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# grindstone

«grindstone» in Mova's school dictionary: **A flat round stone that turns on an axle, used to sharpen…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (grindstones)

### meaning for a pupil

A flat round stone that turns on an axle, used to sharpen tools such as axes and knives. «Keep your nose to the grindstone» means keep working hard without a rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grindstone/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the woodman sharpens his axe on it before a journey; in talk, «keep your nose to the grindstone» means keep working hard

### examples

- The farmer turned the grindstone to sharpen the scythe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grindstone/#x1)
- Dad sharpened the knife on the grindstone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grindstone/#x2)
- He had to keep his nose to the grindstone all week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grindstone/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grindstone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grindstone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.