите

to run down the slope

спускам се по склона

2. down (along):

to go down the street

вървя по улицата

Present

I	grind down
you	grind down
he/she/it	grinds down
we	grind down
you	grind down
they	grind down

Past

I	ground down
you	ground down
he/she/it	ground down
we	ground down
you	ground down
they	ground down

Present Perfect

I	have	ground down
you	have	ground down
he/she/it	has	ground down
we	have	ground down
you	have	ground down
they	have	ground down

Past Perfect

I	had	ground down
you	had	ground down
he/she/it	had	ground down
we	had	ground down
you	had	ground down
they	had	ground down

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

It seems to grind down very slowly.

www.ft.com

This sport was sure to grind down skis and road surfaces alike, but imagine the consequences if a pesky pothole got in the way.

www.irishexaminer.com

Eliminate the doubts and suspicions that grind down at our progress.

www.kcet.org

In the early stages of planet formation, the powerful gravitational perturbations around two stars should lead to destructive collisions that grind down the material.

theconversation.com

Their enclosure has a gravel base that is designed to help grind down their hooves so that they do not become overgrown and painful.

www.roanoke.com